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Security and Privacy in a Blockchain-Powered Access Control System for Low Emission Zones

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    Identifier: imarina:9283408
    Authors:
    Angles-Tafalla CViejo ACastella-Roca JMut-Puigserver MPayeras-Capella MM
    Abstract:
    Low Emission Zones (LEZ)s are areas where access restrictions to polluting vehicles are enforced. These infrastructures have become a main mechanism in large cities to deal with urban traffic and environmental pollution. A main problem of practical LEZs is that they generally depend on a camera network that identifies users and jeopardizes their privacy. In the literature, there are some privacy-preserving works that rely on camera-free approaches; however, they still suffer from a major issue: they depend on centralized entities to manage the vehicles’ accesses/departures and their corresponding fee payment. Those centralized entities represent a critical single point of failure in the system, endangering its security and availability. In order to address this situation, this paper proposes a new scheme that decentralizes the LEZ management, dealing with vehicle accesses as blockchain transactions, and pricing and charging them using smart contracts. In order to validate the deployability of the new scheme in real scenarios, it has been implemented and tested in both a controlled environment and a low-traffic street. The evaluation of the smart contracts’ costs in terms of gas has been included in the performed tests. The results obtained are satisfactory and show the feasibility of the new proposal.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Angles-Tafalla C; Viejo A; Castella-Roca J; Mut-Puigserver M; Payeras-Capella MM
    Department: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
    URV's Author/s: Anglés Tafalla, Carles / Castellà Roca, Jordi / Viejo Galicia, Luis Alexandre
    Keywords: Smart cities Security Privacy Low emission zones Electronic road pricing Blockchain vehicles smart contracts smart cities security proposals privacy low emission zones electronic road pricing cameras blockchains blockchain
    Abstract: Low Emission Zones (LEZ)s are areas where access restrictions to polluting vehicles are enforced. These infrastructures have become a main mechanism in large cities to deal with urban traffic and environmental pollution. A main problem of practical LEZs is that they generally depend on a camera network that identifies users and jeopardizes their privacy. In the literature, there are some privacy-preserving works that rely on camera-free approaches; however, they still suffer from a major issue: they depend on centralized entities to manage the vehicles’ accesses/departures and their corresponding fee payment. Those centralized entities represent a critical single point of failure in the system, endangering its security and availability. In order to address this situation, this paper proposes a new scheme that decentralizes the LEZ management, dealing with vehicle accesses as blockchain transactions, and pricing and charging them using smart contracts. In order to validate the deployability of the new scheme in real scenarios, it has been implemented and tested in both a controlled environment and a low-traffic street. The evaluation of the smart contracts’ costs in terms of gas has been included in the performed tests. The results obtained are satisfactory and show the feasibility of the new proposal.
    Thematic Areas: Transportation science & technology Mechanical engineering Engineering, electrical & electronic Engineering, civil Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias i Computer science applications Ciência da computação Automotive engineering
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: carles.angles@urv.cat jordi.castella@urv.cat alexandre.viejo@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-0037-9888 0000-0003-2342-5100
    Record's date: 2024-08-03
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9917464
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Ieee Transactions On Intelligent Transportation Systems. 24 (1): 580-595
    APA: Angles-Tafalla C; Viejo A; Castella-Roca J; Mut-Puigserver M; Payeras-Capella MM (2023). Security and Privacy in a Blockchain-Powered Access Control System for Low Emission Zones. Ieee Transactions On Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(1), 580-595. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3211659
    Article's DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3211659
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2023
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Automotive Engineering,Computer Science Applications,Engineering, Civil,Engineering, Electrical & Electronic,Mechanical Engineering,Transportation Science & Technology
    Smart cities
    Security
    Privacy
    Low emission zones
    Electronic road pricing
    Blockchain
    vehicles
    smart contracts
    smart cities
    security
    proposals
    privacy
    low emission zones
    electronic road pricing
    cameras
    blockchains
    blockchain
    Transportation science & technology
    Mechanical engineering
    Engineering, electrical & electronic
    Engineering, civil
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias i
    Computer science applications
    Ciência da computação
    Automotive engineering
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