An Unsupervised Approach to Motion Detection Using WiFi Signals

Naveed Tahir, Yang Liu, Tiexing Wang, Garrett E. Katz, Biao Chen

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Abstract

WiFi signals have been demonstrated to facilitate non-intrusive detection of a range of activities and behaviors in the physical environments they permeate. Different activities affect both phase and magnitude of channel state information (CSI) in WiFi networks in a complex yet predictable way, and machine learning models can be trained to classify activities from such information. While constructing such WiFi-sensing systems is generally convenient and cost-effective, acquiring labeled data for a particular task can be time and labor-intensive. In this paper, we seek to remedy this issue in the context of human motion detection using deep unsupervised learning. Our proposed method uses a deep clustering model trained on appropriately-preprocessed CSI magnitude-only data to detect human motion with over 99 % accuracy in the absence of any ground labels. Removing the need for labeled samples significantly reduces the training overhead, making it a promising alternative to existing methods for motion detection.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 22nd IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, ICMLA 2023
EditorsM. Arif Wani, Mihai Boicu, Moamar Sayed-Mouchaweh, Pedro Henriques Abreu, Joao Gama
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages966-972
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9798350345346
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event22nd IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, ICMLA 2023 - Jacksonville, United States
Duration: Dec 15 2023Dec 17 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - 22nd IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, ICMLA 2023

Conference

Conference22nd IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, ICMLA 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityJacksonville
Period12/15/2312/17/23

Keywords

  • RF sensing
  • WiFi sensing
  • channel state information
  • deep unsupervised learning
  • human activity recognition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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