Vehicle Safety Communications: Protocols, Security, and Privacy Protocols, Security, and Privacy

Provides an up-to-date, in-depth look at the current research, design, and implementation of cooperative vehicle safety communication protocols and technology

Improving traffic safety has been a top concern for transportation agencies around the world and the focus of heavy research and development efforts sponsored by both governments and private industries. Cooperative vehicle systems--which use sensors and wireless technologies to reduce traffic accidents--can play a major role in making the world's roads safer.

Vehicle Safety Communications: Protocols, Security, and Privacy describes fundamental issues in cooperative vehicle safety and recent advances in technologies for enabling cooperative vehicle safety. It gives an overview of traditional vehicle safety issues, the evolution of vehicle safety technologies, and the need for cooperative systems where vehicles work together to reduce the number of crashes or mitigate damage when crashes become unavoidable.

Authored by two top industry professionals, the book:
* Summarizes the history and current status of 5.9 GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) technology and standardization, discussing key issues in applying DSRC to support cooperative vehicle safety
* Features an in-depth overview of on-board equipment (OBE) and roadside equipment (RSE) by describing sample designs to illustrate the key issues and potential solutions
* Takes on security and privacy protection requirements and challenges, including how to design privacy-preserving digital certificate management systems and how to evict misbehaving vehicles
* Includes coverage of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications like intersection collision avoidance applications and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications like extended electronic brake lights and intersection movement assist

Vehicle Safety Communications is ideal for anyone working in the areas of--or studying--cooperative vehicle safety and vehicle communications.

This book describes fundamental issues in cooperative vehicle safety and recent advances in technologies for enabling cooperative vehicle safety. It provides an overview of traditional vehicle safety issues, the evolution of vehicle safety technologies, and the need for cooperative systems where vehicles work together to reduce the number of crashes or mitigate damage when crashes become unavoidable. The book narrows in on crucial technology such as 5.9 GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) technology and its use for cooperative vehicle safety. The book then summarizes the history and current status of DSRC technology and standardization, discusses the key issues in applying DSRC to support cooperative vehicle safety, and describes potential solutions to these key issues. The book also provides an in depth overview of on-board equipment (OBE) and roadside equipment (RSE) by describing sample designs to illustrate the key issues and potential solutions. In addition, topics covered include vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications such as intersection collision avoidance applications, and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications such as extended electronic brake lights and intersection movement. Finally, the book takes on security and privacy protection requirements and challenges, which includes how to design privacy-preserving digital certificate management systems and how to evict misbehaving vehicles to ultimately ensure safe and secure operations.