Title :
A distributed intelligent agent approach for fraud detection in PCS
Author :
Abu-Hakima, Suhayya ; Toloo, Mansour
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Billions of dollars in revenue are lost annually on fraudulent use of telecommunications networks. The opportunities for fraudulent activity are greater in mobile communications as a result of the transport medium and the desire of network operators to attract large numbers of customers quickly. This paper describes problems currently encountered by mobile phone network operators and the technological solutions currently implemented in response. Our software agent systems approach is expected to provide greater user customization of handset facilities and enhanced real time fraud detection
Keywords :
cellular radio; distributed algorithms; personal communication networks; software agents; telecommunication computing; telecommunication security; PCS; distributed intelligent agent approach; enhanced real time fraud detection; fraud detection; fraudulent activity; handset facilities; software agent; user customization; Cellular phones; Councils; Information technology; Intelligent agent; Intelligent networks; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Personal communication networks; Real time systems; Telephone sets;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1998. The Ninth IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4872-9
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.1998.731456
