docs(temporal): README for wifi-densepose-temporal (#513)

Closes the documentation gap on the host-side ADR-096 surface.
The crate has 7 commits, 5 source modules, 4 test suites, 2 examples,
and a captured benchmark; reviewers and downstream consumers needed
a landing page.

Sections:
- Quick start (5-line forward + 7-line streaming)
- Backends + selection rule (SparseGqa MHA-vs-GQA dispatch)
- Streaming semantics (cache lifetime, eviction policy, the
  headline correctness test)
- Weight blob format with the host/firmware lockstep note
- Examples (init_random_blob, bench_speedup) with run lines
- Tests (18/18 passing as of 247794a2c, broken down by suite)
- Status of ADR-096 claims with concrete evidence for each
- Status of ADR-095 surface (firmware) + the toolchain blocker
- Carry-forward of the open questions still applicable from §8

The README intentionally cross-links to:
- docs/adr/ADR-096 for design rationale
- components/ruv_temporal/ README for the firmware mirror
- benches_results.md for the captured speedup curve

Doesn't claim more than is proven. Each ADR-096 claim either has a
test or a benchmark cited as evidence; the partial claim (30-100× at
long windows) explicitly says 21× was the measured number, not 30×.

Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>

v2/crates/wifi-densepose-temporal/README.md

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+# `wifi-densepose-temporal`
+
+AETHER temporal head over CSI feature windows. Sparse-GQA attention via
+`ruvllm_sparse_attention`, with a streaming `KvCache` decode path for
+online re-ID and incremental classification.
+
+Implements the host side of [ADR-096](../../../docs/adr/ADR-096-aether-temporal-head-sparse-gqa.md);
+mirrored on the firmware side at
+[`firmware/esp32-csi-node/components/ruv_temporal/`](../../../firmware/esp32-csi-node/components/ruv_temporal/).
+
+## Quick start
+
+```rust
+use wifi_densepose_temporal::{AetherTemporalHead, TemporalHeadConfig, Tensor3};
+
+// Default config matches AETHER's MQA shape:
+//   q_heads=4, kv_heads=1, head_dim=32, window=32, block_size=16, causal=true
+let cfg = TemporalHeadConfig::default_aether();
+let head = AetherTemporalHead::new(&cfg)?;
+
+// Prefill: full window forward
+let out = head.forward(&q, &k, &v)?;        // shape: (window, q_heads, head_dim)
+
+// Streaming: O(log T) per new frame against an accumulated cache
+let mut cache = head.make_cache(/* capacity */ 1024)?;
+for new_frame in stream {
+    let (q1, k1, v1) = project(&new_frame); // each seq=1
+    let attn_out = head.step(&q1, &k1, &v1, &mut cache)?;
+    // pool, run classifier head, etc
+}
+```
+
+## Backends
+
+`TemporalBackendKind` selects between two paths (ADR-096 §4.4):
+
+| Backend | When | Cost |
+|---|---|---|
+| `SparseGqa` | New training runs (default) | O(N log N) prefill, O(log T) decode |
+| `Dense` | Reserved for back-compat | Returns `TemporalError::DenseBackendNotImplemented` for now (ADR-096 §4.4 follow-up) |
+
+The `SparseGqa` backend dispatches at `forward()` time:
+
+- `q_heads == kv_heads` → `forward()` (sparse MHA)
+- `q_heads != kv_heads` → `forward_gqa()` (GQA / MQA)
+
+## Streaming semantics
+
+`step()` is the structural advantage over dense MHA — append `(k, v)` to the
+caller-owned cache and decode the new `q` in O(log T) per token.
+
+- `q`/`k`/`v` must each have `seq == 1` (multi-token q is the prefill path).
+- `KvCache` lifetime is the caller's. Per ADR-096 §8.5 the natural lifetime
+  is per-`PoseTrack` (re-ID) or per-session (online classification). When
+  the track drops, drop the cache.
+- Cache fills are the caller's problem. Upstream H2O heavy-hitter eviction
+  is opt-in; this crate's wrapper doesn't pre-pick a policy.
+
+Headline correctness test: `streaming_step_matches_forward_at_last_position`
+proves token-by-token `step()` produces the same output as a single-shot
+`forward()` at position `N-1`, max_abs_err < 1e-3.
+
+## Weight blob format (`.rvne`)
+
+Wire format for transferring trained weights to the firmware.
+[`weights.rs`](src/weights.rs) defines the host side; the firmware mirror
+at [`components/ruv_temporal/src/weights.rs`](../../../firmware/esp32-csi-node/components/ruv_temporal/src/weights.rs)
+parses it bit-for-bit.
+
+| Section | Bytes | Contents |
+|---|---|---|
+| Header | 24 | magic `RVNE` / version 1 / dtype flag (FP32 \| FP16) / dims |
+| Weights | variable | flat per-layer arrays, dtype as flagged |
+| Footer | 4 | CRC32-IEEE over everything before |
+
+Hard-break versioning: bumping `version` means firmware refuses to load.
+Adding fields goes behind reserved flag bits, never by reorder.
+
+```rust
+let blob = WeightBlob::new(header, weights)?;
+let bytes = blob.serialize();          // host
+// ...
+let view = WeightBlobView::parse(&bytes)?;  // firmware (no_std, borrowed slice)
+```
+
+## Examples
+
+| Example | Run |
+|---|---|
+| `init_random_blob` | `cargo run -p wifi-densepose-temporal --example init_random_blob -- model.rvne` — emits a 41 KB AETHER-shaped `.rvne` |
+| `bench_speedup` | `cargo run -p wifi-densepose-temporal --example bench_speedup --release` — sparse-vs-dense speedup curve |
+
+Captured benchmark results: [`benches_results.md`](benches_results.md).
+
+## Tests
+
+```
+cargo test -p wifi-densepose-temporal
+```
+
+| Suite | Tests | What |
+|---|---|---|
+| `tests/smoke.rs` | 5 | Forward at AETHER default, MHA dispatch, GQA dispatch, dense-rejected, invalid-GQA-rejected, N=1000 long window |
+| `tests/weight_blob.rs` | 8 | Roundtrip FP32 + FP16, bad magic / version / size / CRC / GQA, layout anchor |
+| `tests/blob_e2e.rs` | 2 | Realistic 25 KB+ filesystem roundtrip, deterministic seed reproducibility |
+| `tests/streaming.rs` | 3 | step()-matches-forward at last position, multi-token-q rejected, make_cache shape |
+
+**18/18 passing as of commit `247794a2c`.**
+
+## Status of ADR-096 claims
+
+| Claim | Status | Evidence |
+|---|---|---|
+| O(N log N) sparse vs O(N²) dense | **Empirically confirmed** | `bench_speedup` measures 21.21× at N=1024; cost-growth ratios match theory (dense 274×, sparse 24× for 16× more tokens) |
+| `step()` matches `forward()` at last position | **Proven** | `streaming_step_matches_forward_at_last_position` test |
+| Wire format consistent host↔firmware | **Proven** | 3 sites with same magic/version/CRC, 41-KB blob roundtrips through filesystem in tests |
+| Path-vendored, no crates.io coupling | **Confirmed** | Workspace dep is `path = "../vendor/ruvector/crates/ruvllm_sparse_attention"` |
+| 30–100× at long windows | **Partial** | 21.21× measured at N=1024 in single-run wall-clock; higher N + criterion would push closer to the 30× lower bound |
+
+## Status of ADR-095 surface (firmware)
+
+`AetherTemporalHead` is the host-side analog of the firmware on-device path.
+The firmware Rust component scaffold and C-side wiring are complete; the
+Rust component cross-compile is currently blocked by an upstream esp-rs
+nightly-bundle inconsistency. See
+[`components/ruv_temporal/README.md`](../../../firmware/esp32-csi-node/components/ruv_temporal/README.md)
+for details.
+
+When the toolchain unblocks, no changes to this crate are needed —
+`weights.rs` is already mirrored, `Tensor3` and `KvCache` cross the
+boundary unchanged, and the C ABI consumed by `temporal_task.c` is stable.
+
+## Open questions (still applicable from ADR-096 §8)
+
+- The deployed AETHER tracker's actual window length is what determines
+  whether sparse pays off in production. At training default of 100 frames,
+  sparse begins to win (5–6× at N=128–256). At the 1000-frame roadmap
+  target, the speedup is much larger (21× measured).
+- Streaming GQA decode is an upstream roadmap item; the current
+  `decode_step` is wired for the MHA branch. When upstream ships GQA
+  decode (post-ADR-189/190), `AetherTemporalHead.step` gets a GQA dispatch
+  branch added without any public API change.
+
+## License
+
+MIT.