Measuring the Accuracy of Crowd Counting using Wi-Fi Probe-Request-Frame Counting Technique

Authors

  • Ooi Boon Yaik Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, Kampar 31900 Perak
  • Kong Zan Wai Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, Kampar 31900 Perak
  • Ian K.T.Tan Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya 63100 Selangor
  • Ooi Boon Sheng Xilnex-Web Bytes Sdn. Bhd., Unit 70-3-71, d' Piazza Mall, Jalan Mahsuri, Bayan Baru 11900 Pulau Pinang

Abstract

Wi-Fi in smartphones are designed to periodically transmit probe-request-frame to determine when a known access point is within range and by capitalizing this Wi-Fi behavior, crowd counting and analysis have been done by continuous monitoring and counting these Wi-Fi frames. The proliferation of Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices and the ever-increasing number of mobile devices in use, suggests opportunities for developing lowcost crowd counting and analysis solution. This work attempt to measure how well do monitoring and counting these Wi-Fi frames correlate with the actual number of people presence in a crowd. In this paper, we also compare the pros and cons of various crowd counting technologies, describe the system that we used for counting Wi-Fi frames and compare its accuracy against manual crowd counting technique in an event involving the public continuously for 8 hours. The results are promising, the correlation between manual counting and Wi-Fi frames counting is 0.89322. In addition to that, the Wi-Fi frames counting technique can even reveal the retention rate of the crowd.

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Published

2016-05-01

How to Cite

Boon Yaik, O., Zan Wai, K., K.T.Tan, I., & Boon Sheng, O. (2016). Measuring the Accuracy of Crowd Counting using Wi-Fi Probe-Request-Frame Counting Technique. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC), 8(2), 79–81. Retrieved from https://jtec.utem.edu.my/jtec/article/view/961