WiMA:Towards a Multi-Criterion Association in Software Defined Wi-Fi Networks

Despite the planned installation and operations of the traditional IEEE 802.11 networks,they still experience degraded performance due to the number of inefficiencies.One of the main reasons is the received signal strength indicator(RSSI)association problem,in which the user remains connected to the access point(AP)unless the RSSI becomes too weak.In this paper,we propose a multi-criterion association(WiMA)scheme based on software defined networking(SDN)in Wi-Fi networks.An association solution based on multi-criterion such as AP load,RSSI,and channel occupancy is proposed to satisfy the quality of service(QoS).SDNhaving an overall view of the network takes the association and reassociation decisions making the handoffs smooth in throughput performance.To implementWiMA extensive simulations runs are carried out on Mininet-NS3-Wi-Fi network simulator.The performance evaluation shows that the WiMA significantly reduces the average number of retransmissions by 5%–30%and enhances the throughput by 20%–50%,hence maintaining user fairness and accommodating more wireless devices and traffic load in the network,when compared to traditional client-driven(CD)approach and state of the art Wi-Balance approach.

An Improved Dictionary Cracking Scheme Based on Multiple GPUs for Wi-Fi Network

The Internet has penetrated all aspects of human society and has promoted social progress.Cyber-crimes in many forms are commonplace and are dangerous to society and national security.Cybersecurity has become a major concern for citizens and governments.The Internet functions and software applications play a vital role in cybersecurity research and practice.Most of the cyber-attacks are based on exploits in system or application software.It is of utmost urgency to investigate software security problems.The demand for Wi-Fi applications is proliferating but the security problem is growing,requiring an optimal solution from researchers.To overcome the shortcomings of the wired equivalent privacy(WEP)algorithm,the existing literature proposed security schemes forWi-Fi protected access(WPA)/WPA2.However,in practical applications,the WPA/WPA2 scheme still has some weaknesses that attackers exploit.To destroy a WPA/WPA2 security,it is necessary to get a PSK pre-shared key in pre-shared key mode,or an MSK master session key in the authentication mode.Brute-force cracking attacks can get a phase-shift keying(PSK)or a minimum shift keying(MSK).In real-world applications,many wireless local area networks(LANs)use the pre-shared key mode.Therefore,brute-force cracking of WPA/WPA2-PSK is important in that context.This article proposes a new mechanism to crack theWi-Fi password using a graphical processing unit(GPU)and enhances the efficiency through parallel computing of multiple GPU chips.Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is effective and provides a procedure to enhance the security of Wi-Fi networks.

Security Threat and Data Consumption as Mojor Nuisance of Social Media on Wi-Fi Network

This research is about the nuisances of social media applications on a Wi-Fi network at a university campus in Ghana. The aim was to access the security risk on the network, the speed of the network, and the data consumption of those platforms on the network. Network Mapper (Nmap Zenmap) Graphical User Interface 7.80 application was used to scan the various social media platforms to identify the protocols, ports, services, etc. to enable in accessing the vulnerability of the network. Data consumption of users’ mobile devices was collected and analyzed. Device Accounting (DA) based on the various social media applications was used. The results of the analysis revealed that the network is prone to attacks due to the nature of the protocols, ports, and services on social media applications. The numerous users with average monthly data consumption per user of 4 gigabytes, 300 megabytes on social media alone are a clear indication of high traffic as well as the cost of maintaining the network. A URL filtering of the social media websites was proposed on Rockus Outdoor AP to help curb the nuisance.

基于Wi-Fi感知的多用户身份识别研究

随着无线感知技术的发展,基于Wi-Fi的身份识别研究在人机交互和家居安防等领域备受关注。尽管基于Wi-Fi信号的身份识别已经取得了初步的成功,但是目前主要适用于用户独立行为场景,并发行为下的多用户身份识别仍然面临着一系列挑战,包括用户之间的相互干扰以及模型鲁棒性差等问题。因此,提出了一种并发行为下多用户身份识别系统Wiblack,其核心思想是训练一个多分支深度神经网络(Wiblack-Net)来提取每个单用户的独特特征。首先,利用主干网络提取多用户之间的共同特征;然后,为每个用户分配一个二分类器以此判断给定群体中是否存在目标用户,在此基础上基于并发行为实现多个用户身份识别。此外,将Wiblack与多个独立的二分类模型和单个多分类模型进行对比实验,对运行效率和系统性能进行分析。实验结果显示,在同时识别3个用户身份时,Wibalck平均准确率达到了92.97%,平均精确度为93.71%,平均召回率为93.24%,平均F1值为92.43%。

一种Wi-Fi RTT/数据驱动惯性导航行人室内定位方法

为了研究基于智能手机的行人室内定位方法,并提高其精度,本文提出了一种基于Wi-Fi往返时间(RTT)、惯性测量单元(IMU)的定位系统。该方法主要包括3部分:(1)使用扩展卡尔曼滤波融合测距信息的Wi-Fi RTT室内定位方法;(2)适用于多手机使用模式的航位推算方法,该方法基于长短时记忆模型(LSTM)建立神经网络模型,预测行人运动速度及航向;(3)基于误差状态卡尔曼滤波的Wi-Fi RTT/数据驱动惯性导航融合定位方法,进一步提高定位精度。试验结果表明,与单一的基于Wi-Fi RTT方法和数据驱动惯性导航方法相比,本文方法的平均定位精度提升了10%~20%。

基于Wi-Fi指纹且计算外包的室内定位隐私保护方案

为了解决室内定位中用户和服务器双方的隐私保护问题,提出了一种在使用Paillier加密的过程中将部分计算外包给云服务器的方案,这不仅保护了用户和定位服务器的隐私,而且避免了产生过大的计算和通信开销。该方案的主要思想是服务器先在离线阶段建立指纹数据库,在线阶段用户将k匿名算法和Paillier加密结合,将加密后的Wi-Fi指纹发送给定位服务器,服务器对接收到的Wi-Fi指纹和数据库指纹进行聚合处理,然后外包给云服务器进行解密和距离计算,最终得到定位结果。理论分析和实验结果表明了所提方案的安全性、有效性和实用性。

基于Wi-Fi信号感知技术的图书馆特殊群体服务研究

特殊群体是图书馆用户的重要组成部分,采用数字技术帮助特殊群体享受均等化的公共文化服务,是无障碍图书馆建设的重要部分。文章在介绍面向人机物融合的Wi-Fi信号感知技术的基础上,梳理了其在图书馆特殊群体服务中的具体应用场景。Wi-Fi信号感知技术在图书馆特殊群体服务中具有很好的应用价值,但也存在一些弊端和问题需要进一步优化和解决,在多种技术的加持下突破服务壁垒,提高服务质量。

基于通感一体化的Wi-Fi卸载匹配算法

针对目前移动数据流量激增所导致的通感一体化无线通信网络系统中的拥塞和过载问题,提出一种基于通感一体化的Wi-Fi卸载匹配算法。首先,基于信息论综合考虑系统的通信吞吐量和感知互信息量,定义系统的效用函数,在满足用户QoS的同时最大化系统的总效用;其次,基于图论的思想建立Wi-Fi信道分配算法为每个Wi-Fi接入点分配信道,并将用户的接入选择问题建立为具有外部性的多对一匹配博弈模型。仿真结果表明,所设计的卸载策略能够提高系统的总效用,缓解基站处的数据压力。

不依赖位置坐标的室内Wi-Fi网络覆盖度量方法

3GPP在版本16(R16,Release 16)中升级了最小化路测(MDT,minimization of drive test)技术,提出移动终端可利用4G/5G网络自主上报Wi-Fi信号的接收信号强度指示(RSSI,received signal strength indicator),为运营商度量Wi-Fi网络的覆盖率带来了可能性。然而,现有基于MDT技术的网络覆盖度量方法严重依赖GPS提供的位置坐标,但全球定位系统(GPS,global positioning system)不能提供室内精准定位,无法用于室内Wi-Fi网络的覆盖度量。为此,提出了一种不依赖位置坐标的RSSI聚类方法,充分利用室内相近位置RSSI的统计相似性,区分不同位置的RSSI测量差异,在无位置坐标条件下准确估计出室内Wi-Fi网络的覆盖率。实验结果表明,所提方法估计的覆盖率与基于真实位置坐标测量的覆盖率相近,度量准确度明显优于现有的其他方法。

Screening biomarkers for spinal cord injury using weighted gene co-expression network analysis and machine learning

Immune changes and inflammatory responses have been identified as central events in the pathological process of spinal co rd injury.They can greatly affect nerve regeneration and functional recovery.However,there is still limited understanding of the peripheral immune inflammato ry response in spinal cord inju ry.In this study.we obtained microRNA expression profiles from the peripheral blood of patients with spinal co rd injury using high-throughput sequencing.We also obtained the mRNA expression profile of spinal cord injury patients from the Gene Expression Omnibus(GEO)database(GSE151371).We identified 54 differentially expressed microRNAs and 1656 diffe rentially expressed genes using bioinformatics approaches.Functional enrichment analysis revealed that various common immune and inflammation-related signaling pathways,such as neutrophil extracellular trap formation pathway,T cell receptor signaling pathway,and nuclear factor-κB signal pathway,we re abnormally activated or inhibited in spinal cord inju ry patient samples.We applied an integrated strategy that combines weighted gene co-expression network analysis,LASSO logistic regression,and SVM-RFE algorithm and identified three biomarke rs associated with spinal cord injury:ANO10,BST1,and ZFP36L2.We verified the expression levels and diagnostic perfo rmance of these three genes in the original training dataset and clinical samples through the receiver operating characteristic curve.Quantitative polymerase chain reaction results showed that ANO20 and BST1 mRNA levels were increased and ZFP36L2 mRNA was decreased in the peripheral blood of spinal cord injury patients.We also constructed a small RNA-mRNA interaction network using Cytoscape.Additionally,we evaluated the proportion of 22 types of immune cells in the peripheral blood of spinal co rd injury patients using the CIBERSORT tool.The proportions of naive B cells,plasma cells,monocytes,and neutrophils were increased while the proportions of memory B cells,CD8^(+)T cells,resting natural killer cells,resting dendritic cells,and eosinophils were markedly decreased in spinal cord injury patients increased compared with healthy subjects,and ANO10,BST1 and ZFP26L2we re closely related to the proportion of certain immune cell types.The findings from this study provide new directions for the development of treatment strategies related to immune inflammation in spinal co rd inju ry and suggest that ANO10,BST2,and ZFP36L2 are potential biomarkers for spinal cord injury.The study was registe red in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry(registration No.ChiCTR2200066985,December 12,2022).

Pluggable multitask diffractive neural networks based on cascaded metasurfaces

Optical neural networks have significant advantages in terms of power consumption,parallelism,and high computing speed,which has intrigued extensive attention in both academic and engineering communities.It has been considered as one of the powerful tools in promoting the fields of imaging processing and object recognition.However,the existing optical system architecture cannot be reconstructed to the realization of multi-functional artificial intelligence systems simultaneously.To push the development of this issue,we propose the pluggable diffractive neural networks(P-DNN),a general paradigm resorting to the cascaded metasurfaces,which can be applied to recognize various tasks by switching internal plug-ins.As the proof-of-principle,the recognition functions of six types of handwritten digits and six types of fashions are numerical simulated and experimental demonstrated at near-infrared regimes.Encouragingly,the proposed paradigm not only improves the flexibility of the optical neural networks but paves the new route for achieving high-speed,low-power and versatile artificial intelligence systems.

Social-ecological perspective on the suicidal behaviour factors of early adolescents in China:a network analysis

Background In early adolescence,youth are highly prone to suicidal behaviours.Identifying modifiable risk factors during this critical phase is a priority to inform effective suicide prevention strategies.Aims To explore the risk and protective factors of suicidal behaviours(ie,suicidal ideation,plans and attempts)in early adolescence in China using a social-ecological perspective.Methods Using data from the cross-sectional project‘Healthy and Risky Behaviours Among Middle School Students in Anhui Province,China',stratified random cluster sampling was used to select 5724 middle school students who had completed self-report questionnaires in November 2020.Network analysis was employed to examine the correlates of suicidal ideation,plans and attempts at four levels,namely individual(sex,academic performance,serious physical llness/disability,history of self-harm,depression,impulsivity,sleep problems,resilience),family(family economic status,relationship with mother,relationship with father,family violence,childhood abuse,parental mental illness),school(relationship with teachers,relationship with classmates,school-bullying victimisation and perpetration)and social(social support,satisfaction with society).Results In total,37.9%,19.0%and 5.5%of the students reported suicidal ideation,plans and attempts in the past 6 months,respectively.The estimated network revealed that suicidal ideation,plans and attempts were collectively associated with a history of self-harm,sleep problems,childhood abuse,school bullying and victimisation.Centrality analysis indicated that the most influential nodes in the network were history of self-harm and childhood abuse.Notably,the network also showed unique correlates of suicidal ideation(sex,weight=0.60;impulsivity,weight=0.24;family violence,weight=0.17;relationship with teachers,weight=-0.03;school-bullying perpetration,weight=0.22),suicidal plans(social support,weight=-0.15)and suicidal attempts(relationship with mother,weight=-0.10;parental mental llness,weight=0.61).Conclusions This study identified the correlates of suicidal ideation,plans and attempts,and provided practical implications for suicide prevention for young adolescents in China.Firstly,this study highlighted the importance of joint interventions across multiple departments.Secondly,the common risk factors of suicidal ideation,plans and attempts were elucidated.Thirdly,this study proposed target interventions to address the unique influencing factors of suicidal ideation,plans and attempts.

基于Wi-Fi信道状态信息的坐姿监测方法

[目的]针对现有的坐姿监测方法存在的接触式、隐私性低、成本高、部署不方便等问题对坐姿监测方法进行研究.[方法]提出基于Wi-Fi信道状态信息的坐姿监测方法.该方法在不同坐姿下采集商用路由器的Wi-Fi信道状态信息,结合卷积神经网络和长短期记忆神经网络建立坐姿分类模型,融合采样窗口内信道状态信息的幅值和相位数据,并充分提取数据的空间和时间特征,提高坐姿分类精度.在对原始相位数据进行预处理时,提出了近邻子载波差值阈值补偿方法,有效地解决了不同子载波的相位旋绕不同步的问题.[结果]搭建坐姿监测环境,对办公或学习场景下的5种常见坐姿进行分类.实验证明,该坐姿监测方法对坐姿分类有较高的准确率,对所有坐姿分类的平均准确率达到91.23%.[结论]本文提出的基于Wi-Fi信道状态信息的坐姿监测方法,具有非接触式、隐私性高、成本低、部署方便等特点,且对坐姿分类准确率高,在坐姿监测系统的研究上具有一定的实用价值.

Image super‐resolution via dynamic network

Convolutional neural networks depend on deep network architectures to extract accurate information for image super‐resolution.However,obtained information of these con-volutional neural networks cannot completely express predicted high‐quality images for complex scenes.A dynamic network for image super‐resolution(DSRNet)is presented,which contains a residual enhancement block,wide enhancement block,feature refine-ment block and construction block.The residual enhancement block is composed of a residual enhanced architecture to facilitate hierarchical features for image super‐resolution.To enhance robustness of obtained super‐resolution model for complex scenes,a wide enhancement block achieves a dynamic architecture to learn more robust information to enhance applicability of an obtained super‐resolution model for varying scenes.To prevent interference of components in a wide enhancement block,a refine-ment block utilises a stacked architecture to accurately learn obtained features.Also,a residual learning operation is embedded in the refinement block to prevent long‐term dependency problem.Finally,a construction block is responsible for reconstructing high‐quality images.Designed heterogeneous architecture can not only facilitate richer structural information,but also be lightweight,which is suitable for mobile digital devices.Experimental results show that our method is more competitive in terms of performance,recovering time of image super‐resolution and complexity.The code of DSRNet can be obtained at https://github.com/hellloxiaotian/DSRNet.

非法Wi-Fi信号识别与定位的方法研究

迅速发展的无线网络已经覆盖工作生活的方方面面,与此同时其安全问题越来越凸显,其中非法Wi-Fi问题尤为突出。为了保证无线网络中信息安全,必须及时识别、定位和清除非法Wi-Fi信号。文章主要研究了Wi-Fi信号的分析识别方法以及2种定位WiFi信号的方法,进一步为识别与定位非法Wi-Fi信号提供了解决思路。

Mapping Network-Coordinated Stacked Gated Recurrent Units for Turbulence Prediction

Accurately predicting fluid forces acting on the sur-face of a structure is crucial in engineering design.However,this task becomes particularly challenging in turbulent flow,due to the complex and irregular changes in the flow field.In this study,we propose a novel deep learning method,named mapping net-work-coordinated stacked gated recurrent units(MSU),for pre-dicting pressure on a circular cylinder from velocity data.Specifi-cally,our coordinated learning strategy is designed to extract the most critical velocity point for prediction,a process that has not been explored before.In our experiments,MSU extracts one point from a velocity field containing 121 points and utilizes this point to accurately predict 100 pressure points on the cylinder.This method significantly reduces the workload of data measure-ment in practical engineering applications.Our experimental results demonstrate that MSU predictions are highly similar to the real turbulent data in both spatio-temporal and individual aspects.Furthermore,the comparison results show that MSU predicts more precise results,even outperforming models that use all velocity field points.Compared with state-of-the-art methods,MSU has an average improvement of more than 45%in various indicators such as root mean square error(RMSE).Through comprehensive and authoritative physical verification,we estab-lished that MSU’s prediction results closely align with pressure field data obtained in real turbulence fields.This confirmation underscores the considerable potential of MSU for practical applications in real engineering scenarios.The code is available at https://github.com/zhangzm0128/MSU.

基于高斯过程回归的Wi-Fi RTT/RSS测距与指纹定位研究

基于往返时间(RTT)测量的智能手机Wi-Fi测距定位受限于室内环境的复杂性,仍面临稳定性差、精度低等问题。利用同步量测的Wi-Fi RTT和信号接收强度(RSS)数据,分别从测距与指纹补偿、测距定位与匹配定位优化等方面开展研究。首先,通过分析RTT测距误差规律,建立了基于高斯过程回归(GPR)的非参数测距误差补偿模型;研究了RSS数据分布,通过拟合Wi-Fi信号路径衰减模型,构建了基于GPR的RSS补偿模型。其次,开发了基于Web端的指纹库生成和指纹定位软件,可支持RSS指纹库、RTT测距指纹库自主建设和RSS/RTT指纹定位。最后,设计了基于GPR补偿的RTT测距定位、RTT指纹定位和Wi-Fi RSS指纹匹配定位算法,并综合分析了3种方法的定位性能。实验结果表明,经过高斯补偿的RTT测距定位、RTT指纹定位和RSS指纹定位的平均精度分别提升了50.81%、52.85%和48.72%,证明了高斯过程回归模型可有效提升Wi-Fi RTT/RSS测距与指纹定位的精度与稳定性。

基于Wi-Fi CSI的无监督域自适应伪装步态识别

步态识别作为一种非侵入性的人体生物识别技术,因其无须用户主动配合的特点,被广泛应用于安防和智能家居等领域。然而,现实中步态识别系统面临的一个重大挑战是伪装效应。当受试者改变着装或携带物品时,步态数据的可靠性往往受到影响,从而使步态识别变得困难。为解决这一问题,该文提出一种基于Wi-Fi CSI的无监督伪装步态识别方法。该方法引入一种新的数据度量策略,通过预训练来获取伪装步态数据的伪标签,并利用匹配滤波技术生成高质量的标记训练数据对。最终,通过无监督学习实现数据分布对齐,克服伪装步态数据的分布偏移问题。实验结果表明,该文的方法在伪装步态识别方面显著优于现有最先进的步态识别技术。

基于Wi-Fi Sensing的无感检测技术

随着智能家居的推广普及,对于移动物体的行为感知成为热点技术。相比于传统的信息检测技术,新型的基于Wi-Fi信号的设备无关被动入侵检测,能够在无需用户做任何干预也不影响人员隐私安全的情况下实现对于行为的检测判断,这和使用摄像头或红外检测形成显著差异,成为研究热点。该文基于Wi-Fi芯片平台采集物理层信道状态信息,构建与移动载体信息相关的检测模型,结合大数据分析和智能算法,给出相关的实现方案,并基于实验验证实现从无线信道中捕捉波形特征,验证方案的有效性,结合结果分析也为后续精度的进一步提升提供改进方向。

Activation Redistribution Based Hybrid Asymmetric Quantization Method of Neural Networks

The demand for adopting neural networks in resource-constrained embedded devices is continuously increasing.Quantization is one of the most promising solutions to reduce computational cost and memory storage on embedded devices.In order to reduce the complexity and overhead of deploying neural networks on Integeronly hardware,most current quantization methods use a symmetric quantization mapping strategy to quantize a floating-point neural network into an integer network.However,although symmetric quantization has the advantage of easier implementation,it is sub-optimal for cases where the range could be skewed and not symmetric.This often comes at the cost of lower accuracy.This paper proposed an activation redistribution-based hybrid asymmetric quantizationmethod for neural networks.The proposedmethod takes data distribution into consideration and can resolve the contradiction between the quantization accuracy and the ease of implementation,balance the trade-off between clipping range and quantization resolution,and thus improve the accuracy of the quantized neural network.The experimental results indicate that the accuracy of the proposed method is 2.02%and 5.52%higher than the traditional symmetric quantization method for classification and detection tasks,respectively.The proposed method paves the way for computationally intensive neural network models to be deployed on devices with limited computing resources.Codes will be available on https://github.com/ycjcy/Hybrid-Asymmetric-Quantization.