Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Abstract
Wireless access is an essential to the networks that underpin modern life, providing communications for people, vehicles, machines, infrastructure, and the wide variety of devices that will make up the Internet of Things (IoT). They will become increasingly important to support safe transportation and future healthcare. Society is increasingly vulnerable to network cyber attack, for motivations ranging from financial extortion through terrorist disruption to subversion. Cyber attacks can be mounted remotely through networks, making them attractive to malefactors who can operate safely and anonymously from anywhere in the world. Cyber defence and associated research has become critical, mainly directed at developing and rolling out technical encryption and authentication measures in the network protocols and embedding the essential processes in organisations. Nevertheless exploits continue as attackers discover new vulnerabilities that were not considered in the system design or arise through imperfect implementations. Fixing these requires updating both functionality and credentials of the network elements as threats emerge.
By contrast cyber-attack via the wireless interface, exploiting vulnerabilities in the physical layer and lower layers of the protocol stack, has received much less attention. As network originated exploits become more difficult it can be expected that more attacks will be mounted through the "air interface". The means to develop and mount such attacks are increasingly available with the proliferation of low cost software-defined radio (SDR) platforms and open-source software, and the ubiquity of potentially hackable wireless terminals. More research on this problem is needed to find solutions to be retrospectively applied to existing systems, influence the next generation of wireless standards, raise awareness of the potential problems, and train engineers to develop and embed defensive capability in radio standards and products. Crucial will be the ability to change the physical layer functionality, right to the antenna, by changing system software. This is not possible with current equipment or indeed envisaged in the 5G. Apart from countering the security threat, such technology will be needed to enable the future adoption of Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA), in which, rather than frequency bands being administratively licensed to specific users, spectrum will be allocated dynamically according to evolving demand in space and time.
The project partners, Toshiba Research, Roke, University of Bristol, and GCHQ, share a vision of Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN) to be developed in this research partnership.
The project scope will include technical deliverables; the shaping of policy and standards; and the training and career development of the SWAN teams. The co-created 5-year programme will integrate academic and industrial teams in activities that address the following Research Challenges (RCs).
1. Threat Synthesis & Assessment: how can RF interfaces be attacked, beyond the threats envisaged in their design?
2. RF Cyber Detection & Defence: techniques to detect RF cyber attack and mitigate their effects.
3. Cyber Secure Radio Design: designing radios whose RF characteristics can be updated in the field to deal with new threats, which also enable DSA.
4. Secure Dynamic Spectrum Access: enabling technology for securely sharing spectrum for most efficient usage.
The consequences of not addressing the above will potentially make the wireless channel an Open Attack Surface for cyber attack. SWAN's technological solutions will place the UK at the forefront of enabling the fundamental parameters and architectures of wireless systems to be adaptable to new spectrum and interface specifications; resilient to accidental or induced failures (such as jamming); and resistant to cyber-attack.
By contrast cyber-attack via the wireless interface, exploiting vulnerabilities in the physical layer and lower layers of the protocol stack, has received much less attention. As network originated exploits become more difficult it can be expected that more attacks will be mounted through the "air interface". The means to develop and mount such attacks are increasingly available with the proliferation of low cost software-defined radio (SDR) platforms and open-source software, and the ubiquity of potentially hackable wireless terminals. More research on this problem is needed to find solutions to be retrospectively applied to existing systems, influence the next generation of wireless standards, raise awareness of the potential problems, and train engineers to develop and embed defensive capability in radio standards and products. Crucial will be the ability to change the physical layer functionality, right to the antenna, by changing system software. This is not possible with current equipment or indeed envisaged in the 5G. Apart from countering the security threat, such technology will be needed to enable the future adoption of Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA), in which, rather than frequency bands being administratively licensed to specific users, spectrum will be allocated dynamically according to evolving demand in space and time.
The project partners, Toshiba Research, Roke, University of Bristol, and GCHQ, share a vision of Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN) to be developed in this research partnership.
The project scope will include technical deliverables; the shaping of policy and standards; and the training and career development of the SWAN teams. The co-created 5-year programme will integrate academic and industrial teams in activities that address the following Research Challenges (RCs).
1. Threat Synthesis & Assessment: how can RF interfaces be attacked, beyond the threats envisaged in their design?
2. RF Cyber Detection & Defence: techniques to detect RF cyber attack and mitigate their effects.
3. Cyber Secure Radio Design: designing radios whose RF characteristics can be updated in the field to deal with new threats, which also enable DSA.
4. Secure Dynamic Spectrum Access: enabling technology for securely sharing spectrum for most efficient usage.
The consequences of not addressing the above will potentially make the wireless channel an Open Attack Surface for cyber attack. SWAN's technological solutions will place the UK at the forefront of enabling the fundamental parameters and architectures of wireless systems to be adaptable to new spectrum and interface specifications; resilient to accidental or induced failures (such as jamming); and resistant to cyber-attack.
Planned Impact
The prime impact culminating from this Prosperity Partnership will be the significant reduction in the vulnerability of wireless enabled connectivity to RF Cyber-attacks through the adoption of SWAN's novel technologies. Given the increasing use of wireless in the control and management of our national infrastructure, remote health care monitoring as well as our daily use of WiFi and cellular communications, addressing this potentially critical issue is thus essential for our modern society here in the UK, and also world-wide. In addition, Ofcom's 2018 Spectrum Strategy incentivises use of spectrum sharing, aligning with US policy to enhance spectrum efficiency. It is therefore of paramount importance that the protocols must be secure and the enabling RF hardware agile and resilient to enable this paradigm shift in spectrum management.
SWAN results will be rapidly adopted and exploited by Toshiba and Roke in their day-to-day R&D activities. For example, Roke's investment in SWAN is via their Private Venture funding. Where Toshiba and Roke do not wish to commercialise SWAN technology, access to IP will be made available to other companies outside the Partnership, taking advice from our external advisory on appropriate routes to market. We anticipate there will also be considerable indirect economic benefits because our emphasis on future-proofed technologies will add resilience to critical infrastructure. An important programme objective is to apply SWAN technologies to Dynamic Spectrum Access to enhance spectrum utilisation whilst mitigating either intentional or non-intentional misuse. The consortium will therefore produce a white paper with recommendations on Dynamic Spectrum Access, which will be presented to Ofcom. The programme will most directly influence standards primarily through the industrial partners who participate in 3GPP and other standards bodies. Less directly, liaison with the security community will raise awareness of RF cyber threats which will feed into other participants in standards-making.
SWAN is ideally positioned to develop both academic and industrial leaders to influence the next generation of RF systems on a global scale. Phd students will be fully integrated into the SWAN research team and immersed in the Secure by Design ethos for RF systems. It is our goal that these students become future leaders and innovators in the field of RF and continue to act as advocates beyond their training.
Through academic links with the IET accreditation process of undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes, we seek to make Secure by Design a major component of this assessment, thus propagating this ethos within the mind-set of future generations of engineers.
SWAN results will be rapidly adopted and exploited by Toshiba and Roke in their day-to-day R&D activities. For example, Roke's investment in SWAN is via their Private Venture funding. Where Toshiba and Roke do not wish to commercialise SWAN technology, access to IP will be made available to other companies outside the Partnership, taking advice from our external advisory on appropriate routes to market. We anticipate there will also be considerable indirect economic benefits because our emphasis on future-proofed technologies will add resilience to critical infrastructure. An important programme objective is to apply SWAN technologies to Dynamic Spectrum Access to enhance spectrum utilisation whilst mitigating either intentional or non-intentional misuse. The consortium will therefore produce a white paper with recommendations on Dynamic Spectrum Access, which will be presented to Ofcom. The programme will most directly influence standards primarily through the industrial partners who participate in 3GPP and other standards bodies. Less directly, liaison with the security community will raise awareness of RF cyber threats which will feed into other participants in standards-making.
SWAN is ideally positioned to develop both academic and industrial leaders to influence the next generation of RF systems on a global scale. Phd students will be fully integrated into the SWAN research team and immersed in the Secure by Design ethos for RF systems. It is our goal that these students become future leaders and innovators in the field of RF and continue to act as advocates beyond their training.
Through academic links with the IET accreditation process of undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes, we seek to make Secure by Design a major component of this assessment, thus propagating this ethos within the mind-set of future generations of engineers.
Organisations
- University of Bristol (Lead Research Organisation)
- Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- PETRAS National Centre of Excellence (Collaboration)
- Roke Manor Research Ltd. (Collaboration)
- Toshiba Research Europe Ltd (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- National Cyber Security Centre (Project Partner)
- Toshiba (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Chemring Technology Solutions (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Dang S
(2023)
On Optimality of Gamma Approximation for Lognormal Shadowing Models
in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Ma J
(2024)
A Sub-Nanosecond Gate Bias-Switching Circuit for GaN RF Power Amplifiers
in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters
Ma J
(2023)
Transfer Learning for the Behavior Prediction of Microwave Structures
in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters
Ma J
(2023)
A High-Performance Transfer Learning-Based Model for Microwave Structure Behavior Prediction
in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
Ma J
(2023)
Highly Efficient 3-Bit Digital Power Amplifier for OFDM Waveform Amplification
in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Nair M
(2023)
Rigorous Analysis of Data Orthogonalization for Self-Organizing Maps in Machine Learning Cyber Intrusion Detection for LoRa Sensors
in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Ma J
(2023)
A Learning-Based Methodology for Microwave Passive Component Design
in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Description | A method to identify a spoofing device (Friend or Foe) from a data set with apparently correlated device characteristics. |
Exploitation Route | Some interest from UK NACE |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Electronics Energy Government Democracy and Justice Security and Diplomacy |
URL | https://www.swan-partnership.ac.uk/ |
Description | A method to identify a spoofing device (Friend or Foe) from a data set with apparently correlated device characteristics. Application of ML to RF passive circuit design. |
First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
Sector | Other |
Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | DCMS Open Networks R&D Fund: consultation on 2023-25 priorities |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Participation in SPF 6G wireless R&D initiative: A report for DCMS |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.techuk.org/resource/uk-universities-6g-wireless-research-capacity-is-in-excellent-shape-... |
Description | AR-NGIN Bridging Phase |
Amount | £38,311 (GBP) |
Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | AR-NGIN Phase 1 |
Amount | £79,745 (GBP) |
Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2021 |
End | 12/2022 |
Description | Dstl CEME (Contested Electro Magnetic Environment) |
Amount | £145,593 (GBP) |
Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2021 |
End | 01/2022 |
Description | Polarisation - pattern diversity in communication systems |
Amount | £43,587 (GBP) |
Organisation | Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2021 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | STAR TRL5 |
Amount | £95,832 (GBP) |
Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2022 |
End | 08/2023 |
Description | SYNERGIA - Secure bY desigN End to end platfoRm for larGe scale resource constrained Iot Applications |
Amount | £1,559,054 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 53707 |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2020 |
End | 10/2022 |
Description | Self-Interference (SI) Cancellation and Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STAR) |
Amount | £40,205 (GBP) |
Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2021 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | UK IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in spatial fingerprinting for self-securing wireless networks - Dr Timothy Pelham |
Amount | £200,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2021 |
End | 12/2023 |
Title | LoRa in the 'Wild' external test bed |
Description | Locally deployed LoRaWAN network with some 20 sensors and 3 AP locations. AP's networked back to CSN lab |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Output from UG project |
URL | https://www.swan-partnership.ac.uk/ |
Title | RF Penetration Test-Bed |
Description | Test environment for RF pen-testing of the RF Open Attack Surface |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Focus of those outside SWAN is network based attacks rather than over the air. Too often overlooked |
URL | https://www.swan-partnership.ac.uk/ |
Title | IEEE Comms Mag LoRa datasets |
Description | The data in this repository is associated with the IEEE Communications Magazine article by Manish Nair et al, 'IoT Device Authentication Using Self-Organizing Feature Map Data Sets' |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/a9971w4q1kk72689g1hy78qn5/ |
Title | Nair_et_al_IoT_Device_Authentication_CommsMag |
Description | There are 2 zip files containing Matlab data and post processed image images (SOFMs) for the paper by Manish Nair, Shuping Dang, Tommaso Cappello & Mark Beach, "IoT Device Authentication Using Self-Organizing Feature Map Data Sets" as submitted for review to the the IEEE Communications Magazine Data set 1 contains 6 matlab files containing the raw LoRa I/Qs. The file format is as per table in the paper. Data set 2 contains the output images in .PNG format from the application of the unsupervised batch-SOFM competitive learning algorithm to data set 1 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | This provides data samples at the key processing steps of taking raw IQ data and separating device types from a correlated data set via SOFMs prior to a CNN |
URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/3u4rzcddg047028q6snonqtnd9/ |
Title | Self Organizing Feature Maps Data Sets |
Description | Self Organzing Feature Maps [SOFM] Data Sets for LoRa transmitters, generated by the Batch SOFM Competitive Learning algorihtm. In the algorithm, initially, a Kohonen layer of artificial neurons (of dimensions 10x10) trains upon the data set of raw LoRa I/Qs through randomly initialized set of weights. The original ANN then 'self-organize' or cluster into a batch of six 'offspring' ANNs at every epoch. Except in the 1st epoch, the algorithm trains on the set of offspring ANNs and not the raw I/Qs. By the 200th epoch, the extent of cluster is sufficient to produce distinct SOFM patterns corresponding specifically to a particular LoRa I/Q in the raw I/Qs. The raw LoRa I/Q data, comprising of samples from six sources [5 from LoRa modules and 1 from an ARB], collected from a customized RF penetration test-bed, are also provided. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://cord.cranfield.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Self_Organizing_Feature_Maps_Data_Sets/23736597 |
Description | PETRAS-SWAN collaboration |
Organisation | PETRAS National Centre of Excellence |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Multiple collaborations with PETRAS - joint events, plans for joint hackathon |
Collaborator Contribution | Multiple collaborations with PETRAS - joint events, plans for joint hackathon |
Impact | Joint events, plans for joint hackathon |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Privacy-preserving Data Sharing and Trading Ecosystem for Distributed Wireless IoT Networks (PRISTINE) - Toshiba partnership |
Organisation | Toshiba Research Europe Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Toshiba (SWAN lead business partner) is a supporting partner of Glasgow university's PRISTINE project which is funded by EPSRC through PETRAS. This partnership has resulted in collaborative events and knowledge exchange. |
Collaborator Contribution | Toshiba (SWAN lead business partner) is a supporting partner of Glasgow university's PRISTINE project which is funded by EPSRC through PETRAS. This partnership has resulted in collaborative events and knowledge exchange. |
Impact | This partnership has resulted in collaborative events and knowledge exchange. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Privacy-preserving Data Sharing and Trading Ecosystem for Distributed Wireless IoT Networks (PRISTINE) - Toshiba partnership |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Toshiba (SWAN lead business partner) is a supporting partner of Glasgow university's PRISTINE project which is funded by EPSRC through PETRAS. This partnership has resulted in collaborative events and knowledge exchange. |
Collaborator Contribution | Toshiba (SWAN lead business partner) is a supporting partner of Glasgow university's PRISTINE project which is funded by EPSRC through PETRAS. This partnership has resulted in collaborative events and knowledge exchange. |
Impact | This partnership has resulted in collaborative events and knowledge exchange. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | SYNERGIA |
Organisation | Toshiba Research Europe Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Multiple collaborations with Innovate UK project SYNERGIA. Consortium made up of other researchers from UOB, Toshiba, Configured Things, Ioetec, and others. Joint events, joint post, contributions to SWAN LoRa external test-bed. |
Collaborator Contribution | Multiple collaborations with Innovate UK project SYNERGIA. Consortium made up of other researchers from UOB, Toshiba, Configured Things, Ioetec, and others. Joint events, joint post, contributions to SWAN LoRa external test-bed. |
Impact | Joint events, joint post, contributions to SWAN LoRa external test-bed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | SYNERGIA |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Multiple collaborations with Innovate UK project SYNERGIA. Consortium made up of other researchers from UOB, Toshiba, Configured Things, Ioetec, and others. Joint events, joint post, contributions to SWAN LoRa external test-bed. |
Collaborator Contribution | Multiple collaborations with Innovate UK project SYNERGIA. Consortium made up of other researchers from UOB, Toshiba, Configured Things, Ioetec, and others. Joint events, joint post, contributions to SWAN LoRa external test-bed. |
Impact | Joint events, joint post, contributions to SWAN LoRa external test-bed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | UKRI/EPSRC SWAN Prosperity Partnership |
Organisation | Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | University of Bristol: Lead Academic Partner; world-class expertise in physical layer wireless research, RF technologies, and Dynamic Spectrum Access. In addition, UOB will contribute 20% fEC (£545,537). Since the start of the project, UOB has also contributed funds for additional equipment to support this work (4G/5G base station and network emulator, Rohde & Schwarz CMX500 & CMW500, £251,951.268 cash) and waived the difference for overseas fees for training grant studentship recipient (£70,122.5 in kind). |
Collaborator Contribution | Below are the non-academic partners of the UKRI/EPSRC SWAN Prosperity Partnership (as these are not automatically captured by ResearchFish, although correct on Grants on the Web) • Toshiba Europe Limited (Bristol Research and Innovation Labs): Lead Business Partner; world-leading technology company; wireless and broadcast systems key business area. • Roke Manor Research Ltd: industrial partner; research and development capabilities across communications, networks and sensors with defence applications. • GCHQ: government partner; intelligence and security organisation; key advisor on UK government priorities and real-world technology applications |
Impact | Staff training (with partners and externally), RF STRIDE cards, RF Vulnerabilities White Paper, Three-pillared LoRaWAN test facility, RF fingerprinting method, LoRa simulator, Blocker Resilient / High-Dynamic Range Receivers, Agile Digital Power Amplifiers, Economic case for Secure Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | UKRI/EPSRC SWAN Prosperity Partnership |
Organisation | Roke Manor Research Ltd. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | University of Bristol: Lead Academic Partner; world-class expertise in physical layer wireless research, RF technologies, and Dynamic Spectrum Access. In addition, UOB will contribute 20% fEC (£545,537). Since the start of the project, UOB has also contributed funds for additional equipment to support this work (4G/5G base station and network emulator, Rohde & Schwarz CMX500 & CMW500, £251,951.268 cash) and waived the difference for overseas fees for training grant studentship recipient (£70,122.5 in kind). |
Collaborator Contribution | Below are the non-academic partners of the UKRI/EPSRC SWAN Prosperity Partnership (as these are not automatically captured by ResearchFish, although correct on Grants on the Web) • Toshiba Europe Limited (Bristol Research and Innovation Labs): Lead Business Partner; world-leading technology company; wireless and broadcast systems key business area. • Roke Manor Research Ltd: industrial partner; research and development capabilities across communications, networks and sensors with defence applications. • GCHQ: government partner; intelligence and security organisation; key advisor on UK government priorities and real-world technology applications |
Impact | Staff training (with partners and externally), RF STRIDE cards, RF Vulnerabilities White Paper, Three-pillared LoRaWAN test facility, RF fingerprinting method, LoRa simulator, Blocker Resilient / High-Dynamic Range Receivers, Agile Digital Power Amplifiers, Economic case for Secure Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | UKRI/EPSRC SWAN Prosperity Partnership |
Organisation | Toshiba Research Europe Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | University of Bristol: Lead Academic Partner; world-class expertise in physical layer wireless research, RF technologies, and Dynamic Spectrum Access. In addition, UOB will contribute 20% fEC (£545,537). Since the start of the project, UOB has also contributed funds for additional equipment to support this work (4G/5G base station and network emulator, Rohde & Schwarz CMX500 & CMW500, £251,951.268 cash) and waived the difference for overseas fees for training grant studentship recipient (£70,122.5 in kind). |
Collaborator Contribution | Below are the non-academic partners of the UKRI/EPSRC SWAN Prosperity Partnership (as these are not automatically captured by ResearchFish, although correct on Grants on the Web) • Toshiba Europe Limited (Bristol Research and Innovation Labs): Lead Business Partner; world-leading technology company; wireless and broadcast systems key business area. • Roke Manor Research Ltd: industrial partner; research and development capabilities across communications, networks and sensors with defence applications. • GCHQ: government partner; intelligence and security organisation; key advisor on UK government priorities and real-world technology applications |
Impact | Staff training (with partners and externally), RF STRIDE cards, RF Vulnerabilities White Paper, Three-pillared LoRaWAN test facility, RF fingerprinting method, LoRa simulator, Blocker Resilient / High-Dynamic Range Receivers, Agile Digital Power Amplifiers, Economic case for Secure Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | UKRI/EPSRC SWAN Prosperity Partnership |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Bristol: Lead Academic Partner; world-class expertise in physical layer wireless research, RF technologies, and Dynamic Spectrum Access. In addition, UOB will contribute 20% fEC (£545,537). Since the start of the project, UOB has also contributed funds for additional equipment to support this work (4G/5G base station and network emulator, Rohde & Schwarz CMX500 & CMW500, £251,951.268 cash) and waived the difference for overseas fees for training grant studentship recipient (£70,122.5 in kind). |
Collaborator Contribution | Below are the non-academic partners of the UKRI/EPSRC SWAN Prosperity Partnership (as these are not automatically captured by ResearchFish, although correct on Grants on the Web) • Toshiba Europe Limited (Bristol Research and Innovation Labs): Lead Business Partner; world-leading technology company; wireless and broadcast systems key business area. • Roke Manor Research Ltd: industrial partner; research and development capabilities across communications, networks and sensors with defence applications. • GCHQ: government partner; intelligence and security organisation; key advisor on UK government priorities and real-world technology applications |
Impact | Staff training (with partners and externally), RF STRIDE cards, RF Vulnerabilities White Paper, Three-pillared LoRaWAN test facility, RF fingerprinting method, LoRa simulator, Blocker Resilient / High-Dynamic Range Receivers, Agile Digital Power Amplifiers, Economic case for Secure Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | 2021 Brooklyn 6G Virtual Summit - October 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | The team produced a video demonstration of the SWAN test-bed and research breakthroughs in the area of RF fingerprinting (presented by Mark Beach). The demonstration was a chance to raise awareness about SWAN in the USA and beyond, and resulted in discussion and and opportunities for future collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://brooklyn5gsummit.com/ |
Description | 2021 IoTSF Conference - November 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The team produced a video demonstration of the SWAN test-bed and research breakthroughs in the area of RF fingerprinting (presented by Mark Beach). The demonstration was a chance to raise awareness about SWAN and the open attack surface, and resulted in discussion and opportunities for future collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://iotsfconference.com/ |
Description | 47th Wireless World Research Forum 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | International wireless event hosted by the University of Bristol (Smart Internet Lab). SWAN's work showcased through lab demonstrations as part of this event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/research/smart/events/47th-wwrf-meeting/ |
Description | 5G Week - Sept 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SWAN Business PI Woon Hau Chin presented about SWAN and other aligned research during this week-long event dedicated to the promotion of research, collaboration and the commercial application of 5G in the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://uk5g.org/attend/5g-week-2020/ |
Description | 5G and Counter-Terrorism academic round table |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mark Beach invited to participate in 5G and Counter-Terrorism round table with Cambridge University, Home Office, and Counter Terrorism Policing representatives. Findings from SWAN's research informed advice to government, influencing policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | 6G: Software Defined Radio and RF Sampling - September 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The third of a series of UK SPF and DCMS supported workshops (hosted at University of Strathclyde) on academic research towards 6G, highlighting strengths and novelty. Mark Beach presented about SWAN at this workshop. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.techuk.org/resource/slides-software-defined-radio-and-rf-sampling.html |
Description | 6G: Technology Enablers for Spectrum & Energy Efficient Wireless Access - May 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The first of a series of UK SPF and DCMS supported workshops (hosted at UOB) on academic research towards 6G, highlighting strengths and novelty. Mark Beach served as a member of an expert group recommending 'interventions' to position the UK as a leader in 6G technologies and applications. DCMS commissioned report now available to view. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.techuk.org/resource/slides-6g-technology-enablers-for-spectrum-energy-efficient-wireless... |
Description | An introduction to risk and threat modelling - May 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mark West and Alex Collins for SWAN's partner Roke introduced how risk is assessed and managed, explain how Threat Modelling can be used to improve the security of systems, and introduce the STRIDE methodology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Anritsu demo - 5G T&M - June 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Kit demo from Anritsu. Fed into SWAN test-bed activity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | BT Research visits - CSN/Smart Internet Lab tours (Oct & Nov 2021) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | These lab tours were an opportunity to engage directly first with BT's research team, followed by a second visit from the BT leadership team, highlighting SWAN's research activities and opening opportunities for future collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | CW workshop - The care and feeding of GaN RF power amplifiers - September 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | SWAN team members Mark Beach, Kevin Morris, Tommaso Cappello presented at this Cambridge Wireless workshop. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/events/The-care-and-feeding-gan-rf-power-amplifiers/?utm_medium=... |
Description | Cambridge Wireless workshop - A review of LoRaWAN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presenting alongside colleagues from Toshiba's UMBRELLA project, Mark Beach spoke at Cambridge Wireless's Radio Technology SIG event exploring all things LoRaWAN. Showcasing SWAN's key research findings to an national audience alongside lead business partner. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/events/review-lorawan/ |
Description | Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult visit to Smart Internet Lab |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Smart Internet Lab visit for collaborators CSA catapult. Demonstrating SWAN's work to collaborators CSA Catapult. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Cybersecurity Innovation Meetup - May 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | SWAN PI Mark Beach presented about SWAN at a local Cybersecurity interest group organised through Meetups with UltraSoc/Tessent (SME collaborator) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.tessentembeddedanalytics.com/event/cybersecurity-innovation-group-virtual-meetup/ |
Description | DSIT's Future Networks Programme Technical Advisory Team team visit - Novemeber 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | In November we hosted members of DSIT's Future Networks Programme Technical Advisory Team team which included a tour of the Communications, Systems Network lab and sharing research on cyber security. The exchange of ideas and knowledge is key to driving innovation forward, the visit was a testament to the great work we are doing in SWAN. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | DSTL EM Symposium 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Aligned academic Tim Pelham presented a poster of his aligned work with spatial fingerprinting. Aligned work showcased to national defence audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/operating-in-the-future-electromagnetic-environment-symposium-202... |
Description | DSTL Wireless Communications Symposium - Jan 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SWAN PI Mark Beach presented about SWAN at this symposium over Video Teleconference to bring together government industry and academia in the field of wireless communications, networking and information theory, to share latest research, technology and development in the field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/event/wireless-communications-networking-information-theory-for-de... |
Description | EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships Showcase event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prosperity Partnerships Showcase event to celebrate the first five rounds of investment of this scheme and the incredible work the partnerships are doing to transform our society and economy for the better. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office/UK National Authority on Counter Eavesdropping & NCSC visit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Attendees from FCDO, UK NACE, and NCSC given a tour of the CSN lab, including SWAN's testbed and PhD projects. Demonstrating SWAN's work to national security bodies. Furthering collaboaration with UK NACE. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Hardening COTS Wireless Communications and Networking Technologies for Mission Critical Applications - A Case Study of 4G/LTE with General Dynamics April 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Seminar hosted by SWAN highlighting an aligned piece of work carried out by General Dynamics. Sparked conversation and avenues for collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | IEEE International Microwave Symposium 2022, Delver, Colorado |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | SWAN PI Mark Beach and Co-I Tommaso Cappello headed out to Denver, Colorado from 19th to 24th June to spread the word about the SWAN and University of Bristol's research capabilities in the field of RF and microwaves at the IEEE's premiere conference, the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2022. They presented two technical papers (We2C-3 and We1C-3) including one on SWAN's RF fingerprinting work. Alongside this, the team presented a workshop paper (WMG-6) and staffed a University of Bristol booth (#12078). SWAN flagship findings showcased at a major sector event with 440+ international companies exhibiting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.swan-partnership.ac.uk/2022/06/14/international-microwave-symposium-ims-2022/ |
Description | IEEE VTS Fall 2022 Workshop on Emerging Physical Layer Security Technologies and Applications for B5G and 6G - Keynote Speaker |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mark Beach gave the keynote talk at the IEEE VTS Fall 2022 Workshop on Emerging Physical Layer Security Technologies and Applications for B5G and 6G in London/Beijing alongside colleagues from Liverpool University. Showcasing SWAN's key research findings to an international audience, furthering collaboration with University of Liverpool. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://events.vtsociety.org/vtc2022-fall/conference-sessions/workshops/w5-emerging-physical-layer-s... |
Description | IET webinar - Cyber Secure Radio Transceivers - April 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SWAN research team members Vaia Kalokidou (University of Bristol), Eyad Arabi, (University of Bristol), and Gavin Watkins (Toshiba), presented at this IET webinar on cyber secure hardware. The webinar was a chance to raise awareness about SWAN and the open attack surface, and resulted in discussion and newsletter sign-ups. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3023548/CE169B1BB8539F0EF02F46C27601D4FD |
Description | IMS workshop "Calibrated Testbeds for Characterization, Optimization, and Linearization of Multi-Input Power Amplifiers" - June 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SWAN Co-Investigator Tommaso Cappello presented at this IMS workshop. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/35934-arftg-at-ims2021-microwave-week |
Description | Innovate UK - Testbeds and Trials WG - Security Sub-Group - Feb 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SWAN Business PI Woon Hau Chin attended this working group for networking and scoping future collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://uk5g.org/5g-updates/research/testbeds-and-trials-wg-security-sub-group/ |
Description | Internet of Things Security and Security by Design Principles - November 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Training course for the SWAN team from Copper Horse - gave an overview of IoT security with practical hacking demonstrations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Introduction to Cyber Security - April 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Online SWAN team training seminar, 'Introduction to Cyber Security' with Theo Spyridopoulos (Bristol Research & Innovation Laboratory, Toshiba Europe Limited) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Keysight kit demo (multiple sessions) - June 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Kit demo from Keysight. Fed into SWAN test-bed activity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Keysight virtual visit (CSN lab) - November 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | This virtual demonstration was an opportunity to engage with Keysight, highlighting SWAN's research activities and opening opportunities for future collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Lightweight AI in Low-Power IoT Security: A joint PETRAS & SWAN event - December 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A joint PETRAS & SWAN event to share research and build understanding across networks. This workshop resulted in ongoing collaboration with PETRAS and set the stage for future joint events. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Online presentation at IWPC workshop "CBRS and Private Networks" - August 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | SWAN PhD student Simon Wilson presented at this IWPC workshop. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.iwpc.org/WorkshopEvents.aspx |
Description | PETRAS - SDTaP/IUK Full Governing Board |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SWAN PI Mark Beach invited to talk about SWAN at the PETRAS governing board. Strengthening existing collaboration, highlighting the dangers of the RF open attack surface to sector professionals. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Physical Layer Attacks on LTE - Roke training - December 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Colleagues from Roke, one of SWAN's industrial partners, provided a training workshop on Physical Layer Attacks on LTE. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Rhode & Schwarz kit demo (multiple) July/August 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Kit demo from Rhode & Schwarz. Fed into SWAN test-bed activity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Roke workshops x3 (topics: efficient jamming, SWAN, fingerprinting) - December 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | This event allowed the project to extend its engagement to additional team members in partner organisation Roke and open further avenues for knowledge exchange. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Royal Academy of Engineering - Future wireless systems (6G) workshop - December 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | This hybrid workshop brought together industry, academia, and policy makers to discuss approaches required to establish the UK as a leading player in future wireless systems (6G). Mark Beach attended this event which resulted in conversations around collaboration with SWAN. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.raeng.org.uk/events/events-programme/2021/december/future-wireless-systems-(6g)-workshop |
Description | SMART:2021 Future Networks Research Conference - September 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Several SWAN team members took part in this research showcase event in a mix of panels and talks. This was a chance to raise awareness about SWAN and the open attack surface, and resulted in discussion and newsletter sign-ups. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/research/smart/smart2021-future-networks-research-conference/ |
Description | SWAN Quarterly Newsletter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The SWAN quarterly newsletter delivers an overview of the latest SWAN activities, updates on our recent blog posts and events, and highlights opportunities to get involved in our research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.swan-partnership.ac.uk/newsletter/ |
Description | SWAN Twitter & LinkedIn channels |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SWAN's Twitter & LinkedIn channels regularly share content on SWAN activities and relevant news and events from external parties. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://twitter.com/PartnershipSWAN |
Description | SWAN Website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SWAN's website acts as an accessible hub and dissemination point for all information, outputs and updates on the SWAN programme of research. It includes background information on the project's research aims, consortium partners, key team members and governance. It also features a blog section which hosts regular articles on the activities of the SWAN research team and related news. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.swan-partnership.ac.uk/ |
Description | Samsung visit and guest talk from VP Communications Research Howard Benn |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Howard Benn from Samsung given a tour of the CSN lab, including SWAN's testbed and PhD projects. Demonstrating SWAN's work to other leaders from industry. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Sensor Signal Processing for Defence conference 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Vaia Kalokidou's paper on 'LoRaWAN Performance Evaluation and Resilience under Jamming Attacks' was presented at the University of Edinburgh's Sensor Signal Processing for Defence conference 2022. Showcasing SWAN's simulation work to an international audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://signalprocessingsociety.org/blog/sspd-2022-2022-sensor-signal-processing-defence |
Description | Spirent demo - 5G Landslide emulator - June 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Kit demo from Spirent. Fed into SWAN test-bed activity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | The Analogue Radio Reality Check |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Open RAN promises to increase supplier diversity and drive innovation, but how do we ensure such disaggregated radio systems are reliable, robust, performant, and meet power consumption expectations? Furthermore, what considerations need to be made for small cells, and how much of the radio unit processing can realistically be softwarised as we get closer and closer to the analogue RF frontend? This event aims to learn about the latest on the radio aspects of Open RAN and some of the challenges and opportunities we face as an industry. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/events/open-ran/ |
Description | Toshiba BRIL's new DMD Kohei Onizuka visit to CSN lab |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Senior team partner visit to academic lab. Showcasing SWAN's work to international branches of lead business partner institution. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Toshiba UMBRELLA visit to CSN lab |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Attendees from aligned Toshiba project UMBRELLA given a tour of the CSN lab, including SWAN's testbed and PhD projects. Extending SWAN's reach to other teams in lead business partner institution. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Toshiba workshop - Guest Seminar: Mark Beach - Lora RF penetration testbed: creating secure wireless communications in SWAN - December 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | This event allowed the project to extend its engagement to additional team members in partner organisation Toshiba and open further avenues for knowledge exchange. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | UK Space Agency visit to University of Bristol |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Hosted UK Space Agency CEO Paul Bate and team in the CSN lab, showcasing SWAN aligned research (Tim Pelham). Opportunities for further collaboration. SWAN showcased in UK Space Agency video about University of Bristol visit. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/uk-space-agency_uk-space-agency-ceo-visits-university-of-activity-703... |
Description | University Defense Research Collaboration, 25th Nov 2020: Themed Meeting on Signal Processing for the Electromagnetic Environment |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Sharing of RF Techniques for Robust and Agile Operation in Congested Spectrum - techniques evolving from SENSE |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | University of Bristol Faculty of Engineering Research Showcase - April 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Several SWAN team members took part in this research showcase event in a mix of panels and talks. This was a chance to raise awareness about SWAN and the open attack surface, and resulted in discussion and newsletter sign-ups. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/ilo/industry/research-showcase/ |
Description | University of Bristol IEEE Student Branch Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | SWAN PhD students spoke at a half-day symposioum hosted by IEEE. Showcasing SWAN's work to local students outside immediate group, presentation practice for PGRs. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | University of Liverpool visit and guest seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Junqing Zhang from the University of Liverpool visited to give a guest talk on , discuss ongoing collaboration with SWAN and Toshiba, and have a tour of the SWAN test-bed. Demonstrating SWAN's work to aligned academic. Furthering collaboration with University of Liverpool. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | University of Liverpool webinar - Deep Learning-Powered Radio Frequency Fingerprint Identification for Internet of Things - January 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Seminar hosted by SWAN highlighting an aligned piece of work carried out by the University of Liverpool. Sparked conversation and avenues for collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | University of Manchester Communications Research Group Seminar Series - Guest speaker Shuping Dang |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SWAN academic Shuping Dang delivered a talk to a University of Manchester research group, highlighting machine learning methods in wireless communications. Highlighting SWAN's work to other UK academic knowledge centres, potential for future collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Visit from the Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Members from the CSA Catapult visited the lab and were given presentations on our work on RF technology. Discussions in the lab with our SWAN researchers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Vodafone visit to CSN lab |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Attendees from Voadafone given a tour of the CSN lab, including SWAN's testbed and PhD projects. Outreach to potential collaborator. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Wireless Communications, Networking & Information Theory for Defense Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Overview of SWAN |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |