Work place: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Aziznagar, Hyderabad, 500075, India
E-mail: maruthichinnam@gmail.com
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Biography
Chinnam S. V. Maruthi Rao completed his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Nimra College of Engineering and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad in 2001 and done M. S in Embedded Systems & Robotics from University of Essex, U.K in the year 2004. He also holds a M.E degree in Digital Systems from University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad from 2022. He is currently pursuing part-time PhD in Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Hyderabad in the area of Physical Layer security in D2D Communications. He has teaching experience of more than 16 years and currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of E.C.E at Sreyas Institute of Engineering and Technology. He published around 10 research papers in international / national conferences and journals. His areas of interest include Digital Systems, Embedded Systems, Cloud Computing, Network Security and Communication Systems. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and also had worked as Student branch counselor for 3+ Years.
By Chinnam S. V. Maruthi Rao Rama Krishna Akella
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijcnis.2026.02.10, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2026
Device-to-Device (D2D) communications in 5G enabled vanet Networks offer significant advantages in terms of improved communication efficiency and reduced latency. However, ensuring secure and efficient key agreement among devices remains a critical challenge. In this study, we present a novel lightweight framework for D2D communications that addresses these concerns by employing a Signcryption-based key agreement scheme [1]. The proposed scheme is built on the foundation of Diffie-Hellman Hyper Elliptic Curve Cryptography and leverages two one-way cryptographic hash functions to enhance security. By integrating the signcryption technique, our framework achieves a seamless combination of encryption and signing [2], reducing computational overhead and conserving network resources in resource-constrained 5G-enabled devices. Furthermore, we prioritize user location privacy in our framework by employing advanced techniques, including the Chinese Remainder Theorem. This ensures that location information is protected and not exposed to unauthorized parties during D2D communication sessions. Through extensive simulations and performance evaluations using ns3, we demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of our proposed key agreement scheme for D2D communications in 5G enabled vanet Networks. The results show improved communication performance and reduced resource consumption, making our framework a promising solution for secure and efficient D2D interactions in the context of evolving 5G networks.
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