Adapting pervasive systems to multiuser privacy requirements. (16th July 2008)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ortmann, Steffen; Langendorfer, Peter; Maaser, Michael
• Is Part Of: International journal of ad hoc and ubiquitous computing. Volume 3:Number 4(2008)
• Page Start: 264
• Page End: 276
• Publication Date: 2008-07-16
• Subjects: privacy -- context awareness -- location-based services -- management -- ubiquitous computing -- middleware -- mobile devices -- virtual sensors -- sensor clusters -- simulation -- user requirements -- user locations -- mobile communications; Ubiquitous computing -- Periodicals; Embedded computer systems -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Periodicals; Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; Computer architecture -- Periodicals; 004.2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-8225

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss how diverging privacy requirements in a multiuser ubiquitous environment can be satisfied. We are investigating how to ensure that the requirements of concerned as well as open-minded users can be satisfied, simultaneously. In order to reduce overhead and increase granularity of the objects to be managed, we propose to cluster all available sensors, creating objects we denote as virtual sensors. All further operations are done on the virtual sensors. We will discuss our management architecture and present our simulation environment showing how the pervasive environment automatically adapts to user requirements and user locations.