Confining Wi-Fi coverage: A crowdsourced method using physical layer information

Bingxian Lu, Zhicheng Zeng, Lei Wang, Brian Peck, Daji Qiao, Michael Segal

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

    6 Scopus citations

    Abstract

    Many small businesses and public areas offer free Wi-Fi access, but may wish to restrict network access only to their customers or patrons inside the physical property. Unfortunately, due to the nature of wireless networks, this is difficult to accomplish. We develop and implement CLAC, a Crowdsourced Location aware Access Control scheme using physical layer information to address this challenge. It crowdsources both channel state information (CSI) and received signal strength (RSS) of already validated users to classify future users. We propose and use two CSI metrics in CLAC: CSI Cross-Antenna Stability Metric and CSI Cross-Frame Stability Metric, which summarize well the spatial and temporal CSI characteristics respectively. CLAC is evaluated in an office and a classroom. Evaluation results show that CLAC performs well in both environments, allowing most valid users inside the area to access the network, while the chance that invalid users outside the boundary may access the network is small.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2016 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking, SECON 2016
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ISBN (Electronic)9781509017324
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2 Nov 2016
    Event13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking, SECON 2016 - London, United Kingdom
    Duration: 27 Jun 201630 Jun 2016

    Publication series

    Name2016 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking, SECON 2016

    Conference

    Conference13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking, SECON 2016
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityLondon
    Period27/06/1630/06/16

    Keywords

    • Crowdsourcing
    • IEEE 802.11 WLAN
    • Machine learning
    • User validation

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Networks and Communications
    • Instrumentation

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Confining Wi-Fi coverage: A crowdsourced method using physical layer information'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this