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Overhead-Free People Counting in mmWave Network Using IEEE 802.11bf Passive Sensing

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Author(s)

Tanguy Ropitault, Anirudha Sahoo, Steve Blandino, Nada Golmie

Abstract

Accurately assessing the number of people in a room is essential for enhancing operational efficiency, safety, and sustainability, enabling applications such as smart building management, energy conservation, and emergency evacuation planning. Wi-Fi sensing, favored for its privacy-preserving ca-pabilities and the ubiquity of Wi-Fi infrastructure, has become a popular method for such sensing tasks, including people counting. Within this context, our paper introduces a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model for millimeter wave (mmWave) Wi-Fi people counting, capitalizing on the IEEE 802.11bf amendment, and in particular its passive sensing framework. By evaluating Range-Doppler (RD), Azimuth-Doppler (AD), and Azimuth- Range (AR) map representations as inputs, we establish AR maps' superiority, achieving up to 98.57% accuracy for counting up to four individuals. Our solution, free of communication overhead, also minimizes energy consumption and computational requirements, offering a scalable and efficient sensing solution for people counting, particularly well-suited for Internet of Things (IoT) devices with limited resources.
Proceedings Title
IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
Conference Dates
September 2-5, 2024
Conference Location
Kauna, HI, US
Conference Title
PIMRC 2025

Keywords

Wi-Fi Sensing, mmWave, IEEE 802.11bf

Citation

Ropitault, T. , Sahoo, A. , Blandino, S. and Golmie, N. (2024), Overhead-Free People Counting in mmWave Network Using IEEE 802.11bf Passive Sensing, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, Kauna, HI, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957538 (Accessed November 10, 2024)

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Created October 17, 2024