ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SECURE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS FOR 5G

Operation co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) under the programme Multi-regional Spain - ERDF (2014ES16RFOP002), managing authority: Subdirección General de Gestión del FEDER, de la Dirección General de Fondos Europeos del Ministerio de Hacienda.. The source names no beneficiary for this operation. Location: Málaga Province (NUTS ES617); Spain. Budget: total eligible expenditure EUR 112,530; EU co-financing EUR 90,024 (co-financing rate 80%), as stated by the source. Runs 2018-01-01 to 2021-09-30. Source: Kohesio, EU cohesion policy projects managed by national and regional authorities (not CORDIS); selected because its summary names quantum technology. Summary from Kohesio (English machine translation by the source): SECURITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSTRAINTS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE ON THE DEFINITION AND FURTHER DEPLOYMENT OF FUTURE 5G COMMUNICATION NETWORKS. THE EVER-GROWING PROLIFERATION OF SERVICES SUPPORTED BY WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURES, AND THE ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN DATA TRAFFIC, COMES AT THE PRICE OF A PROPORTIONAL INCREMENT ON THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION REQUIRED FOR THESE NETWORKS TO OPERATE. THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS SCENARIOS OF INTEREST ON WHICH ENERGY CONSTRAINTS APPEAR BECAUSE OF OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; THIS IS THE CASE OF NODES WITH FINITE BATTERIES AND RESTRICTED ACCESS TO POWER OUTLETS OR MAINTENANCE SERVICE. ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT, SECURITY AND PRIVACY ASPECTS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN ADDRESSED BY MEANS OF SOPHISTICATED CIPHERING, ENCRYPTION AND AUTHENTICATION TECHNIQUES, RELYING ON SOME COMPUTATIONAL HARDNESS ASSUMPTIONS. HOWEVER, THE INCREASE IN COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES TOGETHER WITH THE EVENTUAL ADVENT OF QUANTUM COMPUTING CAN JEOPARDIZE CONVENTIONAL SECURITY TECHNIQUES. IN THIS CONTEXT, PHYSICAL-LAYER SECURITY TECHNIQUES ARE A PROMISING SOLUTION TO COMPLEMENT TRADITIONAL UPPER-LAYER SECURITY SCHEMES. PHYSICAL-LAYER SECURITY TECHNIQUES ALLOW, IN THEORY, THE TRANSMISSION OF UNDECODABLE MESSAGES IN AN INFORMATION-THEORETIC SENSE, REGARDLESS OF THE COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES OF ILLEGITIMATE USERS OR EAVESDROPPERS. IN THIS PROJECT, WE AIM AT STUDYING, ANALYZING AND DESIGNING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS THAT MAKE USE OF PHYSICAL LAYER SECURITY TECHNIQUES IN THE PRESENCE OF ENERGY CONSTRAINTS, EVALUATING THEIR FEASIBILITY IN DIFFERENT USE CASES RELATED TO 5G. BRINGING TOGETHER BOTH ASPECTS IS A NOVEL APPROACH IN THE LITERATURE, WHICH OFTEN CONSIDERS BOTH PARADIGMS SEPARATELY. THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESTRICTIONS ARE RELATED TO THE AVAILABILITY OF POWER AT DIFFERENT NODES, WHICH WILL MAKE USE OF ENERGY HARVESTING TECHNIQUES TO COLLECT AVAILABLE ENERGY FROM THE ENVIRONMENT, OR EVEN COLLECT RF POWER PROVIDED BY A DEDICATED TRANSMITTER. ANOTHER KEY ASPECT IN 5G SYSTEMS IS RELATED TO THE FACT [shortened; the full text is on the Kohesio page]

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Source: Kohesio (EU cohesion policy projects), European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). Retrieved 2026-10-21. Licence: CC0 1.0 (Cohesion Open Data Platform, dataset 2014-2020 Kohesio projects). Selected metadata, adapted presentation; the publisher's record is authoritative. No endorsement by the source is implied. Licence: public domain dedication (CC0 1.0).

AI-assisted summary: The operation focuses on energy efficiency in secure wireless communications systems for 5G, co-funded by the EU under the ERDF program. It took place in Málaga Province, Spain, from January 1, 2018, to September 30, 2021, with a total budget of EUR 112,530. Suggested technology pillar: communication. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.