An efficient security and privacy approach for internet of vehicles in vehicular networks for smart cities

Abstract Intelligent sensing plays a crucial role in making vehicles safe and trouble‐free. The purpose of this paper is to introduce Vehicular Sensor Networks (VSNs) in a vehicular IoT‐based smart city paradigm, focusing on security. Furthermore, we discuss the robustness and reliability of VSN. In this design, Ad hoc On‐Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing‐based Internet of Vehicles is integrated with a privacy‐aware secure ant colony optimization for smart cities in which suspicious vehicles are prevented from disseminating messages. IoV real‐time communication emphasizes data security. A comparison of experimental results shows that the proposed approach outperforms existing approaches. Smart city communication networks can be optimized using the proposed model.