Toward Blockchain-Based Spoofing Defense for Controlled Optimization of Phases in Traffic Signal System

Yingxiao XIANG; Chao LI; Tong CHEN; Yike LI; Endong TONG; Wenjia NIU; Qiong LI; Jiqiang LIU; Wei WANG

doi:10.1587/transinf.2021BCP0014

Toward Blockchain-Based Spoofing Defense for Controlled Optimization of Phases in Traffic Signal System

Yingxiao XIANG, Chao LI, Tong CHEN, Yike LI, Endong TONG, Wenjia NIU, Qiong LI, Jiqiang LIU, Wei WANG

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Controlled optimization of phases (COP) is a core implementation in the future intelligent traffic signal system (I-SIG), which has been deployed and tested in countries including the U.S. and China. In such a system design, optimal signal control depends on dynamic traffic situation awareness via connected vehicles. Unfortunately, I-SIG suffers data spoofing from any hacked vehicle; in particular, the spoofing of the last vehicle can break the system and cause severe traffic congestion. Specifically, coordinated attacks on multiple intersections may even bring cascading failure of the road traffic network. To mitigate this security issue, a blockchain-based multi-intersection joint defense mechanism upon COP planning is designed. The major contributions of this paper are the following. 1) A blockchain network constituted by road-side units at multiple intersections, which are originally distributed and decentralized, is proposed to obtain accurate and reliable spoofing detection. 2) COP-oriented smart contract is implemented and utilized to ensure the credibility of spoofing vehicle detection. Thus, an I-SIG can automatically execute a signal planning scheme according to traffic information without spoofing data. Security analysis for the data spoofing attack is carried out to demonstrate the security. Meanwhile, experiments on the simulation platform VISSIM and Hyperledger Fabric show the efficiency and practicality of the blockchain-based defense mechanism.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E105-D No.2 pp.280-288

Publication Date: 2022/02/01

Publicized: 2021/09/13

Online ISSN: 1745-1361

DOI: 10.1587/transinf.2021BCP0014

Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Blockchain Systems and Applications)

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Yingxiao XIANG
  Beijing Jiaotong University
Chao LI
  Beijing Jiaotong University
Tong CHEN
  Beijing Jiaotong University
Yike LI
  Beijing Jiaotong University
Endong TONG
  Beijing Jiaotong University
Wenjia NIU
  Beijing Jiaotong University
Qiong LI
  Beijing Jiaotong University
Jiqiang LIU
  Beijing Jiaotong University
Wei WANG
  Beijing Jiaotong University

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traffic signal system, connected vehicles, data spoofing attack, blockchain, defense mechanism

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Yingxiao XIANG, Chao LI, Tong CHEN, Yike LI, Endong TONG, Wenjia NIU, Qiong LI, Jiqiang LIU, Wei WANG, "Toward Blockchain-Based Spoofing Defense for Controlled Optimization of Phases in Traffic Signal System" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information, vol. E105-D, no. 2, pp. 280-288, February 2022, doi: 10.1587/transinf.2021BCP0014.
Abstract: Controlled optimization of phases (COP) is a core implementation in the future intelligent traffic signal system (I-SIG), which has been deployed and tested in countries including the U.S. and China. In such a system design, optimal signal control depends on dynamic traffic situation awareness via connected vehicles. Unfortunately, I-SIG suffers data spoofing from any hacked vehicle; in particular, the spoofing of the last vehicle can break the system and cause severe traffic congestion. Specifically, coordinated attacks on multiple intersections may even bring cascading failure of the road traffic network. To mitigate this security issue, a blockchain-based multi-intersection joint defense mechanism upon COP planning is designed. The major contributions of this paper are the following. 1) A blockchain network constituted by road-side units at multiple intersections, which are originally distributed and decentralized, is proposed to obtain accurate and reliable spoofing detection. 2) COP-oriented smart contract is implemented and utilized to ensure the credibility of spoofing vehicle detection. Thus, an I-SIG can automatically execute a signal planning scheme according to traffic information without spoofing data. Security analysis for the data spoofing attack is carried out to demonstrate the security. Meanwhile, experiments on the simulation platform VISSIM and Hyperledger Fabric show the efficiency and practicality of the blockchain-based defense mechanism.
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