ADS-B Signal Verification Using a Coherent Receiver

Journal Article (2021)
Author(s)

W.J.M. Huygen (Student TU Delft)

Junzi Sun (TU Delft - Control & Simulation)

Jacco Hoekstra (TU Delft - Control & Operations)

Research Group
Control & Simulation
Copyright
© 2021 W.J.M. Huygen, Junzi Sun, J.M. Hoekstra
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2021013004
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Publication Year
2021
Language
English
Copyright
© 2021 W.J.M. Huygen, Junzi Sun, J.M. Hoekstra
Research Group
Control & Simulation
Issue number
1
Volume number
13
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Abstract

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) enables aircraft to periodically broadcast their flight states such as position and velocity. Compared to classical radar surveillance, it increases update rate and accuracy. Currently, Mode S Extended Squitter is the most common implementation for ADS-B. Due to the simplicity of Mode S design, ADS-B signals are prone to injections. This study proposes a cost-effective solution that verifies the integrity of ADS-B signals using coherent receivers. We design the verification approach by combining the signal’s direction of arrival, estimated from the multi-channel data, with the target bearing calculated from ADS-B messages. By using another high-performance software-defined radio transceiver, we also conduct real signal injection experiments to validate our approaches