AUTHENTICATION AND SECURE COMMUNICATIONS FOR INTERNET OF VEHICLES (IOV)-ASSISTED FOG COMPUTING

Abstract

Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is the realization of the technology known as the Internet of Things (IoT). IoV has become crucial for intelligent transportation as part of smart cities. IoV enables fog computing with cloud association by using road-side units in the form of edge networks. It involves roadside infrastructure, actuators, sensors, and vehicles. The integration of these components is very important to achieve the desired goal of having IoV. Another important insight is that IoV cannot be efficient without cloud computing. While designing IoV architectures, security concerns are to be given the highest importance. The problems found in the literature include heterogeneity of nodes and the frequent handover of the network connection due to the mobility of the devices. IoT is a relatively new technology and needs further investigation into security and authentication schemes. In this paper, the security requirements of IoV are identified and proposed an authentication mechanism and provisions for secure communications for IoV assisted fog computing. A prototype application is built to simulate and demonstrate proof of the concept. The experimental results revealed that the proposed solution is effective in enhancing the security of IoV assisted fog computing.