Project Info

Wi-Fi Based Smart Home and Security System

Among various Internet of Things application scenarios, the smart home is highly focused for improvements it brings to people’s real life and its promising market. In recent years, wireless systems like WLAN have become more and more common in home networking. Recent studies have shown that the Wi-Fi is not only for Internet access but also a new way to detect the activities in the room. This project aims to build a security system for smart home using Wi-Fi signals.

More Information

M. Alaa, A. A. Zaidan, B. B. Zaidan, M. Talal, and M. L. M. Kiah, ‘‘A review of smart home applications based on Internet of Things,’’ J. Netw. Comput. Appl., vol. 97, pp. 48–65, Nov. 2017.

R. K. Kodali, V. Jain, S. Bose and L. Boppana, “loT based smart security and home automation system,” 2016 Tnternational Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation (ICCCA), Noida, 2016, pp. 1286-1289.

A. ElShafee and K. A. Hamed, “Design and Implementation of a WiFi Based Home Automation System,” World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, pp. 2177-2180, 2012.

Grand Engineering Challenge: Secure cyberspace

Student Preparation

Qualifications

Self-motivated
Good programming skills
Knowing or be willing to learn signal processing techniques

Time Commitment

20-30 hours/month

Skills/Techniques Gained

Using WiFi channel state information (CSI) to detect human activities
Basic signal processing techniques
Machine learning techniques
How to conduct research experiments

Mentoring Plan

1. Monthly or weekly meeting
2. Beside me, I will assign a grad student as a mentor as well.