Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Improved Security of the Data Communication in VANET Environment Using ASCII-ECC Algorithm Subject The topic of the resource American standard code for information interchange based elliptic curve cryptography (ASCII-ECC); Authentication; Cluster head (CH); Median based K-means (MKM); Modified cockroach swarm optimization (MCSO); On-board unit (OBU); Road side units (RSUs); Trusted authority (TA); Vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) Description An account of the resource Now-a-days, with the augmenting accident statistics, the Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) are turning out to be more popular, helping in prevention of accidents in addition to damage to the vehicles together with populace. In VANET, message can well be transmitted within a pre-stated region to attain systems safety and also improveits efficacy. Ensuring authenticity of messages is a challenge in such dynamic environment. Though few researchers worked on this, security level is very less. Hence enhanced communicationsecurity on the VANET environment utilizing the American Standard Code for Information Interchange centred Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ASCII-ECC) is proposedin this paper. The network design is definedinitially. Subsequently, the entire vehicles get registered to the Trusted Authority (TA); similarly, all vehicle users areregistered with their On-Board Unit (OBU). This is followed byMedian-centred K-Means (MKM) performs the cluster formation together with Cluster Head Selection (CHS). Next, TA takes care of the verification procedure. Modified Cockroach Swarm Optimization (MCSO) calculates the shortest path and the ASCII-ECC carries out the secure data communication if the vehicle is an authorized one. If not, TA sends the alert message for discarding the request. The system renders better performance when it was weighed against the top-notch methods. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sajini S.; Anita E.A.M.; Janet J. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wireless Personal Communications, Vol-128, No. 2, pp. 759-776. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-022-09974-7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-022-09974-7</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139456385&amp;doi=10.1007%2Fs11277-022-09974-7&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=34bb562853d35ff9b8352ad96aebb534" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139456385&amp;doi=10.1007%2fs11277-022-09974-7&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=34bb562853d35ff9b8352ad96aebb534</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9296212; CODEN: WPCOF Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Sajini S., Anna University, Chennai, India, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram, India; Anita E.A.M., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Janet J., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India