What WiFi Probe Requests can tell you
If you use the content of this repository, please reference the following paper:
R. Rusca, F. Sansoldo, C. Casetti and P. Giaccone, "What WiFi Probe Requests can tell you," 2023 IEEE 20th Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2023, pp. 1086-1091, doi: 10.1109/CCNC51644.2023.10060447. URL BibTeX
Note that all the results in the paper are obtained with the test performed during March 2022. The results of the newer test performed during March 2023 is an extension of the work.
Overview
| Specification | |
|---|---|
| Subject | Engineering |
| Specific subject area | The dataset consists of WiFi packets of probe requests type, which have been captured in controlled environment |
| Type of data | WiFi probe requests saved as PCAP files |
| How data were acquired | Data was acquired via a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 with an additional WiFi interface supporting monitor mode (chipset Atheros AR927) and an interface for cellular connection (SIM7000ENB-IoT HAT). The software program used is TShark v. 3.4.10 |
| Description of data collection | After setting up the environment (e.g., removing all Wi-Fi devices except the Raspberry and the device to be analysed). We started the capture script and saves the output on PCAP files |
| Data source location | Institution: Politecnico di Torino City/Town/Region: Torino, TO Country: Italy |
List of devices tested in 2022
| Type | Vendor | Model | OS | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmartPhone | OnePlus | Nord 5G | Android 11.0 | 2021 |
| SmartPhone | Samsung | Note 20 Ultra | Android 12.0 | 2020 |
| SmartPhone | Apple | iPhone 11 | iOS 15.0.1 | 2019 |
| SmartPhone | Xiaomi | Redmi Note 8T | Android 10.0 | 2019 |
| SmartPhone | Huawei | P9 Lite | Android 7.0 | 2016 |
| SmartPhone | Apple | iPhone 6 | iOS 12.5.5 | 2014 |
| Tablet | Apple | iPad 8 | iPadOS 14.8.1 | 2020 |
| Laptop | Lenovo | ThinkPad X13 Gen1 | Windows 11 | 2021 |
| Laptop | Apple | MacBookAir M1 | macOS 12.1 | 2020 |
List of devices tested in 2023
| Type | Vendor | Model | OS | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmartPhone | Apple | iPhone 7 | iOS 15.2 | 2016 |
| SmartPhone | Apple | iPhone 11 | iOS 16.3.1 | 2019 |
| SmartPhone | Apple | iPhone 13 Pro | iOS 16.3 | 2021 |
| SmartPhone | Apple | iPhone 14 Pro | iOS 16.4 | 2022 |
| SmartPhone | Xiaomi | Mi9 Lite | Android 10.0 | 2020 |
| Laptop | Apple | MacBookPro | macOS 11.6.2 | 2015 |
Contacts
- Riccardo Rusca [riccardo.rusca@polito.it]
- Claudio Casetti [claudio.casetti@polito.it]
- Paolo Giaccone [paolo.giaccone@polito.it]