Secure and Privacy-Preserving Cross-Layer Advertising of Location-Based Social Network Services

We present a novel cross-layer protocol design which integrates in our decentralized Online Social Network Vegas and allows for secure and privacy-preserving advertising and communication of Location-based Social Network Services over WiFi. Our proposal requires minimal modifications to the MAC Layer and could be easily integrated into upcoming standards like IEEE 802.11u.

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