Inclusion of Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), such as pedestrians and cyclists, to Vehicle-To-Everything (V2X) communication system introduces a new dimension to it by extending the safety to non-vehicle road users. At the same time, integrating VRU devices to the vehicular communication presents unique issues and challenges. Specifically from security perspective, enrollment and issuance of digital certificates to consumer devices such as smartphones as legitimate members of the V2X communication require consideration that may not be applicable to other entities such as vehicles. We present a solution to address these challenges with minimum impact to the existing Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) standards while utilizing the 3GPP-standardized solution to interconnect mobile network and ITS system. We then present a specific proposal of changes in these standards. Based on our observation, this is the first proposal to address the issues associated with security and privacy aspects of VRUs in the ITS system and provide a solution to it. We recommend that relevant standard defining organizations (SDOs) such as ETSI ITS and IEEE 1609 to consider our solution toward standardization.
Yoshizawa, T, Braeken, A & Preneel, B 2024, Toward Viable Security Solution for VRUs in V2X Communication. in S Ishihara, H Shigeno, O Altintas, T Fujii, R Frank, F Klingler, T Hardes & T Hardes (eds), 2024 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, VNC 2024. IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, VNC, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 33-40, 15th IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, VNC 2024, Kobe, Japan, 29/05/24. https://doi.org/10.1109/VNC61989.2024.10576015
Yoshizawa, T., Braeken, A., & Preneel, B. (2024). Toward Viable Security Solution for VRUs in V2X Communication. In S. Ishihara, H. Shigeno, O. Altintas, T. Fujii, R. Frank, F. Klingler, T. Hardes, & T. Hardes (Eds.), 2024 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, VNC 2024 (pp. 33-40). (IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, VNC). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/VNC61989.2024.10576015
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title = "Toward Viable Security Solution for VRUs in V2X Communication",
abstract = "Inclusion of Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), such as pedestrians and cyclists, to Vehicle-To-Everything (V2X) communication system introduces a new dimension to it by extending the safety to non-vehicle road users. At the same time, integrating VRU devices to the vehicular communication presents unique issues and challenges. Specifically from security perspective, enrollment and issuance of digital certificates to consumer devices such as smartphones as legitimate members of the V2X communication require consideration that may not be applicable to other entities such as vehicles. We present a solution to address these challenges with minimum impact to the existing Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) standards while utilizing the 3GPP-standardized solution to interconnect mobile network and ITS system. We then present a specific proposal of changes in these standards. Based on our observation, this is the first proposal to address the issues associated with security and privacy aspects of VRUs in the ITS system and provide a solution to it. We recommend that relevant standard defining organizations (SDOs) such as ETSI ITS and IEEE 1609 to consider our solution toward standardization.",
keywords = "certificate management, pseudonym certificates, security and privacy, V2P, V2X, VRU",
author = "Takahito Yoshizawa and An Braeken and Bart Preneel",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by CyberSecurity Research Flanders with reference number VR20192203 and the CELSA project \{"}Machine Learning in Connected Cooperative and Autonomous Mobility (ML-CCAM).\{"} Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 IEEE.; 15th IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, VNC 2024 ; Conference date: 29-05-2024 Through 31-05-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1109/VNC61989.2024.10576015",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, VNC",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "33--40",
editor = "Susumu Ishihara and Hiroshi Shigeno and Onur Altintas and Takeo Fujii and Raphael Frank and Florian Klingler and Tobias Hardes and Tobias Hardes",
booktitle = "2024 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, VNC 2024",
address = "United States",
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