Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for monitoring a presence or a motion of an object in a proximity of an apparatus are described. In one example, a described apparatus is in a venue for wireless proximity monitoring. The apparatus comprises: a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The transmitter is configured for transmitting a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel, wherein the wireless multipath channel is impacted by a motion of an object within a proximity of the apparatus. The receiver is configured for: receiving the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel between the transmitter and the receiver, and obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal received by the receiver. The processor is configured for monitoring the motion of the object within the proximity of the apparatus based at least partially on the TSCI.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for detecting and monitoring vital signs in real time are disclosed. In one example, a system for monitoring a repeating motion in a venue is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a repeating motion monitor. The transmitter is located at a first position in the venue and configured for transmitting a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel impacted by the repeating motion of an object in the venue. The receiver is located at a second position in the venue and configured for: receiving the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel impacted by the repeating motion of the object in the venue, and obtaining a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal. The repeating motion monitor is configured for: monitoring a periodic characteristics of the repeating motion of the object based on the time series of CI.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and systems for object tracking are disclosed. In one example, a system for tracking a plurality of objects in a venue is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter configured for transmitting a series of probe signals in a broadcasting manner through a wireless multipath channel, wherein the wireless multipath channel is impacted by a movement of at least one of the plurality of objects in the venue; and a plurality of heterogeneous target wireless receivers each of which is associated with an object of the plurality of objects in the venue.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to wireless power transmission based on power waveforming. In one example, an apparatus for wireless power transmission is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: at least one antenna configured for receiving at least one wireless signal from a receiver, via a multipath channel between the apparatus and the receiver; and at least one processor configured for estimating at least one channel state information (CSI) of the multipath channel based on the at least one wireless signal, determining a power transmission waveform based on the at least one CSI, and calculating a power transfer signal based on the power transmission waveform and a reference signal. The at least one antenna is further configured for wirelessly transmitting the power transfer signal to the receiver.

Abstract: A time-reversal wireless system comprising a first wireless transceiver of a time-reversal client, one or more second wireless transceiver and/or a time-reversal client with the first wireless transceiver. The first wireless transceiver of the time-reversal client is wirelessly coupled to the one or more second wireless transceiver through a wireless broadband multipath channel associated with a space. The time-reversal client contains the first wireless transceiver. The time-reversal client also contains a processor and a memory configured to obtain a set of channel state information (CSI) in a channel probing phase, and/or to obtain a set of location-specific signatures based on the set of CSI and/or a time reversal operation in a channel probing phase.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for detecting and monitoring fall-down actions and other transient motions are disclosed. In one example, a system for monitoring a transient motion in a venue is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a transient motion monitor. The transmitter is located at a first position in the venue for transmitting a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel impacted by the transient motion of an object in the venue. The receiver is located at a second position in the venue for: receiving the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel, and obtaining a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal. The transient motion monitor is configured for: monitoring the transient motion based on the time series of CI, and triggering a response action based on the monitored transient motion.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting events includes a processor and a storage device storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to train a classifier for classifying channel state information (CSI) and detecting an event based on the classification of the CSI obtained during a monitoring phase. The training of the classifier includes: for each of the known events to be detected, during a time period in which the known event occurs in a venue, obtain training CSI of a wireless multipath channel between a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver in the venue, in which the training CSI is derived from one or more probing signals sent from the transmitter through the wireless multipath channel to the receiver, and train the classifier based on the known events and the training CSI associated with each of the events.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for recognizing and classifying events in a venue based on a wireless signal are disclosed. In one example, a disclosed system comprises a first transmitter, a second transmitter, at least one first receiver, at least one second receiver, and an event recognition engine, in the venue. The first transmitter transmits a training wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel impacted by a known event in the venue in a training time period associated with the known event. Each first receiver receives asynchronously the training wireless signal, and obtains, asynchronously based on the training wireless signal, at least one time series of training channel information of the wireless multipath channel between the first receiver and the first transmitter. The second transmitter transmits a current wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel impacted by a current event in a current time period associated with the current event.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining symbol timing in a communication system is provided. The apparatus includes a memory communicatively coupled to at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive a first signal that includes a preamble sent at a first sampling rate with a first modulation through a channel and a data frame sent at a second sampling rate with a second modulation through the channel. The preamble includes a received code sequence, and the data frame includes a plurality of data symbols. The at least one processor is configured to compute a second signal that represents an estimate of an equivalent channel response using at least one of a known code sequence and the received first signal, down-sample the second signal and compute signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratios at a plurality of candidate timing offsets, and determine a symbol timing based on a particular timing offset associated with one of the computed signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratios.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for detecting and monitoring vital signs in real time are disclosed. In one example, a system for monitoring a repeating motion in a venue is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a repeating motion monitor. The transmitter is located at a first position in the venue and configured for transmitting a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel impacted by the repeating motion of an object in the venue. The receiver is located at a second position in the venue and configured for: receiving the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel impacted by the repeating motion of the object in the venue, and obtaining a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal. The repeating motion monitor is configured for: monitoring a periodic characteristics of the repeating motion of the object based on the time series of CI.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for detecting and monitoring vital signs and other periodic motions of an object are disclosed. In one example, a system for monitoring object motion in a venue is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a vital sign estimator. The transmitter is located at a first position in the venue and configured for transmitting a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel impacted by a pseudo-periodic motion of an object in the venue. The receiver is located at a second position in the venue and configured for: receiving the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel impacted by the pseudo-periodic motion of the object in the venue, and obtaining at least one time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for detecting and monitoring fall-down actions and other transient motions are disclosed. In one example, a system for monitoring a transient motion in a venue is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a transient motion monitor. The transmitter is located at a first position in the venue for transmitting a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel impacted by the transient motion of an object in the venue. The receiver is located at a second position in the venue for: receiving the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel, and obtaining a time series of channel information (CI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal. The transient motion monitor is configured for: monitoring the transient motion based on the time series of CI, and triggering a response action based on the monitored transient motion.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for object motion detection are disclosed. In one example, a system having at least a processor and a memory with a set of instructions stored therein for detecting object motion in a venue is disclosed.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and systems for object tracking are disclosed. In one example, a disclosed method includes obtaining at least one time series of channel information (CI) of a wireless multipath channel using: a processor, a memory communicatively coupled with the processor and a set of instructions stored in the memory. The at least one time series of channel information is extracted from a wireless signal transmitted between a Type 1 heterogeneous wireless device at a first position in a venue and a Type 2 heterogeneous wireless device at a second position in the venue through the wireless multipath channel. The wireless multipath channel is impacted by a current movement of an object in the venue. The method also includes determining a spatial-temporal information of the object based on at least one of: the at least one time series of channel information, a time parameter associated with the current movement, and a past spatial-temporal information of the object.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for recognizing and classifying events in a venue based on a wireless signal are disclosed. In one example, a disclosed system comprises a first transmitter, a second transmitter, at least one first receiver, at least one second receiver, and an event recognition engine, in the venue. The first transmitter transmits a training wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel impacted by a known event in the venue in a training time period associated with the known event. Each first receiver receives asynchronously the training wireless signal, and obtains, asynchronously based on the training wireless signal, at least one time series of training channel information of the wireless multipath channel between the first receiver and the first transmitter. The second transmitter transmits a current wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel impacted by a current event in a current time period associated with the current event.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to wireless Internet of Things. In one example, a time reversal client is disclosed. The time reversal client comprises a processor, a memory communicatively coupled with the processor, and a set of instructions, when executed by the processor based on the memory, that cause the time reversal client to perform the following steps: communicatively coupling with a time reversal server through a network, obtaining a set of channel state information (CSI), wherein the set of CSI is captured when at least one probing signal is sent from the wireless transmitter to the wireless receiver through a wireless multipath channel associated with a space, and causing the set of CSI to be sent to the time reversal server through the network.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to vital sign detection and monitoring based on channel state information (CSI). In one example, an apparatus for vital sign detection is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a receiver, a processor and a memory communicatively coupled with the processor. The receiver is configured for receiving at least one wireless signal from a multipath channel that can be impacted by a vital sign of at least one living being. The processor is configured for: extracting a time series of channel state information (CSI) for the multipath channel from the at least one wireless signal, obtaining one or more periodic fluctuations based on a spectral analysis of the time series of CSI, and determining whether the vital sign is present based on the one or more periodic fluctuations.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting events includes a processor and a storage device storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to train a classifier for classifying channel state information (CSI) and detecting an event based on the classification of the CSI obtained during a monitoring phase. The training of the classifier includes: for each of the known events to be detected, during a time period in which the known event occurs in a venue, obtain training CSI of a wireless multipath channel between a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver in the venue, in which the training CSI is derived from one or more probing signals sent from the transmitter through the wireless multipath channel to the receiver, and train the classifier based on the known events and the training CSI associated with each of the events.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for object motion detection are disclosed. In one example, a system having at least a processor and a memory with a set of instructions stored therein for detecting object motion in a venue is disclosed.

Abstract: Transmitters and receivers for use in hybrid networks capable of supporting time-reversal division multi-access communication protocols are described. Wireless access points include a wireless receiver for receiving a wireless channel probe signal from a device and a wireless transmitter capable of supporting a time-reversal division multi-access (TRDMA) protocol and at least one other wireless communication protocol. A controller is used to control the operation of the wireless transmitter. Wireless terminal devices include a wireless transmitter for transmitting a wireless channel probe signal and a wireless receiver capable of supporting a TRDMA protocol and at least one other wireless communication protocol. A controller is used to control the operation of the wireless receiver. An example of the at least one other wireless communication protocol that may be supported is OFDMA.