Vol.:(0123456789) Wireless Personal Communications (2020) 112:1339–1354 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-020-07105-8 1 3 A Novel Trust‑Based Privacy Preservation Framework for Service Handling via Ontology Service Ranking A. M. Hema 1  · K. Kuppusamy 2 Published online: 8 April 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 Abstract Pervasive computing has been a buzzing phrase these days as many areas accelerate their pace in developing pervasive computing systems. A pervasive computing aims at incorpo- rating the computing technologies in a graceful and transparent manner, and make comput- ing solutions available anywhere and at any time. Diferent aspects of pervasive computing, like smart homes, smart ofces, social networks, micromarketing applications, PDAs, etc. are becoming a part of everyday life. However, ensuring privacy in pervasive computing has been a signifcant challenge that needs to be addressed for efcient adaptation of perva- sive computing. In education domain, providing authentication for users poses difculties in determining trustworthiness. In order to overcome the aforementioned challenges, a novel trust-based privacy preservation framework via ontology service ranking (TBPF-OSR) for user authentication is proposed in this work. At frst, registration process is performed where a designated role manager assigns specifc roles for all users based on their accessibility. Also, a new user generation methodology is allotted via generating user registration form. Further, authentication process is performed where the user request are validated based on the assigned roles. Finally, service handling is performed to efectively handle the requests generated in order to ensure service robustness and access control. Additionally, ontology based service ranking is performed via fuzzy logic based service recommendation algorithm. Keywords Pervasive computing · Privacy preservation · Service handling mechanism · Ontology service ranking · Fuzzy logic recommendation system 1 Introduction In the feld of calculating from the workplace and home ofce to other places of every day, the development in the version of mobile and implanted computing devices and the improvements in wireless networking are motivating an extension. Universal computing * A. M. Hema jehemaeinkaran@gmail.com K. Kuppusamy kkdiksamy@yahoo.com 1 Thiagarajar College, Madurai, India 2 Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India