Research Article

A Novel Privacy-Preserving Authentication Protocol Using Bilinear Pairings for the VANET Environment

Table 3

Execution time of the related pairing-based operations.

SymbolsExecution time for various operationsRunning time (ms)

One-way hash function or <1
Map-to-point hash function <1
Bilinear pairing computation3.61
Addition operation of points in ECC<1
Exponential operation2.74
Scalar multiplication of elliptic curves1.63
Symmetric encryption algorithm AES (128-bit key)<1