System and methodologies using global electors with regional certificate trust lists
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBenedikt BRECHT
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Abstract
A system, methodologies and components for managing trust across multiple Root Certificate Authorities using both electors and regional Certificate Trust Lists (CTLs). Accordingly, systems and methodologies are provided for managing trust across multiple Root CAs and performing such management in a more efficient way than conventionally known or available. More specifically, systems and methodologies are provided that implement a V2I and/or V2X PKI technology implementation.
Claims36
A system for managing trust across a plurality of root certificate authorities for use in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication between at least two of a plurality of transportation vehicles in the form of continuous broadcast of Basic Safety Messages (BSMs), the system comprising:
- transportation vehicle equipment located on a transportation vehicle of the plurality of transportation vehicles, the transportation vehicle equipment including a transceiver and at least one processor controlling the transceiver, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the transceiver to provide V2V communication via at least one communication link between the transportation vehicle equipment of the transportation vehicle and transportation vehicle equipment of other transportation vehicles of the plurality of transportation vehicles, wherein communication link is provided via either direct radio link or communication via mobile-radio network, wherein communication of the BSMs on the communication link is secured via root certificate such that each BSM is digitally signed using a root certificate associated with the transportation vehicle transmitting a BSM;
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- at least one regional root certificate authority of a plurality of regional root certificate authorities that dictate whether identities that associate root certificates with respective transportation vehicles of the plurality of transportation vehicles are legitimate for the jurisdiction for the at least one regional authority.
A method for managing trust across a plurality of root certificate authorities for use in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication between at least two of a plurality of transportation vehicles in the form of continuous broadcast of Basic Safety Messages (BSMs), the method comprising:
- controlling transmission of V2V communication from transportation vehicle equipment located on a transportation vehicle of the plurality of transportation vehicles, the transportation vehicle equipment including a transceiver and at least one processor controlling the transceiver, wherein the at least one processor controls the transceiver to provide V2V communication via at least one communication link between the transportation vehicle equipment of the transportation vehicle and transportation vehicle equipment of other transportation vehicles of the plurality of transportation vehicles, wherein communication link is provided via either direct radio link or communication via mobile-radio network, wherein communication of the BSMs on the communication link is secured via root certificate such that each BSM is digitally signed using a root certificate associated with the transportation vehicle transmitting a BSM,
- wherein at least one regional root certificate authority of a plurality of regional root certificate authorities dictate whether identities that associate root certificates with respective transportation vehicles of the plurality of transportation vehicles are legitimate for the jurisdiction for the at least one regional authority.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer program that has computer software code instructions, which, when implemented on at least one computer processor, perform a method for managing trust across a plurality of root certificate authorities for use in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication between at least two of a plurality of transportation vehicles in the form of continuous broadcast of Basic Safety Messages (BSMs), the method comprising:
- controlling transmission of V2V communication from transportation vehicle equipment located on a transportation vehicle of the plurality of transportation vehicles, the transportation vehicle equipment including a transceiver and at least one processor controlling the transceiver, wherein the at least one processor controls the transceiver to provide V2V communication via at least one communication link between the transportation vehicle equipment of the transportation vehicle and transportation vehicle equipment of other transportation vehicles of the plurality of transportation vehicles, wherein communication link is provided via either direct radio link or communication via mobile-radio network, wherein communication of the BSMs on the communication link is secured via root certificate such that each BSM is digitally signed using a root certificate associated with the transportation vehicle transmitting a BSM,
- wherein at least one regional root certificate authority of a plurality of regional root certificate authorities dictate whether identities that associate root certificates with respective transportation vehicles of the plurality of transportation vehicles are legitimate for the jurisdiction for the at least one regional authority.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.