Challenges in automated measurement of pedestrian dynamics

Maarten van Steen*, Valeriu Daniel Stanciu, Z. Shafaeipour, Cristian Chilipirea, Ciprian Dobre, Andreas Peter, Mingshu Wang

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Abstract

Analyzing pedestrian dynamics has since long been an active and practical field of interest. Since the introduction of, in particular, smartphones, various organizations saw a simple means for automatically measuring pedestrian dynamics. The basic idea is simple: network packets sent by WiFi-enabled devices can be collected by sensors and by extracting the unique MAC address from each packet, it should be possible to count how many devices are detected by a single sensor, as well as how devices move between sensors. Although this approach has been commercially deployed for many years, it is now largely forbidden (at least in the EU) due to obvious privacy infringements. In this paper, we address challenges and some potential solutions to automated measurement of pedestrian movements while protecting privacy. The results come from learning the hard way: having run experiments extensively over the past years, we have gradually gained considerable insight in what is possible and what may lie ahead.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDistributed Applications and Interoperable Systems - 22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2022, Held as Part of the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2022, Proceedings
EditorsDavid Eyers, Spyros Voulgaris
PublisherSpringer
Pages187-199
Number of pages13
Volume13272
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-16092-9
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-16091-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Sept 2022
Event22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems, DAIS 2022 - Lucca, Italy
Duration: 13 Jun 202217 Jun 2022
Conference number: 22

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume13272
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems, DAIS 2022
Abbreviated titleDAIS 2022
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityLucca
Period13/06/2217/06/22
OtherHeld as part of the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2022

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