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13.12 Landscape of the European and International
Projects related to Secure Positioning
This last section focuses on recent projects at EU and international levels about vulnerabilities in wireless positioning, security in 5G, and solutions for secure and privacy‐
preserving positioning mechanisms. The projects are summarized in Table 13.4. A
detailed descriptions about the NSF‐funded projects can be found via the NSF search
tool [82], by looking after the project number shown in Table 13.4.
Table 13.4 Summary of main EU and international projects somehow related to secure or
privacy‐preserving positioning.
Project name and
duration
Funding source
Main goals
Protecting Location
Privacy in Location‐
Aware Computing,
2006–2010
NSF grant
#0627474
Designing a secure and customizable architecture
for privacy‐aware location‐based services and a
suite of privacy protection techniques for reducing
the risks of unauthorized disclosure of location
information
Indoor TDOA
Positioning Using a
Narrowband RF
Transceiver, 2012–2014
NSF grant
#1229899
Developing a high‐accuracy wireless positioning
technology for indoor environment, which can be
also used for location‐based security
THE ISSUE, 2011–2014,
http://www.theissue.eu/
EU FP7‐REGIONS Improving the safety and security of citizens and
offering innovative solutions for traffic management
and urban mobility; real‐time positioning, tracking
is one of the components serving to reach the
improved security and safety goals
CSFDA, 2014–2016
EU FP7‐PEOPLE
(IIF)
Developing a location‐based new modulation for
physical‐layer security in wireless communications
Secure Data Charging
Architecture for Mobile
Devices, 2014–2017
NSF grant #
1422835
Investigating the insecurity aspects of large‐scale
cellular network infrastructures, identifying their
security loopholes, and sketching novel attacks
that exploit such loopholes
CHARISMA, 2015–
2017, http://www.
charisma5g.eu/
EU
H2020‐
ICT‐2014‐2
Providing a 5G end‐to‐end security service chain
via virtualized open access physical layer security
5GINSURE, 2015–2017
EU
H2020‐
ICT‐2014‐2
Developing usable security enablers for 5G and
initiating a 5G security testbed vision
5G NORMA, 2015–2017,
https://5g‐ppp.
eu/5g‐norma/
EU
H2020‐
ICT‐2014‐2
Developing a conceptually novel, adaptive and
future‐proof 5G mobile network architecture.
Security aspects are ones of the addressed
dimensions on 5G architecture
WiMi, 2015–2018
NSF grant
#1506657
Creating a software‐radio testbed (WiMi) to
advance mmWave research and education
(Continued )
13.12 Landscape of the European and International
Projects related to Secure Positioning
This last section focuses on recent projects at EU and international levels about vulnerabilities in wireless positioning, security in 5G, and solutions for secure and privacy‐
preserving positioning mechanisms. The projects are summarized in Table 13.4. A
detailed descriptions about the NSF‐funded projects can be found via the NSF search
tool [82], by looking after the project number shown in Table 13.4.
Table 13.4 Summary of main EU and international projects somehow related to secure or
privacy‐preserving positioning.
Project name and
duration
Funding source
Main goals
Protecting Location
Privacy in Location‐
Aware Computing,
2006–2010
NSF grant
#0627474
Designing a secure and customizable architecture
for privacy‐aware location‐based services and a
suite of privacy protection techniques for reducing
the risks of unauthorized disclosure of location
information
Indoor TDOA
Positioning Using a
Narrowband RF
Transceiver, 2012–2014
NSF grant
#1229899
Developing a high‐accuracy wireless positioning
technology for indoor environment, which can be
also used for location‐based security
THE ISSUE, 2011–2014,
http://www.theissue.eu/
EU FP7‐REGIONS Improving the safety and security of citizens and
offering innovative solutions for traffic management
and urban mobility; real‐time positioning, tracking
is one of the components serving to reach the
improved security and safety goals
CSFDA, 2014–2016
EU FP7‐PEOPLE
(IIF)
Developing a location‐based new modulation for
physical‐layer security in wireless communications
Secure Data Charging
Architecture for Mobile
Devices, 2014–2017
NSF grant #
1422835
Investigating the insecurity aspects of large‐scale
cellular network infrastructures, identifying their
security loopholes, and sketching novel attacks
that exploit such loopholes
CHARISMA, 2015–
2017, http://www.
charisma5g.eu/
EU
H2020‐
ICT‐2014‐2
Providing a 5G end‐to‐end security service chain
via virtualized open access physical layer security
5GINSURE, 2015–2017
EU
H2020‐
ICT‐2014‐2
Developing usable security enablers for 5G and
initiating a 5G security testbed vision
5G NORMA, 2015–2017,
https://5g‐ppp.
eu/5g‐norma/
EU
H2020‐
ICT‐2014‐2
Developing a conceptually novel, adaptive and
future‐proof 5G mobile network architecture.
Security aspects are ones of the addressed
dimensions on 5G architecture
WiMi, 2015–2018
NSF grant
#1506657
Creating a software‐radio testbed (WiMi) to
advance mmWave research and education
(Continued )