About Us

SweWIN stands for Swedish Wireless Innovation Network and is a Vinnova-sponsored competence center that serves as a collaboration arena between KTH, RISE, companies, and society.

Wireless connectivity is at the center of the digitalisation of society

Wireless connectivity is at the center when society is digitalized

Purpose and goal

Wireless connectivity is the backbone of digitalization. Current technology is sufficient in best-case scenarios, but not for mission-critical applications that require functional safety and resilience. The SweWIN center has been designed to proactively address these issues, with the vision that the quality of future wireless communication, positioning, and radar systems will be measured through three new metrics: sustainability, resilience, and fair availability. We will develop scientific and practical knowledge of these issues and thus shape the future of wireless technology.

Expected effects and results

A person holds a base station on a rooftop in Stockholm

The center will create new research collaborations in the Stockholm region where different constellations of researchers from academia and industry jointly identify and solve new problems. We will first conduct basic research on the sustainability, resilience, and fair availability of wireless technology to translate these keywords into measurable quantities. Next, we will push technology development in these three directions. The new knowledge will be spread through teaching, publications, and conferences. New competence will be generated, and researchers will be attracted to Sweden.

Implementation

The research agenda is divided into six areas that are lead by different researchers at KTH. The activities range from antennas and network architecture to algorithms and radio resource management using artificial intelligence (AI).

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The outdoor experimental site in Kista Innovation Park, Stockholm

The enterprises (ABB, Ericsson, Saab, Beammwave, Cellmax, Northern Waves) participate in these areas to varying degrees based on business interests and competencies. RISE contributes with its AI competence throughout all research areas. In addition to the research agenda, the center will renew teaching at KTH, and organize internal workshops and recurring public events, both physical and online.

The center is not only about research, but also education, outreach, and dissemination. The three pillars of the center are:

Conduct world-class research in areas important for Sweden’s competitiveness. The center has an internal budget to sustain the baseline research in the different areas, but the activities will be expanded by attracting additional external funding from varying funding agencies.
Enhanced education: The center will help KTH bring its educational offering in wireless communication, localisation, and sensing up-to-date with the needs of the industry. This will be done by revising course curriculums, organizing guest lectures, and supporting industry-driven degree projects.
Outreach and dissemination: The center will organize a sequence of workshops in Stockholm, some being internal for the center's partners and some being open for anyone to attend. The center will also build up a social media presence and organize online activities, such as seminar series with external and internal speakers.