openwifi/doc/app_notes/csi_fuzzer.md

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[Openwifi CSI fuzzer for authorized sensing and covert channels](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.07428.pdf) (submitted to ACM WiSec 2021)

CSI (Channel Station Information) of WiFi systems is available in some WiFi chips and can be used for environment (people, object, activity) sensing passively and secretly.
 
How could a CSI fuzzer stop unauthorized sensing?

![](./csi-fuzzer-system-before-vs-now.png)

CSI fuzzer implementation principle.

![](./csi-fuzzer-principle.png)

CSI fuzzer in openwifi system architecture and related commands.

![](./csi-fuzzer-implementation.png)

Thanks to the full-duplex capability and CSI extraction feature of openwifi, you can monitor the artificial channel response via [side channel](./csi.md) by Tx-Rx over the air coupling without affecting the normal operation/traffic of openwifi. Before the self-monitoring, the auto-mute during Tx needs to be disabled:

```
./sdrctl dev sdr0 set reg xpu 1 1
```

CSI self-monitoring before fuzzing.

![](./csi-fuzzer-beacon-ant-back-0.jpg)

CSI self-monitoring after  fuzzing command: `csi_fuzzer.sh 1 45 0 13`

![](./csi-fuzzer-beacon-ant-back-1-45-0-13.jpg)

`csi_fuzzer_scan.sh` can scan the c1 and c2 in different styles/modes by calling `csi_fuzzer.sh`.