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Characterizing probe request bursts to efficiently count Wi-Fi devices with randomized MACs

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: In this paper, we show that counting the number of devices in a geographical zone is possible by passively capturing Wi-Fi probe-requests, even in the presence of randomized MAC addresses. We utilize a clustering-based approach and carefully characterize probe-request bursts with features that tend to be specific to a device. On three datasets with different capture configurations, we show that our methodology successfully counts the number of devices with a maximum error of 1 device.

Source: HAL

Authors: Mishra, Abhishek, Kumar, Cunche, Mathieu

Institutions: Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Centre Inria de Lyon, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

Language: English

Topic: Wireless Networks and Protocols

Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4394705498

FWCI: 0.316

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