Wireless networks are commonly used in public spaces, universities, and public institutions and provide accurate and easily accessible information to monitor the mobility and behavior of users. Following the application of containment measures during the recent pandemic, we analyzed extensive data from the Wi-Fi network in a university campus in Italy during three periods, corresponding to partial lockdown, partial opening, and almost complete opening. We measured the probability distributions of groups and link activations at Wi-Fi access points, investigating how different areas are used in the presence of restrictions. We ranked the hotspots and the area they cover according to their crowding and to the probability of link formation, which is the relevant variable in determining potential outbreaks. We considered a recently proposed epidemic model on simplicial temporal networks, and we used the measured distributions to infer the change in the reproduction number in the three phases. Our data show that additional measures are necessary to limit the spread of epidemic in the total opening phase due to the dramatic increase in the number of contacts.

Simplicial temporal networks from Wi-Fi data in a university campus: The effects of restrictions on epidemic spreading / Guizzo, A.; Vezzani, A.; Barontini, A.; Russo, F.; Valenti, C.; Mamei, M.; Burioni, R.. - In: FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS. - ISSN 2296-424X. - 10:(2022). [10.3389/fphy.2022.1010929]

Simplicial temporal networks from Wi-Fi data in a university campus: The effects of restrictions on epidemic spreading

Guizzo A.;Burioni R.
2022-01-01

Abstract

Wireless networks are commonly used in public spaces, universities, and public institutions and provide accurate and easily accessible information to monitor the mobility and behavior of users. Following the application of containment measures during the recent pandemic, we analyzed extensive data from the Wi-Fi network in a university campus in Italy during three periods, corresponding to partial lockdown, partial opening, and almost complete opening. We measured the probability distributions of groups and link activations at Wi-Fi access points, investigating how different areas are used in the presence of restrictions. We ranked the hotspots and the area they cover according to their crowding and to the probability of link formation, which is the relevant variable in determining potential outbreaks. We considered a recently proposed epidemic model on simplicial temporal networks, and we used the measured distributions to infer the change in the reproduction number in the three phases. Our data show that additional measures are necessary to limit the spread of epidemic in the total opening phase due to the dramatic increase in the number of contacts.
2022
Simplicial temporal networks from Wi-Fi data in a university campus: The effects of restrictions on epidemic spreading / Guizzo, A.; Vezzani, A.; Barontini, A.; Russo, F.; Valenti, C.; Mamei, M.; Burioni, R.. - In: FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS. - ISSN 2296-424X. - 10:(2022). [10.3389/fphy.2022.1010929]
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