{"title":"Do as the Romans Do: Location Imitation-Based Edge Task Offloading for Privacy Protection","authors":"Jiahao Zhu;Lu Zhao;Jian Zhou;Hui Cai;Fu Xiao","doi":"10.1109/TMC.2024.3509418","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In edge computing, a user prefers offloading his/her task to nearby edge servers to maximize the offloading utility. However, this inevitably exposes the user's location privacy information when suffering from the side-channel attacks based on offloading decision behaviors and Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSI). Existing works only consider the scenario with one untrusted edge server or defend only against one of the attacks. In this paper, we first study the edge task offloading problem with comprehensive privacy protection against these side-channel attacks from multiple edge servers. To address this problem while ensuring satisfactory offloading utility, we develop a <underline>L</u>ocation <underline>I</u>mitation-based Edge <underline>T</u>ask <underline>O</u>ffloading approach <italic>LITO</i>. Specifically, we first determine a suitable perturbation region centered at the user's real location for a balance between offloading utility and privacy protection, and then propose a modified Laplace mechanism to generate a fake location meeting geo-indistinguishability within the region. Subsequently, to mislead the side-channel attacks to the fake location, we design an approximate algorithm and a transmit power control strategy to imitate the offloading decisions and RSSIs at the fake location, respectively. Theoretical analysis and experimental evaluations demonstrate the performance of <italic>LITO</i> in improving privacy protection and guaranteeing offloading utility.","PeriodicalId":50389,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing","volume":"24 4","pages":"3456-3472"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10771999/","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In edge computing, a user prefers offloading his/her task to nearby edge servers to maximize the offloading utility. However, this inevitably exposes the user's location privacy information when suffering from the side-channel attacks based on offloading decision behaviors and Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSI). Existing works only consider the scenario with one untrusted edge server or defend only against one of the attacks. In this paper, we first study the edge task offloading problem with comprehensive privacy protection against these side-channel attacks from multiple edge servers. To address this problem while ensuring satisfactory offloading utility, we develop a Location Imitation-based Edge Task Offloading approach LITO. Specifically, we first determine a suitable perturbation region centered at the user's real location for a balance between offloading utility and privacy protection, and then propose a modified Laplace mechanism to generate a fake location meeting geo-indistinguishability within the region. Subsequently, to mislead the side-channel attacks to the fake location, we design an approximate algorithm and a transmit power control strategy to imitate the offloading decisions and RSSIs at the fake location, respectively. Theoretical analysis and experimental evaluations demonstrate the performance of LITO in improving privacy protection and guaranteeing offloading utility.
期刊介绍:
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing addresses key technical issues related to various aspects of mobile computing. This includes (a) architectures, (b) support services, (c) algorithm/protocol design and analysis, (d) mobile environments, (e) mobile communication systems, (f) applications, and (g) emerging technologies. Topics of interest span a wide range, covering aspects like mobile networks and hosts, mobility management, multimedia, operating system support, power management, online and mobile environments, security, scalability, reliability, and emerging technologies such as wearable computers, body area networks, and wireless sensor networks. The journal serves as a comprehensive platform for advancements in mobile computing research.