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The wide-area measurement system (WAMS) consists of the future power system, increasing geographical sprawl which is linked by the Phasor measurement unit(PMU). Thus, the failure of PMU will cause severe results, such as a blackout of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-30 Evan Carollo , Zikai Xu

We propose a simple low-cost technique that enables civil Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and other civil global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers to reliably detect carry-off spoofing and jamming. The technique, which…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-03-30 Kyle D. Wesson , Jason N. Gross , Todd E. Humphreys , Brian L. Evans

The safety and security of the passengers in vehicles in the face of cyber attacks is a key element in the automotive industry, especially with the emergence of the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and the vast improvement in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-28 Rony Komissarov , Avishai Wool

This paper studies false data injection (FDI) attacks against phasor measurement units (PMUs). As compared to the conventional bad data detector (BDD), an enhanced BDD utilizing the effect of zero injection buses is proposed. Feasible…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-09-14 Zhigang Chu , Jiazi Zhang , Oliver Kosut , Lalitha Sankar

Recently, approaches using Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) have been proposed to solve UAV navigation systems in complex and unknown environments. However, despite extensive research and attention, systematic studies on various security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Ji Hyuk Jung , Mi Yeon Hong , Ji Won Yoon

Modern positioning relies on radio signals from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Their low receive power renders these radio signals susceptible to jamming attacks, in which malicious transmitters emit strong interference to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-25 Jonas Elmiger , Gian Marti , Christoph Studer

Phasor measurement units (PMUs) provide high-fidelity data that improve situation awareness of electric power grid operations. PMU datastreams inform wide-area state estimation, monitor area control error, and facilitate event detection in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-24 Jun Jiang , Xuan Liu , Scott Wallace , Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez , Robert Bass , Xinghui Zhao

A significant portion of the literature on fault localization assumes (more or less explicitly) that there are sufficient reliable measurements to guarantee that the system is observable. While several heuristics exist to break the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-09-12 Mahdi Jamei , Anna Scaglione , Sean Peisert

This paper presents a novel time synchronization attack (TSA) model for the Global Positioning System (GPS) based on clock data behavior changes in a higher-order derivative domain. Further, the time synchronization attack rejection and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-02 Erick Schmidt , Junhwan Lee , Nikolaos Gatsis , David Akopian

Location-based service (LBS) applications proliferate and support transportation, entertainment, and more. Modern mobile platforms, with smartphones being a prominent example, rely on terrestrial and satellite infrastructures (e.g., global…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Wenjie Liu , Panos Papadimitratos

The operation of critical infrastructures such as the electrical power grid, cellphone towers, and financial institutions relies on precise timing provided by stationary GPS receivers. These GPS devices are vulnerable to a type of spoofing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-23 Junhwan Lee , Ahmad F. Taha , Nikolaos Gatsis , David Akopian

Many vehicle platforms typically use sensors such as LiDAR or camera for locally-referenced navigation with GPS for globally-referenced navigation. However, due to the unencrypted nature of GPS signals, all civilian users are vulner-able to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-11 Adam Dai , Tara Minda , Ashwin Kanhere , Grace Gao

Phasor measurement units (PMUs) provide accurate and high-fidelity measurements in order to monitor the state of the power grid and support various control and planning tasks. However, PMUs have a high installation cost prohibiting their…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-18 Saptarshi Ghosh , Murali Sankar Venkatraman , Shehab Ahmed , Charalambos Konstantinou

Increasing numbers of mobile computing devices, user-portable, or embedded in vehicles, cargo containers, or the physical space, need to be aware of their location in order to provide a wide range of commercial services. Most often, mobile…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2010-01-05 P. Papadimitratos , A. Jovanovic

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are vulnerable to spoofing attacks, with adversarial signals manipulating the location or time information of receivers, potentially causing severe disruptions. The task of discerning the spoofing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Wenjie Liu , Panos Papadimitratos

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system is vulnerable to the control signal spoofing attack due to the openness of the wireless communications. In this correspondence, a physical layer approach is proposed to combat the control signal spoofing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-19 Ke-Wen Huang , Hui-Ming Wang

Accurate and robust localization is crucial for supporting high-level driving automation and safety. Modern localization solutions rely on various sensors, among which GPS has been and will continue to be essential. However, GPS can be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-16 Feilong Wang , Yuan Hong , Jeff Ban

Recently autonomous and semi-autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms started to receive a lot of research interest and demand from various civil application fields. However, for successful mission execution, UAV swarms require…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Pavlo Mykytyn , Marcin Brzozowski , Zoya Dyka , Peter Langendoerfer

The limited or no protection for civilian Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals makes spoofing attacks relatively easy. With modern mobile devices often featuring network interfaces, state-of-the-art signals of opportunity (SOP)…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Wenjie Liu , Panos Papadimitratos

With the rise of location-based service (LBS) applications that rely on terrestrial and satellite infrastructures (e.g., GNSS and crowd-sourced Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, and IP databases) for positioning, ensuring their integrity and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Wenjie Liu , Panos Papadimitratos