Usage control framework for mobile ad-hoc applications

Abstract

Mobile ad-hoc applications create a link with other applications in an ad-hoc manner. Resources may be released to the peer applications. Access and usage control is an important requirement while sharing resources with peer application. Currently there is no controlling framework for the usage of shared resources in mobile ad-hoc applications. In this paper we introduce the notion of a usage control in mobile ad hoc application scenarios that manages the usage of individual objects registered with it. Whenever a node joins the ad-hoc network, it may share and use one or more objects while being part of the ad-hoc application domain. While releasing resources to UCAS it attaches the policy along with the resource. This policy may describe the number of total usages, the number of individual usages, location and timings etc. We have proposed a framework with the XML based policy for usage control of the shared resources. We show that our design effectively enforces usage control in the highly dynamic mobile ad hoc applications network.