A Configurable Radio Jamming Prototype for Physical Layer Attacks Against Malicious Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The goal of this paper is to design and prototype a radio jamming system that is able to interfere the communication drone-remote control, in particular, disabling the motion control system. The drone adopted in the experimental session is the AEE Toruk AP10 Pro, characterized by a digital wireless control system centered at 868MHz. We have created a configurable jamming prototype for limit as much as possible the interference with other radio systems and study the effect of the signal band on the motion control system. We will present our system with both simulation and experimental validation.

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