An Analysis of Location-Based Techniques of Authentication for Internet of Things

Abstract

Internet of things is the concept which is going to be generalized in our daily-life. As IoT is the moving towards becoming one of the essential requirements for any system, it is required to make device as well as user authentication. As the number of devices increases the problem of authentication Location-based authentication is a technique with can be used for detecting the device location and authenticating them to the network they visit and allowed to do their task. An IoT device can be in static position or in dynamic position. Authenticating device in static position is quite easy task but this easiness is not applied if the device is in moving or dynamic position. The study will discuss about available techniques for authentication of device which is in continuously moving condition. There are many ways to identify location of the device like using Global Positioning System, using location tag, co-location-based identification and many more. The study includes location-based authentication techniques which incorporate the inhouse as well as outdoor location detection and authentication techniques. The intension behind the study is to find out the most prominent and convenient technique for location-based authentication.