Secure and Privacy-Aware Incentives-Based Witness Service in Social Internet of Vehicles Clouds

This paper introduces the concept of a new service for social Internet of Vehicles (IoV)-based clouds called incentives-based vehicle witnesses as a service (IVWaaS), which employs vehicles moving on the road as the witnesses to designated events. Specifically, we focus on two key enablers, a new secure and privacy preserving service framework as well as a new incentive mechanism to promote the wi...