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The problem of mapping human close-range proximity networks has been tackled using a variety of technical approaches. Wearable electronic devices, in particular, have proven to be particularly successful in a variety of settings relevant…

The Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is ubiquitously available on commodity WiFi devices but is commonly regarded as too coarse for fine-grained sensing. This paper revisits its sensing potential and presents WiRSSI, a bistatic…

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Radio source localization can benefit many fields, including wireless communications, radar, radio astronomy, wireless sensor networks, positioning systems, and surveillance systems. However, accurately estimating the position of a radio…

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Human movement variability arises from the process of mastering redundant (bio)mechanical degrees of freedom to successfully accomplish any given motor task where flexibility and stability of many possible joint combinations helps to adapt…

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Locating the persons moving through an environment without the necessity of them being equipped with special devices has become vital for many applications including security, IoT, healthcare, etc. Existing device-free indoor localization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-04 Mohamed Mohsen , Hamada Rizk , Hirozumi Yamaguch , Moustafa Youssef

Human sensing is significantly improving our lifestyle in many fields such as elderly healthcare and public safety. Research has demonstrated that human activity can alter the passive radio frequency (PRF) spectrum, which represents the…

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Digital networks, mobile devices, and the possibility of mining the ever-increasing amount of digital traces that we leave behind in our daily activities are changing the way we can approach the study of human and social interactions.…

In this paper, we experimentally investigate the effect of fast moving object on the RSSI in the wireless sensor networks in presence of the ground effect and antenna orientation in elevation direction. In experimental setup, MICAz mote…

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We show in random matrix theory, microwave measurements, and computer simulations that the mean free path of a random medium and the strength and position of an embedded reflector can be determined from radiation scattered by the system.…

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Received signal strength (RSS)-based wireless localization is easy to implement at low cost. In practice,exact positions of anchors may not be available. This paper focuses on determining the location of a source in the presence of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-28 Yang Liu , Guojun Han , Yonghua Wang , Zheng Xue , Jing Chen

RF-sensing, the analysis and interpretation of movement or environment-induced patterns in received electromagnetic signals, has been actively investigated for more than a decade. Since electromagnetic signals, through cellular…

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Robot person following (RPF) is a core capability in human-robot interaction, enabling robots to assist users in daily activities, collaborative work, and other service scenarios. However, achieving practical RPF remains challenging due to…

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Device-free localization (DFL) based on the received signal strength (RSS) measurements of radio frequency (RF)links is the method using RSS variation due to the presence of the target to localize the target without attaching any device.…

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Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has been richly researched in past years particularly with regard to range-based or visual-based sensors. Instead of deploying dedicated devices that use visual features, it is more pragmatic to…

In this study, we present a method to predict the Received signal strength indication (RSSI) in an area of the base station. Traditional attenuated wave propagation models are often time consuming as well as computationally complex,…

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We present a variant of a Global Navigation Satellite System called a Relativistic Positioning System (RPS), which is based on emission coordinates. We modelled the RPS dynamics in a space-time around Earth, described by a perturbed…

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This paper shows experimentally that standard wireless networks which measure received signal strength (RSS) can be used to reliably detect human breathing and estimate the breathing rate, an application we call "BreathTaking". We show that…

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In this paper, we address the estimation of a time-varying spatial field of received signal strength (RSS) by relying on measurements from randomly placed and not very accurate sensors. We employ a radio propagation model where the path…

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Human mobility patterns deeply affect the dynamics of many social systems. In this paper, we empirically analyze the real-world human movements based GPS records, and observe rich scaling properties in the temporal-spatial patterns as well…

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This paper addresses the problem of adaptive reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) configuration design for user localization in rich-scattering environment (RSE), where electromagnetic waves undergo multiple interactions with dynamic…

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