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SRC - 6G & WiFi Sensing

Folder: 05 - SOURCE MATERIAL Supporting: 6G & WiFi Sensing

WiFi Sensing — Peer Reviewed

Scientific Reports (2024) Zhang, Y. et al. “WiFi-based non-contact human presence detection technology” Sci Rep 14, 3605 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54077-x Confirms: 99% accuracy presence detection through walls.

ACM Computing Surveys (2024) “Wi-Fi Sensing Techniques for Human Activity Recognition: Brief Survey, Potential Challenges, and Research Directions” https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3705893 Confirms: 2023-2024 state of art. Through-wall activity recognition and multi-user gesture detection.

IEEE Xplore (2024) “WiFi-Based Human Sensing With Deep Learning: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities” https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10552143/ Confirms: smart healthcare, smart home, security applications. Deep learning enables remarkable performance gains.

MDPI Sensors (February 2025) “Enhanced Human Activity Recognition Using Wi-Fi Sensing” PA-CSI model: StanWiFi 99.9%, MultiEnv 98.0% accuracy. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/4/1038

ScienceDirect (2023) “WiFi-based human activity recognition through wall using deep learning” 97.5% accuracy classifying 7 activities through walls. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0952197623013556

MDPI Sensors (October 2024) “WiFi-Based Human Identification with Machine Learning” Gait analysis for individual identification via WiFi signals. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/19/6413

PMC — WiFi Sensing Advancements (November 2024) “Commodity Wi-Fi-Based Wireless Sensing Advancements over the Past Five Years” Sensors (Basel) 24(22):7195 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11597943/ Confirms: IEEE 802.11bf amendment planned sensing as part of regular WiFi service by late 2024.

MIT Technology Review — February 27, 2024 “How Wi-Fi sensing became usable tech” “After a decade of obscurity, the technology is being used to track people’s movements.” https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/27/1088154/wifi-sensing-tracking-movements/

6G ISAC — Official Documentation

FCC TAC 6G Working Group Report 2025 https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/FCC-TAC-6G-Working-Group-Report-2025-Final.pdf Confirms: ISAC as core 6G topic. US government funding confirmed. 3GPP 6G workshop March 2025 confirmed.

Rohde & Schwarz — ISAC Overview https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/solutions/wireless-communications-testing/wireless-standards/6g/integrated-sensing-and-communication-isac/ Confirms: ISAC as fundamental 6G technology candidate. Home surveillance, healthcare monitoring, industrial applications documented as use cases.

IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (2024) “Terahertz Communications and Sensing for 6G and Beyond: A Comprehensive Review” https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1109/COMST.2024.3385908 Confirms: THz-ISAC for sub-centimetre sensing, physiological monitoring, emotion recognition.

MDPI Healthcare (September 2025) “Convergence of ISAC and Digital-Twin Technologies in Healthcare Systems” https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6120/6/4/51 Confirms: ICNIRP safety limits address thermal effects only. Sub-6GHz, mmWave, THz bands compared across 7 criteria.

ScienceDirect — Cooperative Sensing for 6G ISAC (2025) Full-spectrum system confirmed. Sub-centimetre sensing with high-frequency bands documented. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209580992500551X

Springer Nature — THz-ISAC Blueprint (December 2025) “Can Terahertz communications and sensing truly be integrated in practice?” Confirms: shift from theory to deployable unified hardware system. https://communities.springernature.com/posts/can-thz-communications-and-sensing-truly-be-integrated-in-practice

THz Safety — Honest Counterpoint

Huawei 6G Research “Terahertz Sensing and Communication Towards Future Intelligence Connected Networks” https://www.huawei.com/en/huaweitech/future-technologies/terahertz-sensing-communication States: THz photons non-ionizing. 1 THz = 4 meV — far below ionization thresholds. Industry safety position confirmed.

ICNIRP Guidelines International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Current guidelines address thermal effects only. Non-thermal biological effects not incorporated into standards. icnirp.org

Non-Thermal Biological Effects

See SRC - MKUltra for Adey peer reviewed research on non-thermal EM field effects at cellular interface level.

See SRC - Water & Frequency for EZ water mechanism and cellular water response to electromagnetic fields.

Still To Source

  • WiFi sensing commercial deployment at scale beyond elder care — documented consumer products investigate
  • 6G ISAC deployment timeline — first commercial networks projected 2030-2032 investigate
  • Non-thermal THz biological effects — peer reviewed studies at ambient power levels specifically investigate
  • Induced AC voltage from WiFi — voltmeter measurement study primary citation needed (referenced in grounding literature) investigate
  • IEEE 802.11bf full ratification date — confirm 2024 investigate

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