Nuzzer: A Device-free Passive Localization System for Wireless Environments




WLAN Device-free Passive (DfP) localization is an emerging field in location determination enabling the localization of entities that neither carry any devices nor participate actively in the localization process using the already installed wireless infrastructure. The DfP concept utilizes the fact that RF characteristics are functions of the surrounding environment. Changes in the received physical signals can be related to changes in the environment. Among these changes, we are interested in detecting and tracking the motion of entities, humans in particular. DfP systems are attractive for many practical applications including: intrusion detection and tracking, sensor-less sensing, low cost surveillance, home automation and interactive visual display systems for museums and retail stores.

In this project, we aim at extending the DfP system to be capable of achieving high accuracy for typical scenarios in real environments. In particular, the project targets the development of accurate detection and tracking algorithms that are suitable for operation in large-scale real environments. In addition, detection and tracking of multiple entities in the same time are being studied. Techniques for automatic construction of radio maps are being devised to save calibration effort. Moreover, advanced features like identifying the profile of the detected entities are investigated.

Sponsor

This project is funded by the Egyptian Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) .

People

  • Prof. Moustafa Youssef
  • Ahmed E. Kosba, Alexandria University, Egypt.
  • Ahmed Saeed
  • Moustafa Seifeldin , University of Texas at Austin, USA.
  • Karim Elkafrawy, Nile University, Egypt.
  • Ahmed El Eryan, Alexandria University, Egypt.
  • Mohamed El sabagh, George Mason University, USA.
  • May Moussa, Nile University, Egypt.
  • Ahmed Abdelkader, Alexandria University, Egypt.
  • Nehal Kassem, Microsoft Corporation, USA.
  • Matthew Mah, University of Maryland, USA.
  • Ibrahim Sabek , Alexandria University, Egypt

Collaborators

  • Dr. Amr Elkeyi, Nile University, Egypt.
  • Dr. Ayman Naguib, QualComm Inc., USA.
  • Dr. Ashok Agrawala, University of Maryland, USA.

Talks

List of Publications

Conference Publications

  1. MonoPHY:Mono-Stream-based Device-free WLAN Localization via Physical Layer Information
    Heba Abdel-Nasser, Reham Samir, Ibrahim Sabek and Moustafa Youssef
    IEEE WCNC 2013.
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  2. Multi-entity Device-Free WLAN Localization
    Ibrahim Sabek and Moustafa Youssef
    IEEE GlobeCom 2012.
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  3. RASID: A Robust WLAN Device-free Passive Motion Detection System
    Ahmed E. Kosba, Ahmed M. Saeed and Moustafa Youssef
    IEEE Percom 2012.
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  4. RF-based Vehicle Detection and Speed Estimation
    Nehal Kassem, Ahmed E. Kosba and Moustafa Youssef
    IEEE VTC, spring 2012
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  5. Robust WLAN Device-free Passive Motion Detection
    Ahmed E. Kosba, Ahmed M. Saeed and Moustafa Youssef
    IEEE WCNC 2012.
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  6. Kalman Filter-based Tracking of a Device-free Passive Entity in Wireless Environments
    Moustafa Seifeldin, Amr Elkeyi and Moustafa Youssef
    The Sixth ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization (WiNTECH 2011) in conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2011.
  7. Impact of the Human Motion on the Variance of the Received Signal Strength of Wireless Links
    Kareem El-Kafrawy, Moustafa Youssef and Amr El-Keyi
    The 22nd IEEE Personal Indoor Mobile Radio Communications Conference- PIMRC’11.
    Download: PDF
  8. Synthetic Generation of Radio Maps for Device-free Passive Localization
    Ahmed Eleryan, Mohamed Elsabagh and Moustafa Youssef
    Accepted in Globecom 2011.
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  9. A Deterministic Large-scale Device-free Passive Localization System for Wireless Environments
    Moustafa Seifeldin and Moustafa Youssef
    PETRA 2010.
    Download: PDF
  10. Propagation Modeling for Accurate Indoor WLAN RSS-Based Localization
    Kareem El-Kafrawy, Moustafa Youssef, Amr El-Keyi and Ayman F. Naguib
    VTC Fall 2010.
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  11. Analysis of a Device-free Passive Tracking System in Typical Wireless Environments
    Ahmed E. Kosba, Ahmed Abdelkader and Moustafa Youssef
    IFIP/IEEE NTMS 2009.
    Download: PDF
  12. Smart Devices for Smart Environments: Device-free Passive Detection in Real Environments
    May Moussa and Moustafa Youssef
    IEEE PerCom Workshops 2009.
    Download: PDF
  13. Challenges: Device-free Passive Localization for Wireless Environments
    Moustafa Youssef, Matthew Mah, and Ashok Agrawala
    The Thirteenth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 07), Montreal, QC, Canda, September 9-14, 2007.
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Posters

  1. A Robust Technique for WLAN Device-free Passive Motion Detection
    Ahmed E. Kosba, Ahmed Saeed and Moustafa Youssef
    MOBICOM 2011. Third place winner in the ACM SIGMOBILE Graduate Student Research Competition.
  2. Automatic Generation of Radio Maps for Localization Systems
    Ahmed Eleryan, Mohamed Elsabagh and Moustafa Youssef
    MOBIQUITOUS 2010.

Demonstrations

  1. SPOT Demo: Multi-entity Device-Free WLAN Localization
    Ibrahim Sabek and Moustafa Youssef
    WiNTECH 2012.
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  2. RASID Demo: A Robust WLAN Device-free Passive Motion Detection System
    Ahmed E. Kosba and Moustafa Youssef
    Percom 2012.
    Download: PDF

Others

  1. RASID: A Robust WLAN Device-free Passive Motion Detection System
    Ahmed E. Kosba, Ahmed Saeed and Moustafa Youssef
    Technical Report – CoRR abs/1105.6084, 2011.
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  2. Nuzzer: A Large-Scale Device-Free Passive Localization System for Wireless Environments
    Moustafa Seifeldin and Moustafa Youssef
    Technical Report – CoRR abs/0908.0893, 2009.
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