New Standards Initiative for Using Wi-Fi for Sensing [Standards]

Reports on wireless local area network sensing which is about the use of IEEE 802.11 technologies to provide sensing capability for fixed, portable, and moving stations within a local area, for example, to measure and determine the presence, range, angle, and speed of a passive object. WLAN sensing aims to enable unconventional uses for Wi-Fi communications, such as motion detection and gesture recognition as well as biometric measurements.