7. CONCLUSIONS
In this paper, we studied the problem of protecting location and trajectory privacy in 5G-based VSNs. To dynamically divide the group region and meet the high real-time demands of users, we propose a system model of 5G-based VSNs that applies MFemtocell technology. In our proposed system model, we design an efficient DGD algorithm to protect a vehicle’s location and trajectory privacy. The DGD algorithm comprises four stages: system initialization, group generating, pseudonym exchange, and group cancellation. Through the simulations, we show that, compared with existing solutions for generating the group region, our algorithm reduces the time delay and effectively protects the users’ location and trajectory privacy in 5G-based VSNs.