Security of 5G-IOV Networks:DDOS Case Study

The Internet of Vehicles is an important application for Internet of Things. It provides facilities to modern transportation systems. Fifth generation mobile communication systems work as a platform for the connection between sensors and vehicles on roads and provide vehicle with all the communication services. Fifth generation mobile communication systems-Internet of Vehicles communication has many opportunities however, this wide network has security and privacy issues which affect the performance. This paper introduces a comprehensive simulation for Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack in fifth generation mobile communication systems-Internet of Vehicles network. It measures the performance of the network and analyses the results to show impact of the attack. It also implements a simple countermeasure based on setting a threshold for message length. The results show the effectiveness of this countermeasure.