Research Article

Privacy Enhancement on Unilateral Bluetooth Authentication Protocol for Mobile Crowdsensing

Table 1

Privacy features of Bluetooth IoT scenarios.

Feature/scenarioChild careMedical and healthcareAnimal trackerBarcode scannerGreenhouse monitoring systemBattlefield surveillance

Systems based on device implantsNoPossiblePossibleNoPossiblePossible
Device associated with a personYesPossibleNoPossibleNoPossible
Fixed link between device and identityYesYesYesPossiblePossiblePossible
System operating locally within a restricted areaYesYesNoYesNoNo
System within a single organizationNoNoYesNoNoYes
System operating across different organizationsNoNoNoNoYesNo
Privacy demandHighHighLowMediumLowHigh