Rama Krishna Akella

Work place: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Aziznagar, Hyderabad, 500075, India

E-mail: ramakrishna.a@kluniversity.in

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Biography

RamaKrishna Akella completed his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and done M. S in Telecommunication and Electronic Engineering from Sheffield Hallam University, U.K with merit grade. He completed his PhD in wireless communications from KL University, Vaddeswaram, AP in the year 2018. He is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering as well as Principal and Director Campus Placements in Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Hyderabad. He has 11+ years of teaching & 2+ years of industry experience. He has good number of publications in reputed international / national journals.

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A Lightweight Framework Using Signcryption Based Key Agreement Scheme with Location Privacy for D2D Communications in 5G VANETs

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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