* fix(firmware): gate phantom persons + add presence hysteresis (#998, #996) Two ESP32 edge-vitals logic bugs in edge_processing.c. Both are robustness/logic fixes — NOT validated-accuracy claims. True count/PCK vs labelled ground truth remains hardware/data-gated (COM9 ESP32-S3). #998 — n_persons over-counted (reported 4 for one person): update_multi_person_vitals() split top-K subcarriers into top_k_count/2 groups and marked EVERY group active, so one body's multipath always read the full EDGE_MAX_PERSONS. Added two pure, host-testable helpers: - count_distinct_persons(): per-group energy gate (EDGE_PERSON_MIN_ENERGY_RATIO) + spatial dedup (EDGE_PERSON_MIN_SC_SEP) so weak/adjacent multipath groups don't count as separate bodies. Strongest group always counts (>=1). - person_count_debounce(): a gated count must hold EDGE_PERSON_PERSIST_FRAMES consecutive frames before it's emitted, so a single noisy frame can't promote a phantom. The active flags now mark only the strongest stable_count groups. #996 — presence flag flickered at ~50cm despite high presence_score: the bare `score > threshold` compare chattered on a noisy score (field-observed 2.6-26.7 frame-to-frame). Replaced with a Schmitt trigger + clear-debounce (presence_flag_update): assert above threshold, hold in the dead band down to threshold * EDGE_PRESENCE_HYST_RATIO, clear only after EDGE_PRESENCE_CLEAR_FRAMES consecutive sub-low frames. presence_score itself is unchanged and still emitted for consumer-side thresholding. All thresholds are named, documented constants in edge_processing.h. Firmware builds clean for esp32s3 (idf.py build RC=0). Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net> * test(firmware): host C99 tests for vitals count + presence logic (#998, #996) test/test_vitals_count_presence.c pins the two fixes with deterministic host-buildable tests (no ESP-IDF needed). 13 cases / 22 assertions, all passing under gcc 13 -Wall -Wextra: #998 count gate: single strong signature + multipath -> count==1; two well-separated -> 2; two strong-but-adjacent -> 1 (dedup); no signal -> 0; three well-separated -> 3. #998 debounce: transient spike rejected; sustained change accepted; flapping count stays stable. #996 presence: dithering trace -> stable flag (no flicker); brief dips held by clear-debounce; genuine departure clears within hold window; dead-band holds state. The named tuning constants are #include'd from the real edge_processing.h so the test and firmware can never disagree on thresholds. `make run_vitals` / `make host_tests` added; binaries gitignored. Hardware-gated caveat documented in the test header: these pin the decision LOGIC; the exact energy/separation/hysteresis values that best match a real room vs labelled occupancy remain on-device tuning. Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net> * docs: record ESP32 vitals count/presence fixes (#998, #996) CHANGELOG [Unreleased] Fixed: root cause + fix + named constants + test + explicit hardware/data-gated caveat for both bugs. ADR-021 Implementation Notes: dated 2026-06 entry noting the edge-path person-count + presence-flicker fixes are boolean/count emission-logic fixes, not a validated-accuracy claim; thresholds pending on-device calibration. Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net> * fix(sensing-server): emit real field-derived person position/motion to /ws/sensing (#1050) The Observatory 3D figure never animated because the sensing_update WS frame carried no per-person position/motion_score/pose — only image-space keypoints. The FigurePool/PoseSystem (and demo-data.js's own contract) animate each figure from persons[i].position (room-world), .motion_score (0..100), and .pose; none were on the live stream. Honest scope (Case 2): the pipeline has no calibrated per-person room localizer or per-person skeletal pose. New field_localize module extracts the strongest peak(s) from the real signal_field grid (subcarrier variances x motion-band power) and maps the peak cell to Observatory world coords with the exact _buildSignalField transform. motion_score is the measured motion_band_power passed through; pose is set only from a real aggregate posture estimate, else None (never a fabricated skeleton). Empty/below-threshold field -> persons: [] (no phantom); present person with no resolvable peak keeps position [0,0,0], not invented coords. attach_field_positions runs after the tracker step at all five broadcast sites. New position/motion_score/pose fields added to both PersonDetection structs. No UI change needed — the Observatory already reads these fields. Tests: field_localize peak/coordinate/empty/separation units + observatory_persons_field_position_tests (known-peak -> emitted position, empty-room -> no phantom, pose real-or-None, below-threshold honesty). sensing-server bin 441->451, 0 failed. Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net> * docs(changelog): record #1050 Observatory persons position/motion fix Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
Architecture Decision Records
This folder contains 45 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:
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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.
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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.
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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 |
| ADR-110 | ESP32-C6 firmware extension — Wi-Fi 6 / 802.15.4 / TWT / LP-core | Accepted, P1-P10 complete, firmware-side substrate closed at v0.7.0-esp32. Companion docs: WITNESS-LOG-110 (13 §A0.x entries · 99.56 % cross-board RX · 104.1 µs smoothed sync stdev · ≤100 µs target met), ADR-110-REVIEW-GUIDE (one-page reviewer tour), ADR-110-BRANCH-STATE (coordination map vs feat/adr-115-ha-mqtt-matter). Host decoders + tests: Python SyncPacketParser (10) + Rust wifi_densepose_hardware::SyncPacket (15), cross-language hex pin gates drift. |
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 |
| ADR-134 | First-Class Channel Impulse Response (CIR) Support | Proposed |
| ADR-135 | Empty-Room Baseline Calibration (per-subcarrier Welford statistics) | 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 |
| ADR-149 | AetherArena: public spatial-intelligence benchmark on Hugging Face | Proposed |
| ADR-150 | RF Foundation Encoder: pose-preserving, subject/room/device-invariant CSI embedding | Proposed |
| ADR-151 | Per-Room Calibration & Specialized Model Training (room-first → bank of small ruVector specialists) | Proposed |
| ADR-152 | WiFi-Pose SOTA 2026 Intake: geometry-conditioned calibration, external benchmarks, foundation-encoder recipe | 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 |
| ADR-115 | Home Assistant integration via MQTT auto-discovery + Matter bridge (HA-DISCO + HA-FABRIC + HA-MIND) | Accepted (MQTT track) / Proposed (Matter SDK P8b) |
| ADR-169 | adam-mode — light theme toggle for the three.js realtime demo | Proposed |
| ADR-170 | yoga-mode — yoga pose detection, classification, and scoring for the three.js realtime demo | Proposed |
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 |
Related
- DDD Domain Models — Bounded context definitions, aggregate roots, and ubiquitous language
- User Guide — Setup, API reference, and hardware instructions
- Build Guide — Building from source