PREVENTION OF LOCATION-SPOOFING - A Survey on Different Methods to Prevent the Manipulation of Locating-Technologies

Michael Decker

2009

Abstract

There are many different locating technologies to determine a mobile device's current position. Examples for such technologies are the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS), the cell-ID method in mobile phone networks or WLAN-based approaches. These technologies are the enabler of so called em Location-based Services (LBS): LBS are services to be used with mobile handheld-computers like PDAs or smartphones that evaluate a mobile user's position. When locating-technologies are discussed in the LBS community, the focus is often on the accuracy of the calculated location whereas the resistance to manipulation attempts by the possessor of the mobile device or by third-parties is almost never considered. But there are examples of LBS where users or external attackers might have an incentive to manipulate the locating system. This is termed as em location spoofing . This article presents a survey of different technical approaches to prevent or at least to detect location spoofing.

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Decker M. (2009). PREVENTION OF LOCATION-SPOOFING - A Survey on Different Methods to Prevent the Manipulation of Locating-Technologies . In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2009) ISBN 978-989-674-006-1, pages 109-114. DOI: 10.5220/0002232601090114


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@conference{ice-b09,
author={Michael Decker},
title={PREVENTION OF LOCATION-SPOOFING - A Survey on Different Methods to Prevent the Manipulation of Locating-Technologies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={109-114},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002232601090114},
isbn={978-989-674-006-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2009)
TI - PREVENTION OF LOCATION-SPOOFING - A Survey on Different Methods to Prevent the Manipulation of Locating-Technologies
SN - 978-989-674-006-1
AU - Decker M.
PY - 2009
SP - 109
EP - 114
DO - 10.5220/0002232601090114