The Intel NUC (Next Unit of Computing) is a compact, small form-factor mini PC produced by Intel, commonly deployed in WiFi/CSI sensing research as the host computing platform for wireless network interface cards used to collect Channel State Information. Its importance to the field lies in its combination of low power consumption, a small physical footprint suitable for unobtrusive laboratory and real-world deployments, and sufficient processing capability to run data acquisition software such as the Linux 802.11n CSI Tool. Various generations of Intel NUC units have been employed across studies, with specific variants differing in processor generation and chipset compatibility, which can affect which network interface cards and CSI extraction tools are supported.
Source Papers
- CSI crowd-counting: An experimental study using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms ↗ — CSI crowd-counting: An experimental study using Machine Lear
- OPERAnet, a multimodal activity recognition dataset acquired from radio frequency and vision-based sensors ↗ — OPERAnet, a multimodal activity recognition dataset acquired