The digital marauder's map: A WiFi forensic positioning tool

Xinwen Fu; Nan Zhang; Aniket Pingley; Wei Yu; Jie Wang; Wei Zhao

doi:10.1109/TMC.2011.70

The digital marauder's map: A WiFi forensic positioning tool

Xinwen Fu, Nan Zhang, Aniket Pingley, Wei Yu, Jie Wang, Wei Zhao

College of Information Sciences and Technology

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Abstract

"The Marauder's Map, a magical map in J.K. Rowling's fantasy series Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [CHECK END OF SENTENCE], can be used as a surveillance tool to show all moving objects within the boundary of "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at a spell. In this paper, we introduce a similar forensic surveillance tool for wireless networks. Our system, the digital Marauder's map, can reveal the locations of WiFi-enabled mobile devices within the coverage area of a high-gain antenna. The digital Marauder's map is built solely with off-the-shelf wireless equipments, and features a mobile design that can be quickly deployed to a new location for instant usage without training. We present a comprehensive set of theoretical analysis and experimental results which demonstrate the coverage and localization accuracy of the digital Marauder's map.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5740913
Pages (from-to)	377-389
Number of pages	13
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2011.70
State	Published - Mar 2012

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Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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