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This article proposes Persistence Administered Collective Navigation (PACNav) as an approach for achieving decentralized collective navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms. The technique is based on the flocking and collective…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-13 Afzal Ahmad , Daniel Bonilla Licea , Giuseppe Silano , Tomas Baca , Martin Saska

In a spoofing attack, an attacker impersonates a legitimate user to access or modify data belonging to the latter. Typical approaches for spoofing detection in the physical layer declare an attack when a change is observed in certain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-18 Daniel Romero , Tien Ngoc Ha , Peter Gerstoft

The use of supervised learning with various sensing techniques such as audio, visual imaging, thermal sensing, RADAR, and radio frequency (RF) have been widely applied in the detection of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in an environment.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-15 Olusiji O Medaiyese , Martins Ezuma , Adrian P Lauf , Ismail Guvenc

This paper introduces a novel unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) chasing system designed to track and chase unauthorized UAVs, significantly enhancing their neutralization effectiveness.

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-06 Tae-Won Ban , Kyu-Min Kang , Bang Chul Jung

Jamming is a form of the Denial of Service (J-DoS) attack. It is a significant threat that causes malfunction in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle systems, especially when used in hostile environments. The attackers mainly operate in the wireless…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-13 Pavlo Mykytyn , Marcin Brzozowski , Zoya Dyka , Peter Langendoerfer

In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have brought a new true revolution to military tactics. While UAVs already constitute an advantage when operating alone, multi-UAV swarms expand the available possibilities, allowing the UAVs…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Tiago Silva , António Grilo

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

Prior research has demonstrated that global positioning system (GPS) spoofing attacks on phasor measurement units (PMUs) can cripple power system operation. This paper provides an experimental evidence of the feasibility of such an attack…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-08 Fakhri Saadedeen , Anamitra Pal

In the existing cellular networks, it remains a challenging problem to communicate with and control an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm with both high reliability and low latency. Due to the UAV swarm's high working altitude and strong…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-13 Yitao Han , Liang Liu , Lingjie Duan , Rui Zhang

GNSSs are vulnerable to attacks of two kinds: jamming (i.e. denying access to the signal) and spoofing (i.e. impersonating a legitimate satellite). These attacks have been extensively studied, and we have a myriad of countermeasures to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Sergio Angulo Cosín , Javier Junquera-Sánchez , Carlos Hernando-Ramiro , José-Antonio Gómez-Sánchez

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms adoption shows a steady growth among operators due to the benefits in time and cost arisen from their use. However, this kind of system faces an important problem which is the calculation of many optimal…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-03-07 Alejandro Puente-Castro , Daniel Rivero , Alejandro Pazos , Enrique Fernandez-Blanco

Location information is critical to a wide-variety of navigation and tracking applications. Today, GPS is the de-facto outdoor localization system but has been shown to be vulnerable to signal spoofing attacks. Inertial Navigation Systems…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-13 Sashank Narain , Aanjhan Ranganathan , Guevara Noubir

The global positioning system (GPS) has become an indispensable navigation method for field operations with unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in marine environments. However, GPS may not always be available outdoors because it is vulnerable…

GPS spoofing poses a growing threat to aviation by falsifying satellite signals and misleading aircraft navigation systems. This paper demonstrates a proof-of-concept spoofing detection strategy based on analyzing satellite Carrier-to-Noise…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Vienna Li , Justin Villa , Dan Diessner , Jayson Clifford , Laxima Niure Kandel

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

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms represent a key advancement in autonomous systems, enabling coordinated missions through inter-UAV communication. However, their reliance on wireless links makes them vulnerable to jamming, which can…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Miguel Lourenço , António Grilo

With the growing popularity of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for consumer applications, the number of accidents involving UAVs is also increasing rapidly. Therefore, motion safety of UAVs has become a prime concern for UAV operators. For…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-12-21 Adnan Ashraf , Amin Majd , Elena Troubitsyna

The accuracy and robustness of vehicle localization are critical for achieving safe and reliable high-level autonomy. Recent results show that GPS is vulnerable to spoofing attacks, which is one major threat to autonomous driving. In this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Qingming Chen , Peng Liu , Guoqiang Li , Zhenpo Wang

Monitoring crop fields to map features like weeds can be efficiently performed with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can cover large areas in a short time due to their privileged perspective and motion speed. However, the need for…

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be integrated into wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for smart city applications in several ways. Among them, a UAV can be employed as a relay in a "store-carry and forward" fashion by uploading data from…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-07 Donatella Darsena , Giacinto Gelli , Ivan Iudice , Francesco Verde