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The Digital Marauder's Map: A WiFi Forensic Positioning Tool
March 2012 (vol. 11 no. 3)
pp. 377-389
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Xinwen Fu, Nan Zhang, Aniket Pingley, Wei Yu, Jie Wang, Wei Zhao, "The Digital Marauder's Map: A WiFi Forensic Positioning Tool," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 377-389, March, 2012.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TMC.2011.70,
author = {Xinwen Fu and Nan Zhang and Aniket Pingley and Wei Yu and Jie Wang and Wei Zhao},
title = {The Digital Marauder's Map: A WiFi Forensic Positioning Tool},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing},
volume = {11},
number = {3},
issn = {1536-1233},
year = {2012},
pages = {377-389},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TMC.2011.70},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
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A1 - Nan Zhang,
A1 - Aniket Pingley,
A1 - Wei Yu,
A1 - Jie Wang,
A1 - Wei Zhao,
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KW - Wireless communication
KW - mobile communication systems
KW - abuse and crime involving computers.
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Xinwen Fu, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell
Nan Zhang, The George Washington University, Washington DC
Aniket Pingley, The George Washington University, Washington DC
Wei Yu, Towson University, Towson
Jie Wang, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell
Wei Zhao, University of Macau, Macau
"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.

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Index Terms:
Wireless communication, mobile communication systems, abuse and crime involving computers.
Citation:
Xinwen Fu, Nan Zhang, Aniket Pingley, Wei Yu, Jie Wang, Wei Zhao, "The Digital Marauder's Map: A WiFi Forensic Positioning Tool," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 377-389, March 2012, doi:10.1109/TMC.2011.70
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