Project Proposal Update

Security & Privacy Issues for Autonomous Vehicles Networks using 5G Networks

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Changes

We changed the title of our project to emphasize its focus on security and privacy issues in autonomous vehicle networks (AVN). In our initial proposal, we said we would research security methods. However, we have found that the potential solutions can combat both privacy and security concerns, so we will be taking this into account when we evaluate the solutions. Other than this, we have not had to deviate from our initial proposal.

Progress

Researched basic 5G and AVN architecture to get oriented.
Covered main AVN security and privacy concerns with many aspects of V2X (vehicle-to-everything), including V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle), V2I (vehicle-to-Infrastructure), and V2N (vehicle-to-network). [1]
Have basic criteria for evaluating solutions based on 3GPP security and privacy requirements [2]
Identified potential solutions for security threats for AVNs.

Challenges

The study of autonomous vehicles is a huge multidisciplinary field of science that requires extensive background knowledge. There are many research papers covering 5G and AVN security concerns and filtering irrelevant content has posed a challenge.

What's Next

We have a good understanding of the 5G autonomous vehicle network architecture, the security and privacy concerns of different aspects, and potential solutions to these security threats. With these in mind, we can dig deeper into the details of these solutions and evaluate their feasibility.

Deliverables Remaining

References

[1] S. Andreev, V. Petrov, K. Huang, M. A. Lema and M. Dohler, "Dense Moving Fog for Intelligent IoT: Key Challenges and Opportunities," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 34-41, May 2019, doi: 10.1109/MCOM.2019.1800226.

[2] C. Lai, R. Lu, D. Zheng, and X. Shen, “Security and Privacy Challenges in 5G-Enabled Vehicular Networks,” IEEE Network, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 37–45, 2020.