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User profiling and region analysis are two tasks of significant commercial value. However, in practical applications, modeling different features typically involves four main steps: data preparation, data processing, model establishment,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-20 Ruixing Zhang , Liangzhe Han , Leilei Sun , Yunqi Liu , Jibin Wang , Weifeng Lv

In this paper, we present an unsupervised learning approach to identify the user points of interest (POI) by exploiting WiFi measurements from smartphone application data. Due to the lack of GPS positioning accuracy in indoor, sheltered,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Sumudu HasalaMarakkalage , Billy Pik Lik Lau , Yuren Zhou , Ran Liu , Chau Yuen , Wei Quin Yow , Keng Hua Chong

Studies of human mobility increasingly rely on digital sensing, the large-scale recording of human activity facilitated by digital technologies. Questions of variability and population representativity, however, in patterns seen from these…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-09-06 Enwei Zhu , Maham Khan , Philipp Kats , Shreya Santosh Bamne , Stanislav Sobolevsky

This paper presents a method that generates a hierarchical user mobility model from the analysis of the data available from Wi-Fi connections. The data obtained from the Wi-Fi infrastructure is defined in terms of the coverage areas of the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Francisco Talavera , Isaac Lera , Carlos Guerrero

In an IEEE 802.11 Infrastructure network, as the mobile node is moving from one access point to another, the resource allocation and smooth hand off may be a problem. If some reliable prediction is done on mobile nodes next move, then…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-10-17 B. Issac , K. Hamid , C. E. Tan

With the rapid development of wireless communication technology, wireless access points (AP) and internet of things (IoT) devices have been widely deployed in our surroundings. Various types of wireless signals (e.g., Wi-Fi, LoRa, LTE) are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-27 Zheng Yang , Yi Zhang , Guoxuan Chi , Guidong Zhang

Wi-Fi tracking technology demonstrates promising potential for future smart home and intelligent family care. Currently, accurate Wi-Fi tracking methods rely primarily on fine-grained velocity features. However, such velocity-based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-19 Mengning Li , Wenye Wang

The presence of people can be detected by passively observing the signal strength of Wifi and related forms of communication. This paper tackles the question of how and when can this be prevented by adjustments to the transmitted signal…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Mingxuan Han , Jeff M. Phillips , Sneha Kumar Kasera

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…

Detecting whether a target crosses the given zone (e.g., a door) can enable various practical applications in smart homes, including intelligent security and people counting. The traditional infrared-based approach only covers a line and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-05-05 Weiyan Shi , Xuanzhi Wang , Kai Niu , Leye Wang , Daqing Zhang

Geographical location solutions have a wide diversity of applications, ranging from emergency services to access to tourist and entertainment services. GPS (Global Positioning System) is the most widely used system for outdoor areas. Since…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-02-07 Juan Toloza , Nelson Acosta , Carlos Kornuta

The enormous amount of recently available mobile phone data is providing unprecedented direct measurements of human behavior. Early recognition and prediction of behavioral patterns are of great importance in many societal applications like…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-10-13 Zolzaya Dashdorj , Stanislav Sobolevsky

Previous studies demonstrated empirically that human mobility exhibits Levy flight behaviour. However, our knowledge of the mechanisms governing this Levy flight behaviour remains limited. Here we analyze over 72 000 people's moving…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-09-15 Bin Jiang , Junjun Yin , Sijian Zhao

The public transports provide an ideal means to enable contagious diseases transmission. This paper introduces a novel idea to detect co-location of people in such environment using just the ubiquitous geomagnetic field sensor on the smart…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-04-04 Khuong An Nguyen , Chris Watkins , Zhiyuan Luo

Transportation has become of evermore importance in the last years, affecting people's satisfaction and significantly impacting their quality of life. In this paper we present a low-cost infrastructure to collect passive Wi-Fi probes with…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-06-30 Miguel Ribeiro , Bernardo Galvão , Catia Prandi , Nuno Nunes

We address the problem of localizing non-collaborative WiFi devices in a large region. Our main motive is to localize humans by localizing their WiFi devices, e.g. during search-and-rescue operations after a natural disaster. We use an…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-10-15 Mattia Carpin , Stefano Rosati , Mohammad Emtiyaz Khan , Bixio Rimoldi

Classification between different activities in an indoor environment using wireless signals is an emerging technology for various applications, including intrusion detection, patient care, and smart home. Researchers have shown different…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-10 B. R. Manoj , Guoda Tian , Sara Gunnarsson , Fredrik Tufvesson , Erik G. Larsson

The use of wireless signals for purposes of localization enables a host of applications relating to the determination and verification of the positions of network participants, ranging from radar to satellite navigation. Consequently, it…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-02 Matthias Schäfer , Martin Strohmeier , Mauro Leonardi , Vincent Lenders

Our work demonstrates a new set of silent reconnaissance attacks, which leverages the presence of commodity WiFi devices to track users inside private homes and offices, without compromising any WiFi network, data packets, or devices. We…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Yanzi Zhu , Zhujun Xiao , Yuxin Chen , Zhijing Li , Max Liu , Ben Y. Zhao , Haitao Zheng

In a multiuser context, the Bluetooth data from the smartphone could give an approximation of the distance between users. Meanwhile, the Wi-Fi data can be used to calculate the user's position directly. However, both the Wi-Fi-based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-17 Viet-Cuong Ta , Trung-Kien Dao , Dominique Vaufreydaz , Eric Castelli