1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Uni-Access: A secure location aware communication system providing user privacy

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344861,
        author={Tanja  Lang and Jason Howarth and Irfan  Altas},
        title={Uni-Access: A secure location aware communication system providing user privacy},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2007},
        month={4},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344861}
    }
    
  • Tanja Lang
    Jason Howarth
    Irfan Altas
    Year: 2007
    Uni-Access: A secure location aware communication system providing user privacy
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344861
Tanja Lang1,2, Jason Howarth1,2, Irfan Altas1,2
  • 1: School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga NSW 2678
  • 2: Australia

Abstract

In this working paper, we propose a location determination system, uni-access, which provides location information while still respecting the location privacy of the user. The uni-access system takes into account legislation, corporate policies and user input to define a set of rules for location privacy. In addition to location determination services, uni-access incorporates an intrusion detection system (IDS) for security purposes. The uni-access IDS uses location information to improve its detection capabilities.