DocumentCode :
59832
Title :
Safety Challenges and Solutions in Mobile Social Networks
Author :
Najaflou, Yashar ; Jedari, Behrouz ; Feng Xia ; Yang, Laurence T. ; Obaidat, Mohammad S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Software, Dalian Univ. of Technol., Dalian, China
Volume :
9
Issue :
3
fYear :
2015
fDate :
Sept. 2015
Firstpage :
834
Lastpage :
854
Abstract :
Mobile social networks (MSNs) are specific types of social media which consolidate the ability of omnipresent connection for mobile users/devices to share user-centric data objects among interested users. Taking advantage of the characteristics of both social networks and opportunistic networks (OppNets), MSNs are capable of providing an efficient and effective mobile environment for users to access, share, and distribute data. However, the lack of a protective infrastructure in these networks has turned them into convenient targets for various perils. This is the main impulse why MSNs carry disparate and intricate safety concerns and embrace divergent safety challenging problems. In this paper, we aim to provide a clear categorization on safety challenges and a deep exploration over some recent solutions in MSNs. This work narrows the safety challenges and solution techniques down from OppNets and delay-tolerant networks to MSNs with the hope of covering all the work proposed around security, privacy, and trust in MSNs. To conclude, several major open research issues are discussed, and future research directions are outlined.
Keywords :
delay tolerant networks; mobile computing; social networking (online); user interfaces; MSN; OppNets; delay-tolerant networks; mobile environment; mobile social networks; opportunistic networks; safety challenges; social media; user-centric data objects; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Peer-to-peer computing; Privacy; Safety; Security; Social network services; Mobile social networks (MSNs); opportunistic communications; privacy; security; trust;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Systems Journal, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1932-8184
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JSYST.2013.2284696
Filename :
6642041
Link To Document :
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