A statistical method of GPS spoofing detection using power spectral density for hardware

Mustafa Tanış*, Müştak Erhan Yalçın

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Location and navigation information has become an important part of our lives. GPS data is vital in many areas from transportation to economy, from energy to security. The alteration of this information can have deleterious downstream effects that cannot be reversed. Today, it is possible to attack GPS data with accessible hardware and open source software. In this paper, the signal obtained with the help of a transceiver that samples the high frequency RF signals down to the intermediate frequency was compared with the RMS value by windowing over PSD. Then this data was statistically analyzed with the NIST runs test. In order to realize GPS signal spoofing in a short time that after GPS receiver lock the spoofing signal, field programmable gates connected to the transceiver were used. The results obtained varied according to the dimensions of the windowing process, and it was understood that the window size was in a correlation with the detection of deception in a short time. The suggested method's key benefit is its simplicity, which makes it adaptable to various GNSS systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2560-2573
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications
Volume52
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2024

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Keywords

  • GNSS
  • GPS
  • power spectral density
  • spoofing

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