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Challenges and opportunities in wireless location privacy

About the project

Objective
Goal of the project is to establish a cross-disciplinary research activity that brings together experts in privacy, wireless systems, and legal frameworks to explore and define future research directions. The research will be collaboratively done the strategic partner Ericsson so that the seed project will contribute towards shaping the future of privacy-aware 6G systems.

Background
This seed project addresses a strategically critical challenge for future wireless telecommunication systems: how to ensure strong privacy guarantees in location-based services and sensing applications in future telecommunication networks. Privacy concerns—particularly for time-series mobility data and joint communication and sensing (JCAS) systems—pose a serious risk to the deployment of emerging services and the legal compliance of new technologies.

Cross-disciplinary collaboration
Experts from privacy, wireless systems, and legal domain are involved.

PI: Tobias Oechtering
Co-PIs: Mats Bengtsson, György Dan, Hongyu Jin, Panagiotis Papadimitratos, Henrik Sandberg and Mathias Ekstedt

Project period

01/07/2025 – 30/06/2026

Type of call

Seed

Societal context

Smart Society

Research themes

Trust

Partner

Ericsson

KTH

Project status

Ongoing

Contacts