| Acronym: 6G-PHYSEC |
| Main Objective: Other than simply inheriting vulnerabilities from the previous generations, 6G will face new threat vectors, including in the radio and massive Internet of things (IoT) domains. The COST Action 6G-PHYSEC will thus focus on creating a European network of academia and industry experts that helps the development of trustworthy and resilient 6G that can instill trust, secure communications and privacy by proposing novel physical layer security (PLS) solutions. The premise of 6G-PHYSEC is that in 6G, intelligent and adaptive security controls are needed at all layers, with adaptation enabled by the distillation of semantics and context. The focus of this Action is on exploiting the characteristics of physical phenomena to provide security functionalities; PLS can complement upper-layer security schemes to strengthen the overall system security and enhance trust. The Action will study the characteristics of different physical environments and hardware properties to develop efficient methods to authenticate users and devices and to provide key-based or keyless confidentiality schemes. This Action will also investigate the interplay between PLS and advances in artificial intelligence, joint communication and sensing, semantic communications and context awareness. To enhance the trustworthiness of 6G, starting from the physical and hardware layers, 6G-PHYSEC forms a large network of internationally renowned experts in wireless communications and security, from both academia and industry. The Action has also involved researchers across the whole of Europe and has included distinguished international partners with established expertise. The Action promotes inclusiveness by welcoming the participation of young researchers and female researchers in particular. Working Groups: WG1 - Trustworthy 6G WG2 - Intelligent and resilient systems WG3 - Quantum-resistant security WG4 - Scalable and sustainable security WG5 - Experiments and demonstrations |
| Reference: CA22168 |
| Funding: EU/COST |
| Approval Date: 12-05-2023 |
| Start Date: 26-09-2023 |
| End Date: 25-09-2027 |
| Team: Marco Alexandre Cravo Gomes, Maria do Carmo Raposo de Medeiros |
| Groups: Multimedia Signal Processing – Co |
| Partners: Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, KU Leuven, Belgium, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, University of Cyprus, Cyprus, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Electronic Systems, Denmark, University of Tartu, Estonia, University of Oulu, Finland, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications, France, Montimage, France, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany, University of Piraeus, Greece, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, University College Cork, Ireland, University College Dublin, Ireland, Weizmann, Israel, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, University of Padova, Italy, SnT – Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, Luxembourg, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, University Donja Gorica, Montenegro, University of Stip, North Macedonia, University of Information science and technology St. Paul the Apostle, North Macedonia, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland, University of Coimbra, Portugal, University of Porto, Portugal |
| Local Coordinator: Marco Alexandre Cravo Gomes |
| Links: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22168/#tabs+Name:Description |
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