Abstract
Ad hoc social networks have become popular to support novel applications related to location-based mobile services that are of great importance to users and businesses. Unlike traditional social services using a centralized server to fetch location, ad hoc social network services support infrastructure-less real-time social networking. It allows users to collaborate and share views anytime anywhere. However, current ad hoc social network applications either are not available without rooting the mobile phones or do not filter the nearby users based on common interests without a centralized server. This paper presents an architecture and implementation of social networks on commercially available mobile devices that allow broadcasting name and a limited number of keywords representing users’ interests without any connection in a nearby region to facilitate matching of interests. The broadcasting region creates a digital aura and is limited by the Wi-Fi region that is around 200 meters. The application connects users to form a group based on their profile or interests using the peer-to-peer communication mode without using any centralized networking or profile-matching infrastructure. The peer-to-peer group can be used for private communication when the network is not available.
Highlights
For example, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, are highly popular among people, and the trend to use the social networking applications on the mobile device is continuously increasing. e pattern of using social networking on the mobile device is being exploited by researchers and service providers to provide location-based social networking [1,2,3]
One-to-one or multipeer connection, can solve this problem of privacy and help facilitate the communication in a nearby region without using the centralized infrastructure. ere are numerous applications; for example, it may be useful in a business meeting where the distribution of physical business cards is not a convenient method, but the e-cards can be conveniently distributed in a peer-to-peer network to all individuals present nearby
Ad hoc social network can help to communicate in case of natural disasters or government censorship
Summary
For example, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, are highly popular among people, and the trend to use the social networking applications on the mobile device is continuously increasing. e pattern of using social networking on the mobile device is being exploited by researchers and service providers to provide location-based social networking [1,2,3]. Current social networking applications do not provide location-based services without accessing the present site of a user, and many users consider this a privacy risk. One-to-one or multipeer connection, can solve this problem of privacy and help facilitate the communication in a nearby region without using the centralized infrastructure. Ad hoc wireless peer-to-peer technology connects devices to create a communication group for social interaction.
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