As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) become increasingly integral to a variety of industries, their dependency on radio frequency (RF) signal-based communication systems has exposed them to a multitude of security vulnerabilities. One of the most notable ones is RF jamming, which can disrupt communication, control, and navigation. While traditional countermeasures, such as Hardware Sandboxing [18], or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) based on Deep Learning aim to mitigate these threats, they exhibit limitations in addressing sophisticated jamming attacks [8]. This paper presents a novel design of an authentication-based strategy using RF watermarking. Our proposed RF watermarking technique embeds hidden identifiers within RF signals to authenticate communication sources and detect jamming attempts. Through a comprehensive evaluation, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed scheme in enhancing UAV communication security and ensuring reliable operation in the presence of adversarial interference.
RF-WAVEGUARD: Enhancing UAV Security Against Signal Jamming Attacks through Radio Frequency Watermarking
Hidawi, Khaoula;Carminati, Barbara;Ferrari, Elena
2024-01-01
Abstract
As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) become increasingly integral to a variety of industries, their dependency on radio frequency (RF) signal-based communication systems has exposed them to a multitude of security vulnerabilities. One of the most notable ones is RF jamming, which can disrupt communication, control, and navigation. While traditional countermeasures, such as Hardware Sandboxing [18], or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) based on Deep Learning aim to mitigate these threats, they exhibit limitations in addressing sophisticated jamming attacks [8]. This paper presents a novel design of an authentication-based strategy using RF watermarking. Our proposed RF watermarking technique embeds hidden identifiers within RF signals to authenticate communication sources and detect jamming attempts. Through a comprehensive evaluation, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed scheme in enhancing UAV communication security and ensuring reliable operation in the presence of adversarial interference.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.