A Software Defined Radio Based Anti-UAV Mobile System with Jamming and Spoofing Capabilities.

Renato Ferreira,João Gaspar,Pedro Sebastião,Nuno Souto

doi:10.3390/s22041487

Abstract

The number of incidents between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and aircrafts at airports and airfields has been increasing over the last years. To address the problem, in this paper we describe a portable system capable of protecting areas against unauthorized UAVs, which is based on the use of low-cost SDR (software defined radio) platforms. The proposed anti-UAV system supports target localization and integrates effective jamming techniques with the generation of global positioning system (GPS) spoofing signals aimed at the drone. Real-life tests of the implemented prototype have shown that the proposed approach is capable of stopping the reliable reception of radionavigation signals and can also divert or even take control of unauthorized UAVs, whose flight path depends on the information obtained by the GPS system.

Highlights

Mobile System with Jamming and drone legislation [1] exists, many unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators choose not to comply with it, generating various types of incidents, either voluntarily or involuntarily.Several solutions have been presented to try to solve this problem, such as birds of prey, capture nets, or even jammers as is the case below
In [6], we evaluated the use of low cost software defined radio (SDR) platforms for the implementation of a jammer able to generate an Spoofing Capabilities
Motivated by the work above, in this paper, we study a system capable of neutralizing unauthorized UAV flights using low cost SDR platforms

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Introduction

Mobile System with Jamming and drone legislation [1] exists, many unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators choose not to comply with it, generating various types of incidents, either voluntarily or involuntarily. Several solutions have been presented to try to solve this problem, such as birds of prey, capture nets, or even jammers as is the case below. In Russia, a non-destructive solution was presented, the Rex-1, which comprises an emitter of an interference signal against the global navigation satellite system GNSS signal [3]. Several studies on detection and jamming of these devices have been carried out in order to combat this problem. The paper [4] emphasizes the guidelines for drone successful jamming while presenting some solutions implementation for drones malicious function prevention and drones role in jamming efficiency improvement. In [5], the authors present commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) applications components for various military purposes

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