Broadcasted WiFi traffic of mobile devices is the foundation of several estimation techniques
like location tracking or crowd counting. Many pervasive applications use these techniques …

Initially envisioned to accelerate association of mobile devices in wireless networks,
broadcasting of Wi-Fi probe requests has opened avenues for researchers and network …

To preserve people privacy and prevent device (and people) tracking, WiFi MAC address
randomization is been introduced by an ever increasing number of operating systems …

In the past few years, data privacy legislation has hampered the ability of WiFi network
operators to count and map client activity for commercial and security purposes. Indeed …

Everyday, as we go about our business in a city, we carry around several devices such as
smartphones, tablets or even laptops, most of them with an active WiFi interface. This …

To improve city services, local administrators need to have a deep understanding of how the
citizens explore the city, use the relevant services, interact and move. This is a challenging …

Mobile devices expose information about their hardware and manufacturer while searching
for available WiFi networks via a Media Access Control (MAC) protocol. Thus, to protect the …

Estimation of the presence of people in real time is extremely useful for businesses in
providing better services while saving money. In this paper, we propose a technique for …

WiFi-based crowdsensing is a major source of data in a variety of domains such as human-
mobility, pollution-level estimation, and, opportunistic networks. MAC randomisation is a …

With urban populations growing worldwide, the need for accurate counts of pedestrians and
other forms of traffic is increasingly important for infrastructure development. Many of the …