SECRET — Secure network coding for reduced energy next generation mobile small cells: A European Training Network in wireless communications and networking for 5G

TLDR

SECRET is a European Training Network funded by the EU H2020 Marie Curie program to train early‑stage researchers in 5G wireless communications and networking. The project seeks to close the gap between current networking technologies and 2020‑era requirements by recruiting and training 17 ESRs to deliver higher capacity, more users, and lower cost per bit through mobile small cells. It will deploy femtocell‑type mobile small cells linked by high‑speed wireless fronthaul, investigate network coding, cooperation, and energy‑aware front‑ends, and propose a lightweight secure network‑coding framework.

Abstract

SECRET is a collaborative European Training Network (ETN) committed to create an excellent educational training platform for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in the field of wireless communications and networking for 5G. The project is recently funded by the European Commission under the H2020 research and innovation program, through the Marie Curie People Program. This project targets to narrow the gap between current networking technologies and the foreseen requirements of future 2020 networking, through the recruitment and training of 17 ESRs. SECRET aims to strike a note by delivering higher capacity, ability to support more users, and lowering the cost per bit by adopting technology trends widely accepted to form part of the 5G roadmap, through the deployment of new disruptive "femtocell" type cells on demand, to what we refer to as mobile small cells. This will be complemented by a wireless high-speed fronthaul to bridge the small cell network to the core. Moreover, novel techniques will be investigated, including "network coding", "cooperation", and "energy-aware smart front-end". Additionally, due to the confidential information that will be communicated over in future networks, a lightweight security framework built on secure network coding will be proposed.