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This work introduces DeepCRF, a deep learning framework designed for channel state information-based radio frequency fingerprinting (CSI-RFF). The considered CSI-RFF is built on micro-CSI, a recently discovered radio-frequency (RF)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-26 Ruiqi Kong , He Chen

Radio frequency fingerprint identification (RFFI) can classify wireless devices by analyzing the signal distortions caused by the intrinsic hardware impairments. State-of-the-art neural networks have been adopted for RFFI. However, many…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-08 Guanxiong Shen , Junqing Zhang , Alan Marshall , Mikko Valkama , Joseph Cavallaro

Eliminating the influence of temporally varying channel components on the radio frequency fingerprint (RFF) extraction has been an enduring and challenging issue. To overcome this problem, we propose a channel-independent RFF extraction…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-31 Tianshu Chen , Aiqun Hu , Shiqi Zhang

Radio frequency (RF) fingerprint technology is utilized for wireless device identification, extensively employed in the internet of things (IoT). The operating environment for IoT devices is challenging, with pervasive noise and distortion…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-19 Junxian Shi , Linning Peng , Wentao Jing , Lingnan Xie , Haichuan Peng , Aiqun Hu

WiFi-based mobility monitoring in urban environments can provide valuable insights into pedestrian and vehicle movements. However, MAC address randomization introduces a significant obstacle in accurately estimating congestion levels and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-05 Stepan Mazokha , Fanchen Bao , George Sklivanitis , Jason O. Hallstrom

In recent years, the rapid growth of the Internet of Things technologies and the widespread adoption of 5G wireless networks have led to an exponential increase in the number of radiation devices operating in complex electromagnetic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Nisar Ahmed , Gulshan Saleem , Hafiz Muhammad Shahzad Asif , Muhammad Usman Younus , Kalsoom Safdar

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) using deep learning has gained attention as a complementary approach to cryptographic authentication, offering resistance to spoofing, replay attacks, and key leakage. While most RFF approaches rely on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-18 Fawaz Abdul Razak , Yasin Yilmaz

This paper introduces CSI-RFF, a new framework that leverages micro-signals embedded within Channel State Information (CSI) curves to realize Radio-Frequency Fingerprinting of commodity off-the-shelf (COTS) WiFi devices for open-set…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-27 Ruiqi Kong , He Chen

The deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) in smart cities and critical infrastructure has enhanced connectivity and real-time data exchange but introduced significant security challenges. While effective, cryptography can often be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Ahmed Mohamed Hussain , Nada Abughanam , Panos Papadimitratos

Radio Frequency Fingerprint Identification (RFFI), which exploits non-ideal hardware-induced unique distortion resident in the transmit signals to identify an emitter, is emerging as a means to enhance the security of communication systems.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-15 Liu Yang , Qiang Li , Xiaoyang Ren , Yi Fang , Shafei Wang

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) offers a unique method for identifying devices at the physical (PHY) layer based on their RF emissions due to intrinsic hardware differences. Nevertheless, RFF techniques depend on the ability to extract…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Muhammad Irfan , Savio Sciancalepore , Gabriele Oligeri

The growing number of wireless devices increases the need for secure network access. Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF), a physical-layer authentication method, offers a promising solution as it requires no cryptography and resists…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Rundong Jiang , Jun Hu , Zhiyuan Xie , Yunqi Song , Shiyou Xu

The Radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting technique makes highly secure device authentication possible for future networks by exploiting hardware imperfections introduced during manufacturing. Although this technique has received considerable…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-02-23 Chuanting Zhang , Shuping Dang , Junqing Zhang , Haixia Zhang , Mark A. Beach

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) techniques allow a receiver to authenticate a transmitter by analyzing the physical layer of the radio spectrum. Although the vast majority of scientific contributions focus on improving the performance…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Gabriele Oligeri , Savio Sciancalepore

With the rapid proliferation of edge computing, Radio Frequency Fingerprint Identification (RFFI) has become increasingly important for secure device authentication. However, practical deployment of deep learning-based RFFI models is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Liu Yang , Qiang Li , Luxiong Wen , Jian Yang

The vehicular-to-everything (V2X) technology has recently drawn a number of attentions from both academic and industrial areas. However, the openness of the wireless communication system makes it more vulnerable to identity impersonation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-05 Tianshu Chen , Hong Shen , Aiqun Hu , Weihang He , Jie Xu , Hongxing Hu

Radio Frequency Fingerprint (RFF) identification on account of deep learning has the potential to enhance the security performance of wireless networks. Recently, several RFF datasets were proposed to satisfy requirements of large-scale…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-17 Shupeng Zhang , Yibin Zhang , Xixi Zhang , Jinlong Sun , Yun Lin , Haris Gacanin , Fumiyuki Adachi , Guan Gui

Radio frequency fingerprint identification (RFFI) distinguishes wireless devices by the small variations in their analog circuits, avoiding heavy cryptographic authentication. While deep learning on spectrograms improves accuracy, models…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Aarushi Mahajan , Wayne Burleson

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting (RFF) techniques promise to authenticate wireless devices at the physical layer based on inherent hardware imperfections introduced during manufacturing. Such RF transmitter imperfections are reflected into…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Saeif Al-Hazbi , Ahmed Hussain , Savio Sciancalepore , Gabriele Oligeri , Panos Papadimitratos

Radio Frequency (RF) fingerprinting is to identify a wireless device from its uniqueness of the analog circuitry or hardware imperfections. However, unlike the MAC address which can be modified, such hardware feature is inevitable for the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-13 Zhaoyi Lu , Wenchao Xu , Ming Tu , Xin Xie , Cunqing Hua , Nan Cheng