A GNSS Instrumentation Covert Directional Spoofing Algorithm for UAV Equipped With Tightly-Coupled GNSS/IMU

Abstract

Measurement and navigation users cannot operate without the positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service provided by the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) instrumentation, but users are also faced with unpredictable and complex interference and even spoofing. In order to effectively control and even counter the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that may pose security threats, using the GNSS spoofing technology to counter UAV is an effective and important technical means. Compared with the existing spoofing algorithms, this article fully considers the navigation system configuration and flight control principle, as well as antispoofing module of UAV equipped, the UAV dynamic model under GNSS spoofing environment is established, and the response law of UAV state to spoofing is analyzed. In order to realize the covert directional spoofing on UAV equipped with tightly-coupled GNSS and inertial measurement unit (IMU), a GNSS covert spoofing algorithm is proposed. The algorithm includes a fixed-point four-step spoofing strategy and pays attention to avoiding the least-squares residual receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (LSR-RAIM) of UAV, so as to ensure the concealment of the deception process. Through the construction of experimental platform and experimental analysis, the effectiveness and concealment of the algorithm are verified. The experiment shows that the spoofing yaw angle error of GNSS covert directional spoofing is −0.03°. In addition, the spoofer has effectively avoided the LSR-RAIM of UAV system in the whole process, and the evasion rate has reached 100% to achieve covert spoofing. For the actual spoofing scenario application, the spoofing yaw angle error can meet the actual needs. Future work will focus on the research and design of more complex covert spoofing algorithms to meet the spoofing needs of UAV equipped with more complex navigation systems and antispoofing techniques.