Investigating security aspects of vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET)

• Grant number: 09/16224-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: July 14, 2010
• End date: July 13, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Antônio Cavenaghi
• Grantee: Marcos Antônio Cavenaghi
• Host Investigator: Azzedine Boukerche
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências (FC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Bauru. Bauru , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada

Abstract

This work will investigate the security aspects of vehicular ad hoc networks. The main goal is to study the security protocols and network simulators used in the group of Professor Ivan in order to propose a security protocol. After the proposal the protocol will be simulated. (AU)