• DocumentCode
    428373
  • Title

    Achieving anonymous location-based services

  • Author

    McDiarmid, Alisdair ; Irvine, James

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Commun. & Signal Process., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    26-29 Sept. 2004
  • Firstpage
    2970
  • Abstract
    Many new cell phones enable precise location measurement using GPS, and operators plan to exploit this by providing location-based services. However, the user can lose some privacy in revealing his GPS-measured location, which is an order of magnitude more precise than the network operator´s best estimate. We propose a protocol to allow anonymous use of location-based services, without revealing the user´s identity and location to any third party.
  • Keywords
    cellular radio; mobility management (mobile radio); protocols; telecommunication security; GPS; anonymous location-based services; cell phones; precise location measurement; privacy; protocol; Cellular phones; Cryptography; Current measurement; Data privacy; Global Positioning System; Network servers; Position measurement; Protocols; Public key; Signal processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th
  • ISSN
    1090-3038
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8521-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VETECF.2004.1400605
  • Filename
    1400605