Assessing the Vulnerability of Aviation Systems to GNSS Meaconing Attacks
Jakub Steiner, Stanislav Pleninger, Jakub Hospodka · 2024
The paper investigates the impact of spoofing in the form of meaconing on the performance of aircraft Global Navigation Satellite System receiver and ground mobile positioning transmitter that is commonly used for tracking of non-transponder equipped targets on the airport's surface. The interference scenarios were twofold, first consisting of GNSS L1 meaconing with increasing power levels and second with GNSS L1 jamming followed up by meaconing. The impact was investigated by analysing the changes in positional information and position quality indicators transmitted by the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast System. Due to the high dependence of aviation on the use of Global Positioning System, meaconing represents a serious security risk. Thus, the knowledge of the resilience of individual systems is key information in specifying response procedures and countermeasures.