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rUv f21d833c23 adr-114: cog-quantum-vitals — first quantum-augmented cog spec, recovers R13 NEGATIVE (#742)
Drafted in response to user's escalating signal (opened quantum-sensing
doc 11 three times across consecutive ticks). Beyond R20 vision (tick 37)
and doc 17 bridge (tick 38), this tick delivers a BUILDABLE ARTIFACT.

First quantum-augmented cog spec. Bedside-only (1-2 m, inherits doc 16
sober posture). Composes nvsim (ADR-089) + R14 V1 + R12.1 pose-PABS +
R3 AETHER + Bayesian fusion.

Architecture:
- ESP32 CSI -> R14 V1 breathing rate (classical primary)
- nvsim NV -> R6.1 multi-source forward (cardiac magnetic, NV primary)
- R12.1 pose-PABS hook for residual check
- R3 + AETHER per-patient identity
- Bayesian fusion: classical drives when confidence high; NV drives
  HRV contour (which R13 NEGATIVE ruled out classically)

Outputs (with confidence scores per output):
- Breathing rate +-0.1 BPM
- Heart rate +-0.5 BPM
- HRV CONTOUR (NV only - this is what R13 ruled out classically)
- Per-patient identity (R3+AETHER, per-installation only)

Cost analysis (bedside):
- 4x ESP32-S3:     0
- 1x NV-diamond:   00-2000 today / ~00 by 2028
- Mount + cal:     0
- TOTAL:           10-2110
vs clinical monitor: 000-10000

Implementation: ~200 LOC, ~3 weeks
- Crate scaffold: 30
- nvsim adapter: 40
- Bayesian fusion: 80
- R12.1 hook: 30
- Manifest schema: 20

Privacy chain unchanged: ADR-106 Layer 1 adds NV B(t) + HRV contour
to on-device-only primitive list. ADR-100/109 dual signing for manifest.

R14 V3 (attention-respecting) becomes shippable — was bound by R13's
contour requirement; ADR-114 provides the contour.

ADR chain after this tick (10 ADRs in loop's accumulated chain):
- Existing: ADR-100, 103, 104
- Loop: ADR-105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 113, 114
- Critical dependency: ADR-089 (nvsim)

Future ADRs catalogued:
- ADR-115: cog-rydberg-anchor (7-10y)
- ADR-116: real NV hardware bring-up
- ADR-117: cog-quantum-vitals FDA/CE pathway
- ADR-118: cog-mm-position (atomic-clock multistatic)

The three-tick arc (R20 -> doc 17 -> ADR-114):
- R20: vision (quantum recovers classical limits)
- Doc 17: integration (bridges series 11-16 with loop)
- ADR-114: shippable (concrete cog spec, 10-2110/bedside)
Vision -> integration -> buildable in 35 minutes.

Honest scope:
- nvsim is deterministic SIMULATOR; cog ships with synthetic benefit
  until 2028-2030 real hardware
- Cube-of-distance bounds <=2 m bedside (doc 16 posture)
- Patient-side variability requires per-patient calibration
- No bench validation on hybrid pipeline yet

Composes with every loop thread (R3, R6.1, R12, R12.1, R13 NEG
recovered, R14 V1/V2/V3, R15, R16-R20) + all ADRs (089, 100,
103-109, 113).

Coordination: ticks/tick-39.md, no PROGRESS.md edit.
2026-05-22 07:37:44 -04:00
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Architecture Decision Records

This folder contains 44 Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) that document every significant technical choice in the RuView / WiFi-DensePose project.

Why ADRs?

Building a system that turns WiFi signals into human pose estimation involves hundreds of non-obvious decisions: which signal processing algorithms to use, how to bridge ESP32 firmware to a Rust pipeline, whether to run inference on-device or on a server, how to handle multi-person separation with limited subcarriers.

ADRs capture the context, options considered, decision made, and consequences for each of these choices. They serve three purposes:

  1. Institutional memory — Six months from now, anyone (human or AI) can read why we chose IIR bandpass filters over FIR for vital sign extraction, not just see the code.

  2. AI-assisted development — When an AI agent works on this codebase, ADRs give it the constraints and rationale it needs to make changes that align with the existing architecture. Without them, AI-generated code tends to drift — reinventing patterns that already exist, contradicting earlier decisions, or optimizing for the wrong tradeoffs.

  3. Review checkpoints — Each ADR is a reviewable artifact. When a proposed change touches the architecture, the ADR forces the author to articulate tradeoffs before writing code, not after.

ADRs and Domain-Driven Design

The project uses Domain-Driven Design (DDD) to organize code into bounded contexts — each with its own language, types, and responsibilities. ADRs and DDD work together:

  • ADRs define boundaries: ADR-029 (RuvSense) established multistatic sensing as a separate bounded context from single-node CSI. ADR-042 (CHCI) defined a new aggregate root for coherent channel imaging.
  • DDD models define the language: The RuvSense domain model defines terms like "coherence gate", "dwell time", and "TDM slot" that ADRs reference precisely.
  • Together they prevent drift: An AI agent reading ADR-039 knows that edge processing tiers are configured via NVS keys, not compile-time flags — because the ADR says so. The DDD model tells it which aggregate owns that configuration.

How ADRs are structured

Each ADR follows a consistent format:

  • Context — What problem or gap prompted this decision
  • Decision — What we chose to do and how
  • Consequences — What improved, what got harder, and what risks remain
  • References — Related ADRs, papers, and code paths

Statuses: Proposed (under discussion), Accepted (approved and/or implemented), Superseded (replaced by a later ADR).


ADR Index

Hardware and firmware

ADR Title Status
ADR-012 ESP32 CSI Sensor Mesh for Distributed Sensing Accepted (partial)
ADR-018 ESP32 Development Implementation Path Proposed
ADR-028 ESP32 Capability Audit and Witness Record Accepted
ADR-029 RuvSense Multistatic Sensing Mode (TDM, channel hopping) Proposed
ADR-032 Multistatic Mesh Security Hardening Accepted
ADR-039 ESP32-S3 Edge Intelligence Pipeline (on-device vitals) Accepted (hardware-validated)
ADR-040 WASM Programmable Sensing (Tier 3) Accepted
ADR-041 WASM Module Collection (65 edge modules) Accepted (hardware-validated)
ADR-044 Provisioning Tool Enhancements Proposed

Signal processing and sensing

ADR Title Status
ADR-013 Feature-Level Sensing on Commodity Gear Accepted
ADR-014 SOTA Signal Processing Algorithms Accepted
ADR-021 Vital Sign Detection (breathing, heart rate) Partial
ADR-030 Persistent Field Model and Drift Detection Proposed
ADR-033 CRV Signal Line Sensing Integration Proposed
ADR-037 Multi-Person Pose Detection from Single ESP32 Proposed
ADR-042 Coherent Human Channel Imaging (beyond CSI) Proposed

Machine learning and training

ADR Title Status
ADR-005 SONA Self-Learning for Pose Estimation Partial
ADR-006 GNN-Enhanced CSI Pattern Recognition Partial
ADR-015 Public Dataset Strategy (MM-Fi, Wi-Pose) Accepted
ADR-016 RuVector Training Pipeline Integration Accepted
ADR-017 RuVector Signal + MAT Integration Proposed
ADR-020 Migrate AI Inference to Rust (ONNX Runtime) Accepted
ADR-023 Trained DensePose Model with RuVector Pipeline Proposed
ADR-024 Project AETHER: Contrastive CSI Embeddings Required
ADR-027 Project MERIDIAN: Cross-Environment Generalization Proposed

Platform and UI

ADR Title Status
ADR-019 Sensing-Only UI with Gaussian Splats Accepted
ADR-022 Windows WiFi Enhanced Fidelity (multi-BSSID) Partial
ADR-025 macOS CoreWLAN WiFi Sensing Proposed
ADR-031 RuView Sensing-First RF Mode Proposed
ADR-034 Expo React Native Mobile App Accepted
ADR-035 Live Sensing UI Accuracy and Data Transparency Accepted
ADR-036 Training Pipeline UI Integration Proposed
ADR-043 Sensing Server UI API Completion (14 endpoints) Accepted

Architecture and infrastructure

ADR Title Status
ADR-001 WiFi-Mat Disaster Detection Architecture Accepted
ADR-002 RuVector RVF Integration Strategy Superseded
ADR-003 RVF Cognitive Containers for CSI Proposed
ADR-004 HNSW Vector Search for Fingerprinting Partial
ADR-007 Post-Quantum Cryptography for Sensing Proposed
ADR-008 Distributed Consensus for Multi-AP Proposed
ADR-009 RVF WASM Runtime for Edge Deployment Proposed
ADR-010 Witness Chains for Audit Trail Integrity Proposed
ADR-011 Proof-of-Reality and Mock Elimination Proposed
ADR-026 Survivor Track Lifecycle (MAT crate) Accepted
ADR-038 Sublinear GOAP for Roadmap Optimization Proposed
ADR-095 rvCSI — Edge RF Sensing Runtime Platform Proposed
ADR-096 rvCSI — Crate Topology, the napi-c Shim, and the napi-rs Node Surface Proposed
ADR-097 Adopt rvCSI as RuView's primary CSI runtime (phased adoption) Proposed
ADR-098 Evaluate ruvnet/midstream for RuView's CSI / WebSocket / mesh pipeline Rejected
ADR-099 Adopt midstream as RuView's real-time introspection + low-latency tap Proposed

  • DDD Domain Models — Bounded context definitions, aggregate roots, and ubiquitous language
  • User Guide — Setup, API reference, and hardware instructions
  • Build Guide — Building from source