Preserving Privacy using Distributed Ledger Technology in Intelligent Transportation System

Abstract

Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is an enhanced application which mainly aims towards the curation of smart and interconnectivity services to ease the existing transportation systems. It is a field with a plethora of future possibilities so as to provide efficient and advanced techniques by solving and tackling the existing challenges and problems. Especially in cities and countries which aim towards developing smart cities, ITS plays an essential role in advancing the transportation sector with regards to the city. Using a number of AI and ML techniques, a variety of approaches, algorithms and techniques can be put to effective utilization to boost the ITS ecosystem. However, with every boon compliment few banes and plausible bottlenecks. One of the major concerns while using V2V networks is the privacy and security issue. The data being transferred amidst vehicles mainly caters to the status updates on the vehicles adjacent to it, the speed, and driver's information in case of any accidents or wherever required. In such cases, the privacy of the drivers details and personal information are at stake and often poses a major security challenge. Furthermore, there are chances of data breaches and similar attacks by malicious users which can lead to huge data loss and tampering of data. A possible solution to this problem is to approach it through the perspective of Blockchain. Blockchain is a concept of sharing information/ data in a distributed and decentralized manner. The numerous blocks present in a blockchain which are responsible for storing information do so by encrypting and securing the data and hence can be integrated with a V2V system for overcoming the privacy and security challenges.