ZoneIT: Using Short-Range Radios to Control Mobile Device Functionality

This paper describes a prototype system, ZoneIT, for selectively controlling functionality of mobile devices, e.g. ringing of cellular telephones. ZoneIT exploits the fact that many such devices have short-range radio communication systems (e.g. Bluetooth) to allow these devices to communicate with Base Stations to learn what functionality is permissible in a zone. ZoneIT is secured by a process that enables mobile devices to authenticate base stations, and so protect against denial of service attacks.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ICMB
• Authors: Tim Moors, Marvyn Mei, Agus Salim
• Keywords: Base Stations, ICMB 2005, Mobile Devices, Short-range Radio Communication