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Internet of things wireless networking with long range, low power and low throughput is raising as a new paradigm enabling to connect trillions of devices efficiently. In such networks with low power and bandwidth devices, localization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-17 Hazem Sallouha , Alessandro Chiumento , Sofie Pollin

Passive human tracking via Wi-Fi has been researched broadly in the past decade. Besides straight-forward anchor point localization, velocity is another vital sign adopted by the existing approaches to infer user trajectory. However,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-07-29 Chenning Li , Li Liu , Zhichao Cao , Mi Zhang

This paper proposes passive WiFi indoor localization. Instead of using WiFi signals received by mobile devices as fingerprints, we use signals received by routers to locate the mobile carrier. Consequently, software installation on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-04 Minh Tu Hoang , Brosnan Yuen , Kai Ren , Ahmed Elmoogy , Xiaodai Dong , Tao Lu , Hung Le Nguyen Robert Westendorp , Kishore Reddy Tarimala

WiFi technology has been used pervasively in fine-grained indoor localization, gesture recognition, and adaptive communication. Achieving better performance in these tasks generally boils down to differentiating Line-Of-Sight (LOS) from…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Sahib Singh Dhanjal , Maani Ghaffari , Ryan M. Eustice

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

Thanks to the ubiquitous deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots, channel state information (CSI)-based Wi-Fi sensing can unleash game-changing applications in many fields, such as healthcare, security, and entertainment. However, despite one decade…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-03 Marco Cominelli , Francesco Gringoli , Francesco Restuccia

Recent research has shown that human motions and positions can be recognized through WiFi signals. The key intuition is that different motions and positions introduce different multi-path distortions in WiFi signals and generate different…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-30 Heju Li , Xukai Chen , Haohua Du , Xin He , Jianwei Qian , Peng-Jun Wan , Panlong Yang

Contactless sensing using wireless communication signals has garnered significant attention due to its non-intrusive nature and ubiquitous infrastructure. Despite the promise, the inherent bistatic deployment of wireless communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Wenwei Li , Jiarun Zhou , Qinxiao Quan , Fusang Zhang , Daqing Zhang

Development and testing of multi-robot systems employing wireless signal-based sensing requires access to suitable hardware, such as channel monitoring WiFi transceivers, which can pose significant limitations. The WiFi Sensor for Robotics…

In recent years, channel state information (CSI) at sub-6 GHz has been widely exploited for Wi-Fi sensing, particularly for activity and gesture recognition. In this work, we instead explore mmWave (60 GHz) Wi-Fi signals for gesture…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-30 Nabeel Nisar Bhat , Rafael Berkvens , Jeroen Famaey

Wi-Fi-based positioning promises a scalable and privacy-preserving solution for location-based services in indoor environments such as malls, airports, and campuses. RSS-based methods are widely deployable as RSS data is available on all…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Abdulkadir Bilge , Erdem Ergen , Burak Soner , Sinem Coleri

WiFi channel state information (CSI) has emerged as a plausible modality for sensing different human vital signs, i.e. respiration and body motion, as a function of modulated wireless signals that travel between WiFi devices. Although a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-23 Kamran Ali , Mohammed Alloulah , Fahim Kawsar , Alex X. Liu

Wi-Fi sensing is an emerging technology that uses channel state information (CSI) from ambient Wi-Fi signals to monitor human activity without the need for dedicated sensors. Wi-Fi sensing does not only represent a pivotal technology in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Paolo Cerutti , Fabio Palmese , Marco Cominelli , Alessandro E. C. Redondi

Detection and interpretation of human activities have emerged as a challenging healthcare problem in areas such as assisted living and remote monitoring. Besides traditional approaches that rely on wearable devices and camera systems, WiFi…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-12-14 Bo Tan , Qingchao Chen , Kevin Chetty , Karl Woodbridge , Wenda Li , Robert Piechocki

Widespread adoption of indoor positioning systems based on WiFi fingerprinting is at present hindered by the large efforts required for measurements collection during the offline phase. Two approaches were recently proposed to address such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-03 Giuseppe Caso , Luca De Nardis , Filip Lemic , Vlado Handziski , Adam Wolisz , Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto

This paper proposes recurrent neuron networks (RNNs) for a fingerprinting indoor localization using WiFi. Instead of locating user's position one at a time as in the cases of conventional algorithms, our RNN solution aims at trajectory…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-09 Minh Tu Hoang , Brosnan Yuen , Xiaodai Dong , Tao Lu , Robert Westendorp , Kishore Reddy

We present DeepCSI, a novel approach to Wi-Fi radio fingerprinting (RFP) which leverages standard-compliant beamforming feedback matrices to authenticate MU-MIMO Wi-Fi devices on the move. By capturing unique imperfections in off-the-shelf…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-01 Francesca Meneghello , Michele Rossi , Francesco Restuccia

The paper targets the problem of human motion detection using Wireless Local Area Network devices (WiFi) equipped with pattern reconfigurable antennas. Motion sensing is obtained by monitoring the body-induced alterations of the ambient…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Marco Santoboni , Riccardo Bersan , Stefano Savazzi , Alberto Zecchin , Vittorio Rampa Daniele Piazza

Accurate, real-time wireless signal prediction is essential for next-generation networks. However, existing vision-based frameworks often rely on computationally intensive models and are also sensitive to environmental interference. To…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-26 Sen Yan , Tianyu Hu , Brahim Mefgouda , Samson Lasaulce , Merouane Debbah

Wi-Fi sensing has emerged as a promising technique for gesture recognition, yet its practical deployment is hindered by environmental sensitivity and device placement challenges. To overcome these limitations we propose Wi-Fi Range and…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-25 Jessica Sanson , Rahul C. Shah , Yazhou Zhu , Rafael Rosales , Valerio Frascolla