Research Article

Multicriteria-Based Location Privacy Preservation in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Table 1

Attacks and their characteristics.

AttackConsequencesTypeEffects

Bogus informationFake information injectionInsiderAuthentication
ID disclosureMonitoring routes and changing ID of the vehicleInsider/passivePrivacy
Denial of serviceTransfer unnecessary messages on the channelLocal/activeAvailability
Replaying and dropping packetsDrop and delay of packetsInsider/activeAuthentication
Hidden vehicleDecrease the congestion on the wireless channelOutsider/passivePrivacy