A mobility camouflaging evaluation tool

ABSTRACT

This paper describes an innovative Mobility Camouflaging Evaluation Tool (MCET) for mobile users traveling on a predefined geo-spatial graph. MCET is a customizable platform for evaluating the effectiveness of Mobility Camouflaging Algorithms (MCAs) and Adversary Observation Algorithms (AOAs). AOAs use observations of mobile user wireless transmissions to trace their movements. MCAs are designed to reduce the ability of AOAs to construct accurate traces. Specifically, MCAs camouflage the mobile user's movements by routing them "together" yet attempting to minimize the overhead of additional travel. The AOSs and MCAs that are developed by users and plugged into MCET produce tabular results for evaluation of mobile user movement logs that are also rendered in Google Earth.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
          Subjects: Wireless communication

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.3 Network Operations
          Subjects: Network monitoring

  G. Mathematics of Computing
  G.2 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
      G.2.2 Graph Theory
          Subjects: Network problems
      G.2.3 Applications

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING
      I.6.4 Model Validation and Analysis

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Management, Performance

Keywords:
geo-location, geographic information systems, mobility camouflaging algorithms, wireless mobile user location privacy