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Probabilistic positioning in mobile phone network and its consequences for the privacy of mobility data / Aleksey Ogulenko in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, vol 85 (January 2021)  

Public [article]  inComputers, Environment and Urban Systems > vol 85 (January 2021) . - n° 101550 Titre : Probabilistic positioning in mobile phone network and its consequences for the privacy of mobility data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Aleksey Ogulenko, Auteur ; Itzhak Benenson, Auteur ; Itzhak Omer, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 101550 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Analyse spatiale [Termes IGN] antenne [Termes IGN] classification bayesienne [Termes IGN] confidentialité [Termes IGN] diagramme de Voronoï [Termes IGN] estimation bayesienne [Termes IGN] géolocalisation [Termes IGN] inférence [Termes IGN] protection de la vie privée [Termes IGN] réseau téléphonique [Termes IGN] téléphonie mobile [Termes IGN] tessellation Résumé : (auteur) The traditional approach to mobile phone positioning is based on the assumption that the geographical location of a cell tower recorded in a Call Details Record (CDR) is a proxy for a device's location. A Voronoi tessellation is then constructed based on the entire network of cell towers and this tessellation is considered as a coordinate system, with the device located in a Voronoi polygon of a cell tower that is recorded in the CDR. If Voronoi-based positioning is correct, the uniqueness of the device trajectory is very high, and the device can be identified based on 3–5 of its recorded locations. We investigate a probabilistic approach to device positioning that is based on knowledge of each antennas' parameters and number of connections, as dependent on the distance to the antenna. The critical difference between the Voronoi-based and the real world layout is in the essential overlap of the antennas' service areas: The device that is located in a cell tower's polygon can be served by a more distant antenna that is chosen by the network system to balance the network load. Combining data on the distance distribution of the number of connections available for each antenna in the network, we resolve the overlap problem by applying Bayesian inference and construct a realistic distribution of the device location. Probabilistic device positioning demands a full revision of mobile phone privacy and new full set of tools for data analysis. Numéro de notice : A2021-005 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE/MATHEMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2020.101550 Date de publication en ligne : 14/10/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2020.101550 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=96272 [article]