Response of the UAV Sensor System to HPEM Attacks

Lubkowski, Grzegorz; Lanzrath, Marian; Lavau, Louis Cesbron; Suhrke, Michael

doi:10.1109/emceurope48519.2020.9245834

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“…Refs. [ 39 , 40 , 41 ] used a pulse signal as the interference source; however, Refs. [ 42 , 43 , 44 ] demonstrated that continuous waves can also act as interference sources.…”

Section: Review Of Intentional Electromagnetic Interferencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In [ 41 ], the authors investigated the impact of narrowband high-power electromagnetic pulses characterized by frequencies between 100 MHz and 3.4 GHz on a commercial quadcopter. They established a system that can monitor the sensor data of drones in real time and applied an HPEM ramp signal so that the amplitude of the pulse increases linearly.…”

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Review of Intentional Electromagnetic Interference on UAV Sensor Modules and Experimental Study

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With the advancement of technology, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, are being used in numerous applications. However, the illegal use of UAVs, such as in terrorism and spycams, has also increased, which has led to active research on anti-drone methods. Various anti-drone methods have been proposed over time; however, the most representative method is to apply intentional electromagnetic interference to drones, especially to their sensor modules. In this paper, we review various studies on the effect of intentional electromagnetic interference (IEMI) on the sensor modules. Various studies on IEMI sources are reviewed and classified on the basis of the power level, information needed, and frequency. To demonstrate the application of drone-sensor modules, major sensor modules used in drones are briefly introduced, and the setup and results of the IEMI experiment performed on them are described. Finally, we discuss the effectiveness and limitations of the proposed methods and present perspectives for further research necessary for the actual application of anti-drone technology.

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“…Refs. [ 39 , 40 , 41 ] used a pulse signal as the interference source; however, Refs. [ 42 , 43 , 44 ] demonstrated that continuous waves can also act as interference sources.…”

Section: Review Of Intentional Electromagnetic Interferencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Review Of Intentional Electromagnetic Interferencementioning

confidence: 99%

Review of Intentional Electromagnetic Interference on UAV Sensor Modules and Experimental Study

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Lee

Hong

et al. 2022

Sensors

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“…e numerical modeling of various EMIs, their experimental testing, and proposals on EMC are considered. In [27], the researchers investigate the influence of intentional EMI on the sensors of a UAV, which is a small serial quadrocopter. e interfering signal is a narrowband high-power electromagnetic pulse characterized by frequencies between 100 MHz and 3.4 GHz and field strengths that are above the immunity levels required by EMC standards.…”

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UAVs Protection and Countermeasures in a Complex Electromagnetic Environment

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The study considers the problem of ensuring electromagnetic compatibility of EMI-based functional destruction means with other radioelectronic equipment as part of a complex for countering unmanned aerial vehicles. To solve this problem, it is proposed to create a methodology that combines a set of diverse approaches and methods. This study focuses on the use of hollow and thin passive conductors, the use of a magnetodielectric in a reflection symmetric modal filter, the use of reflection symmetric structures for decomposing the train of ultrashort pulses (USP), and the use of a meander line as a protective means against USPs. The main results that are expected to be obtained using the proposed approaches and methods are outlined.

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“…Two recent papers (Giechaskiel and Rasmussen, 2020;Yan et al, 2020) summarized the different attacks and threats on analog sensors using direct power and remote signal injection. The previous described attacks are using low power in comparison to High-Power Electromagnetics (HPEM) attacks, also employed either to destroy hardware components or to induce false readings in sensor systems, for example on UAV sensor system (Esteves et al, 2018;Lubkowski et al, 2020). These sensor-based threats can pose a significant risk to IoT systems and applications compared to conventional attacks.…”

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Susceptibility of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Sensors to IEMI using Pulse Modulated Signals

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Abstract. The use of sensors has grown dramatically in recent years and many devices rely on the information they provide. The lack of proper security mechanisms available to control the use of sensors and the high degree of integration make them more vulnerable to Intentional Electromagnetic Interference (IEMI). The aim of this paper was to investigate the impact of IEMI on separate sensors with privileged access to the hardware and software to pursue a deep analysis of the effects of IEMI attacks using pulse modulated signals. Measurements were carried out in a shielded hall using an open TEM (Transverse Electromagnetic) waveguide in the 100 MHz–7.5 GHz frequency range. A variety of effects were observed and significant differences were found with pulse modulated signals compared to continuous wave signals. These results indicate weak points in the sensors hardware leading to possible hardening measures.

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Response of the UAV Sensor System to HPEM Attacks

Cited by 23 publications

References 12 publications

Review of Intentional Electromagnetic Interference on UAV Sensor Modules and Experimental Study

Review of Intentional Electromagnetic Interference on UAV Sensor Modules and Experimental Study

UAVs Protection and Countermeasures in a Complex Electromagnetic Environment

Susceptibility of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Sensors to IEMI using Pulse Modulated Signals

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