PROJECT TITLE :

A unifying perspective on proximity-based cellular-assisted mobile social NetWorking

ABSTRACT:

These days, the rapid adoption of mobile social networking is changing how and where humans communicate. Thus, lately we tend to are increasingly moving from physical (e.g., face-to-face) to virtual interaction. However, there's additionally a new rising class of social applications that exploit each worlds, that is, using virtual interaction to boost physical interaction. This novel form of networking is enabled by D2D Communication between/among the laptops, smartphones, and wearables of persons in proximity of each different. Unfortunately, it has remained limited by the fact that the majority individuals are merely not alert to the various potential virtual opportunities in their proximity at any given time. This can be a results of the very real digital privacy and security concerns surrounding direct communication between "stranger" devices. Fortunately, these concerns can be mitigated with the help of a centralized trusted entity, like a cellular service supplier, that can not only authenticate and defend the privacy of devices concerned into D2D communication, however additionally facilitate the invention of device capabilities and their offered content. This text offers an in depth research summary behind this sort of "cellular-assisted" D2D communication, detailing the enabling technology and its implementation, relevant usage eventualities, security challenges, and user expertise observations from large-scale deployments.