You’re Where? Prove It!: Towards Trusted Indoor Location Estimation of Mobile Devices.
Published in ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2015
Recommended citation: Biehl, J.T., Lee, A.J., Filby, G., & Cooper, M. 2015. "You're Where? Prove It!: Towards Trusted Indoor Location Estimation of Mobile Devices." In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp '15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 909-919.
Location-enabled applications now permeate the mobile computing landscape. As technologies like Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Apple’s iBeacon protocols begin to see widespread adoption, we will no doubt see a proliferation of indoor location enabled application experiences. While not essential to each of these applications, many will require that the location of the device be true and verifiable. In this paper, we present LocAssure, a new framework for trusted indoor location estimation. The system leverages existing technologies like BLE and iBeacons, making the solution practical and compatible with technologies that are already in use today. In this work, we describe our system, situate it within a broad location assurance taxonomy, describe the protocols that enable trusted localization in our system, and provide an analysis of early deployment and use characteristics. Through developer APIs, LocAssure can provide critical security support for a broad range of indoor location applications.