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BeamSense: MU-MIMO Beamforming Feedback Dataset for Wi-Fi Sensing

Dataset Summary

BeamSense is a large-scale MU-MIMO Wi-Fi sensing dataset built upon Beamforming Feedback Information (BFI) and Channel State Information (CSI) collected from commodity 802.11ac devices. The dataset corresponds to the research presented in:

  • BeamSense: Rethinking Wireless Sensing with MU-MIMO Wi-Fi Beamforming Feedback (Computer Networks, 2025)

  • BFA-Sense: Learning Beamforming Feedback Angles for Wi-Fi Sensing (PerCom Workshops, 2024)

BeamSense contains synchronized BFI, BF angles, and CSI samples from multiple Wi-Fi stations (STAs) under different environments and orientations. It is designed for:

  • Human activity recognition with Beamforming Feedback Information (BFI) and CSI
  • Gesture recognition with Beamforming Feedback Information (BFI) and CSI
  • Device-free sensing with BFI
  • Cross-domain generalization
  • Beamforming Feedback analysis
  • Beamforming Feedback-based attacks
  • Wi-Fi sensing algorithm development

Dataset Contents

  • Raw Beamforming Feedback Packet Captures: Contains BF report packets (BFI), and PHY metadata
  • Synchronized CSI: Extracted from PCAPs using Nexmon-modified pipelines
  • Synchronized BFI and CSI

Multi-Environment, Multi-Day Collection:

  • Includes data from: Office, Classroom, and Kitchen environments
  • LOS and NLOS cases
  • Multiple days of data collection
  • 3 Different human subjects perform 20 different activities in multiple environments and orientations
  • Spatially diverse data from multiple STAs
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