Improving Proximity Estimation for Contact Tracing using a Multi-channel Approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.10401v1
• Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:45:23 GMT
• Title: Improving Proximity Estimation for Contact Tracing using a Multi-channel Approach
• Authors: Eric Lanfer, Thomas H\"anel, Roland van Rijswijk-Deij, Nils Aschenbruck
• Abstract summary: We present a multi-channel approach to improve proximity estimation. We have developed and evaluated a combined classification model based on BLE and IEEE 802.11 signals. In our implementation based on IEEE 802.11 probe requests, we also encountered privacy problems and limitations.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, smartphone-based proximity tracing systems became of utmost interest. Many of these systems use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals to estimate the distance between two persons. The quality of this method depends on many factors and, therefore, does not always deliver accurate results. In this paper, we present a multi-channel approach to improve proximity estimation, and a novel, publicly available dataset that contains matched IEEE 802.11 (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) and BLE signal strength data, measured in four different environments. We have developed and evaluated a combined classification model based on BLE and IEEE 802.11 signals. Our approach significantly improves the distance estimation and consequently also the contact tracing accuracy. We are able to achieve good results with our approach in everyday public transport scenarios. However, in our implementation based on IEEE 802.11 probe requests, we also encountered privacy problems and limitations due to the consistency and interval at which such probes are sent. We discuss these limitations and sketch how our approach could be improved to make it suitable for real-world deployment.

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