SMBPM: an efficient multi-blockchain platoon management
摘要
The potential ability to increase the capacity and safety on roads, as well as fuel economy gains, has made vehicle platooning an appealing prospect. However, its use is yet to be widespread, partially due to the security concerns about its communication network inside and outside of the platoon. These platoons and the communications that govern their operation may be susceptible to various cyber-attacks such as Denial-of-Service (DoS), Replay, Man-in-the-Middle (MitM), and particularly, Sybil attacks. In this article, we briefly explain how these cyber-attacks come about, and what efforts have been made by recent research to counter these attacks against platoons. Succinctly, we propose a platoon management scheme by a multi-blockchain approach that is efficient yet resistant to the threats of these cyber-attacks. The scheme’s security functionality shall be investigated. Subsequently, it benchmarks well against the other platoon management approaches covered, boasting a lower computational cost, average message read time, and average execution time by about 13%, 25%, and 81%, respectively.