Physical Tampering Detection Using Single COTS Wi-Fi Endpoint

This paper proposes a practical physical tampering detection mechanism using inexpensive commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Wi-Fi endpoint devices with a deep neural network (DNN) on channel state information (CSI) in the Wi-Fi signals. Attributed to the DNN that identifies physical tampering events du...

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Main Authors: Poh Yuen Chan, Alexander I-Chi Lai, Pei-Yuan Wu, Ruey-Beei Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/16/5665
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Summary:This paper proposes a practical physical tampering detection mechanism using inexpensive commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Wi-Fi endpoint devices with a deep neural network (DNN) on channel state information (CSI) in the Wi-Fi signals. Attributed to the DNN that identifies physical tampering events due to the multi-subcarrier characteristics in CSI, our methodology takes effect using only one COTS Wi-Fi endpoint with a single embedded antenna to detect changes in the relative orientation between the Wi-Fi infrastructure and the endpoint, in contrast to previous sophisticated, proprietary approaches. Preliminary results show that our detectors manage to achieve a 95.89% true positive rate (<i>TPR</i>) with no worse than a 4.12% false positive rate (<i>FPR</i>) in detecting physical tampering events.
ISSN:1424-8220