Avoiding Prankster Attack in Case of Selfish Driver using Location Aware VANET Nodes

Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) play a significant contribution in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) which allow random vehicles to transmit security messages. Every node in VANETs works on the concept of single hop or multi-hop communication which means the nodes can move in a random manner within the network. The various vehicles which are moving in a random manner are considered as the moving nodes which are deployed in a haphazard behaviour in VANETs. Apart from these advantages, VANETs are much prone to security attacks which diminish the efficiency of network. The proper implementation of VANETs depends mainly on the security provided. Numerous techniques have been proposed in the last decade to provide security in VANETs. Hence, in this paper the main focus is being provided on the major attack in VANTEs which is called prankster attack. The nodes are deployed in the region having the information regarding the location with the help of Global Positioning System (GPS) where they get placed or located. The simulator used is NS-2. The simulated results reveal that the proposed methodology works in a similar way to minimize the prankster attack in case of selfish driver by the implementation of location aware nodes in VANETs.