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Characterizing probe request bursts to efficiently count Wi-Fi devices with randomized MACs

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In this paper, we show that counting the number of devices in a geographical zone is possible by passively capturing Wi-Fi probe-requests, even in the presence of randomized MAC addresses. We utilize a clustering-based approach and carefully characterize probe-request bursts with features that tend to be specific to a device. On three datasets with different capture configurations, we show that our methodology successfully counts the number of devices with a maximum error of 1 device.
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hal-04531452 , version 1 (03-04-2024)

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Abhishek Kumar Mishra, Mathieu Cunche. Characterizing probe request bursts to efficiently count Wi-Fi devices with randomized MACs. EuCNC-6G Summit - 2024 European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit - Special Sessions, Jun 2024, Antwerp, Belgium. pp.1-3. ⟨hal-04531452⟩
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