{"id":22458,"date":"2023-10-26T22:15:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T22:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nami.ai\/?p=22458"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:31:44","slug":"what-is-wireless-sensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nami.ai\/blog\/what-is-wireless-sensing\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Wireless Sensing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22458\" class=\"elementor elementor-22458\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-183159f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"183159f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-499fbd90\" data-id=\"499fbd90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6855335 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6855335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Key Takeaways<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cf1b34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cf1b34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Wireless sensing detects and interprets motion and human activity via the analysis of changes in the electromagnetic\/radio waves that propagate from a transmitter to a receiver.\u00a0<\/li><li>Wireless sensing is a broad term, incorporating what is often referred to as ‘WiFi sensing’, but also other related forms of motion detection.\u00a0<\/li><li>Wireless sensing should not be confused with wireless sensors networks, which are a specific industrial application.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5354c420 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5354c420\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39dc70d6\" data-id=\"39dc70d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25fb0da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25fb0da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWireless sensing is a new technology for detecting and interpreting motion that is elevating standard setups for smart homes. Wireless sensing uses electromagnetic\/radio waves, just like your home WiFi devices, to detect and interpret motion. For those seeking to explore more about this theme, it is highly recommended to learn about <a href=_-38.html style=\"color: inherit; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facharbeit ghostwriter<\/a>.\n\nIn this guide, we look in detail at some different wireless sensing technologies and how they are being enabled through a new technical standard process.\n\nTo find our about the benefits and challenges of wireless sensing, and its main applications\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-622ded1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"622ded1e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5057ac\" data-id=\"5057ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f74b517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f74b517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What Is the Definition of Wireless Sensing?\u00a0<\/h2><p>Wireless sensing, in its simplest terms, means detecting or measuring physical phenomena without the need for a tangible physical connection (like wires).<\/p><p>Wireless sensing works through detecting disturbances in electromagnetic waves or signals \u2014 the same kinds of waves that are commonly used by your home WiFi connection.\u00a0 Compared to \u2018wired\u2019 forms of sensing, this technology is more mobile and versatile, and able to communicate over both short and long distances. Some common applications of wireless sensing include:\u00a0<\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Home security<\/b>. Intrusions can be detected through unexpected disturbances in wireless waves. Wireless sensing-enabled IoT devices can be used in addition to video cameras and other sensors to provide comprehensive security solutions.\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Health and wellbeing monitoring<\/b>. Unusual movement of elderly or vulnerable family members (such as falls) can be detected and notifications automatically sent to family members or emergency services.\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Energy management<\/b>. Detection of presence and motion can be used to automatically power up and down devices based on predicted occupancy.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>You can read more about the applications of wireless sensing in our detailed analysis of the pros, cons and practical use cases for wireless sensing.\u00a0<\/p><p>Most commonly, wireless sensing involves\u00a0<em>WiFi<\/em> sensing. This means using WiFi \u2014 also known as wireless local area networks (WLAN) \u2014 to detect motion (read more in <a href=_-39.html>our guide to WiFi sensing<\/a>). Wireless sensing usually proceeds through two distinct stages:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Pre-processing<\/strong>. Raw data provided by wireless sensing devices (commonly known as ‘CSI’ or ‘channel state information’) is filtered to eliminate pets, robot vacuum cleaners and other sources of ‘noise’. This means that the information transmitted is focused on human motion only.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Higher-order processing<\/strong>. Machine learning is used to analyze the data in more complex cases such as micro-motion. It is this kind of processing that might be able to distinguish between, say, respiration and a heartbeat (more on this below).\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>In addition to WiFi, wireless sensing could also conceivably involve other forms of technology such as:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE)<\/strong>. This allows wireless communication over short-wavelength UHF (ultra-high frequency) radio waves.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Near-Field Communication (NFC)<\/strong>. This allows two electronic devices to establish communication when they’re in close proximity to one another \u2014 typically less than 4 cm (about 1.5 inches). While useful for contexts like contactless payment and reading barcodes, this would generally not cover the distance needed for robust wireless sensing.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)<\/strong>. This technology uses radio waves to read digital data included in specific ‘RFID tags’. These are commonly used for anti-theft purposes, for inventory tracking, and in toll collection, among other purposes.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>Some other types of sensors which also don\u2019t involve physical wiring include <a href=_-40.html>Passive Infrared (PIR)<\/a> and acoustic sensors. However, as these sensors rely on heat and sound energy, rather than radio waves, they are generally not classified under the label \u201cwireless sensing\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d3ecc7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d3ecc7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0216b43\" data-id=\"0216b43\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b5cae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47b5cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>How Does Wireless Sensing Work?<\/h2><p><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 23.3922px; line-height: inherit; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; left: 140.353px; top: 482.756px; transform: scaleX(1.00009);\" role=\"presentation\">P \/ ML) and wr<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 23.3922px; line-height: inherit; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; left: 140.353px; top: 623.109px; transform: scaleX(1.00009);\" role=\"presentation\">, d<\/span><\/p><p><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 23.3922px; line-height: inherit; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; left: 140.353px; top: 623.109px; transform: scaleX(1.00009);\" role=\"presentation\">ev<\/span><\/p><p><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 23.3922px; line-height: inherit; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; left: 140.353px; top: 623.109px; transform: scaleX(1.00009);\" role=\"presentation\">ase<\/span><\/p><p>In wireless sensing, electromagnetic waves are emitted by devices across a room or area. Any disturbance in those waves is picked up by enabled devices, and analyzed by the sensing technology. This disturbance indicates movement in the room, and the sensing technology is able to determine whether that is human motion or not.\u00a0<\/p><p>Wireless sensing is usually implemented via several different ‘layers’:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Hardware<\/strong>. Either specifically manufactured devices, or altered devices, become ‘sensing enablers’, allowing them to receive and interpret wireless signals.<\/li><li><strong>Processing<\/strong>. The device itself automatically provides the initial filtering of data (see description above).\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Transmission<\/strong>. Sensing data is sent to centralized hubs and\/or devices for the end user.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Use and analysis<\/strong>. The data is received and used by the end-user, such as the individual receiving an intrusion alert on their smartphone. In some cases, the wireless sensing data may be combined with other insights to draw further conclusions about motion within the building.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>You can read more about how wireless sensing works in Jie Wang et al. (2018).\u00a0 “<a href=_-41.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Device-Free Wireless Sensing: Challenges, Opportunities, and Applications<\/a>“. <em>IEEE Network. <\/em>\u00a0Vol. 32, no. 2.\u00a0<\/p><p>To read specifically how deep learning models might be applied to wireless sensing data check out Rajendran et al. (2018). “<a href=_-42.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deep Learning Models for Wireless Signal Classification with Distributed Low-Cost Spectrum Sensors<\/a>“. <em>IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking<\/em>.\u00a0Vol. 4, No. 3.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12d6db9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12d6db9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f891054\" data-id=\"f891054\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ad4e70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ad4e70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The History of Wireless Sensing\u00a0<\/h2><p><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 23.3922px; line-height: inherit; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; left: 140.353px; top: 482.756px; transform: scaleX(1.00009);\" role=\"presentation\">P \/ ML) and wr<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 23.3922px; line-height: inherit; font-family: sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; left: 140.353px; top: 623.109px; transform: scaleX(1.00009);\" role=\"presentation\">, devcase<\/span><\/p><p>The scientific basis for wireless sensing can be traced back to 1865 when Scottish Physicist James Clerk Maxwell predicted that electric charges and currents give rise to electric and magnetic fields. These fields, in turn, propagate through space as waves.\u00a0<\/p><p>This prediction was, in turn, confirmed by the experiments of the German Physicist Heinrich Hertz in the 1880s. He showed that electromagnetic waves could be produced by an oscillating electric current, and that these could be detected from a distance through a simple receiver.\u00a0<\/p><p>This experimentation also confirmed that electromagnetic waves behaved like light and could reflect, refract and diffract \u2014 prisms and lenses were used to demonstrate how waves could be bent and focused.\u00a0<\/p><p>Then through experiments in the late 1890s and early 20th century, Guglielmo Marconi demonstrated that <em>information<\/em> could be sent wirelessly via electromagnetic waves. Through wireless telegraphy, the operator could interrupt the transmission of electromagnetic waves in regular patterns to correspond with Morse Code.\u00a0<\/p><p>Audio transmission then followed, and the rise of radio broadcasting, as did radar \u2014 using electromagnetic waves to detect movement. Wireless <em>sensing<\/em> was born.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24bfc66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24bfc66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce48af5\" data-id=\"ce48af5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e481d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e481d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Is Wireless Sensing the same as Wireless Sensor Networks?<\/h2>\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=_-43.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)<\/a>&nbsp;is a grouping of spatially dispersed sensors that monitor the physical environment and sends data to a central location. It consists of \u2018nodes\u2019 (that house each individual sensor and transmit the relevant information via radio waves) and a ‘base station’ (that collects information from the nodes to be sent to the user).<\/p>\n<p>Classic use cases for WSNs include geographical and area monitoring, such as geofencing of gas or oil pipelines, or habitat monitoring. In the latter case, wireless sensors have been extremely successful in allowing vulnerable wildlife to be observed, without potentially harmful human interference. For example, in studies conducted on Great Duck Island in Maine, wireless sensor networks have been successful in showing with seabird (Petrel) monitoring to show:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The usage pattern of nesting burrows<\/li>\n<li>Changes in the burrows themselves and the nesting environment.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This data was in turn used to predict future seabird behaviour. Read more about this study in Mainwaring, A. et al. (2002). “<a href=_-44.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wireless sensor networks for habitat monitoring<\/a>“. P<i>roceedings of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications.<\/i>&nbsp;NY, USA, ACM.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the term is not as often used in this context, a home security setup, or wearables network that uses wireless technology would also count as a WSN.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a752d0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a752d0c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56e7b45b\" data-id=\"56e7b45b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d6be1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53d6be1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What Is the Technical Standard for Wireless Sensing?<\/h2><p>A standard is a published document setting out the technical specifications for a particular kind of product. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) sets out a range of standards that are relevant to wireless sensing. These standards ensure that technology is developed safely, reliably, and with full interoperability.<\/p><ul><li><strong>IEEE 802.11 is the general WiFi standard<\/strong>. In fact, WiFi is simply defined as the local wireless network that uses this standard. These operate on both the 2.4GHz UHF and 5GHz bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. WiFi certification is a separate process overseen by the WiFi Alliance.<\/li><li><strong>IEEE 802.15.1<\/strong> <strong>is the standard for Bluetooth<\/strong>, which also uses the 2.4 GHz band on the electromagnetic spectrum.<\/li><\/ul><p>A new standard specifically for wireless sensing is currently in development and is set to be unveiled in 2024. The <a href=_-45.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">802.11bf wireless sensing standard<\/a>\u00a0is intended to provide a broad basis for innovative wireless sensing products.\u00a0<\/p><p>Currently, it is proposed that there be a division of wireless sensing:<\/p><ul><li>lower-frequency waves (1GHz to 7.125GHz) for motion sensing in large spaces<\/li><li>higher-frequency waves (45GHz and above) for micro-movements.<\/li><\/ul><p>The infographic below demonstrates how electromagnetic waves (including those deployed in wireless sensing) are classified along the electromagnetic spectrum.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67e75031 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67e75031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" src=_-46.html class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10171\" alt=\"Electromagnetic Spectrum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nami.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Electromagnetic-Spectrum.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/nami.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Electromagnetic-Spectrum-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nami.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Electromagnetic-Spectrum-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nami.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Electromagnetic-Spectrum-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nami.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Electromagnetic-Spectrum-1536x922.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07d3b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07d3b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Wireless Sensing Defined<\/h2><p>Wireless sensing is the detection and analysis of presence and motion via the effect that motion has on electromagnetic waves. In the modern smart home, these waves are often<i>WiFi <\/i>waves, similar to those that radiate from a WiFi router. While it is relatively new technology, work on a new technical standard for wireless sensing should help encourage innovation, and enable standardization, in the area.\u00a0<\/p><p>To learn more, check out our article on the applications of wireless sensing.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5deb5ece elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5deb5ece\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b70724a\" data-id=\"1b70724a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e35b22b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e35b22b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e34e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"59e34e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9421\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9421\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How does wireless sensing work?\u00a0<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9421\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9421\"><p>A set of sensing devices are connected in a network. Antennae within some of those devices send out wireless\/radio signals or waves at a high rate. These waves then break when they hit solid objects. Machine learning algorithms contained in the wireless sensing technology are able to distinguish between moving objects and objects that are stationary.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9422\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9422\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Is wireless sensing the same as WiFi sensing?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9422\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9422\"><p>Often the terms are used interchangeably, with ‘wireless sensing’ being shorthand for ‘wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing’. However, sometimes the term ‘wireless sensing’ is used more broadly to include any form of motion detection that uses electromagnetic of radio waves to detect and interpret motion.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9423\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9423\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Can wireless sensing be combined with other forms of sensing?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9423\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9423\"><p>Yes, wireless sensing combines well with cameras, microphones, wearables, acoustic sensors and other forms of environmental detection to create comprehensive multi-sensing solutions.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How does wireless sensing work?\\u00a0\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<p>A set of sensing devices are connected in a network. 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