The next generation of wireless systems is expected to turn wireless
connectivity into a true commodity ``...for anything that may benefit
from being connected...'', ranging from tiny wearable sensors to
vehicles and drones. A successful implementation of this
internet-of-things (IoT) vision calls for a wireless communication
system that: (i) is able to support a much larger number of connected
devices, (ii) is able to fulfill much more stringent requirements on
latency and reliability, and (iii) offers more sophisticated
privacy-preserving authentication and security mechanisms. The
introduction of future services based on machine-type communication,
such as intelligent transportation, augmented reality, remote health
care, smart metering, and industrial automation heavily rely on the
availability of such a wireless communication system. Indeed all these
services require a reliable and low-latency wireless connectivity with
strong security and privacy guarantees. The central objective of
SEAFRONT is to determine the minimum end-to-end latency that can be
guaranteed in wireless communication links where short data packets need
to be transmitted with high requirements on reliability, security, and
privacy. This is a collaborative project at Chalmers between the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of
Signals and Systems.