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In this paper, we propose a context-based framework for eliciting context information and adapting this information with mobile applications network access decision mechanism. The framework leverages the execution of mobile applications inside a sandbox to control the communication between mobile applications and mobile device resources. Applications’ access requests are analyzed based on user’s context information collected from the mobile device sensors and the application network access configuration. We validate our proposed framework in Android Operating System running on handheld smartphone devices. Preliminary results revealed the efficacy of our proposed context-based framework in providing network access control management based on users’ context information at run-time.
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Mowafi, Y., Alaqarbeh, T., Alazrai, R. (2016). A Context-Based Personalization for Mobile Applications’ Network Access. In: Younas, M., Awan, I., Kryvinska, N., Strauss, C., Thanh, D. (eds) Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems. MobiWIS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9847. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44215-0_34
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