WiFiTrace: Network-based contact tracing for infectious diseases using passive WiFi sensing

• Main Authors: TRIVEDI, Amee, ZAKARIA, Camellia, BALAN, Rajesh Krishna, BECKER, Ann, COREY, George, SHENOY, Prashant
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Digital Contact Tracing; Passive sensing; WiFi; Access Point; Syslogs; Databases and Information Systems; OS and Networks; Public Health
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6726; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/7729/viewcontent/3448084.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Contact tracing is a well-established and effective approach for the containment of the spread of infectious diseases. While Bluetooth-based contact tracing method using phones has become popular recently, these approaches suffer from the need for a critical mass adoption to be effective. In this pa...