The growing reliance on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) for critical applications makes them a prime target for spoofing attacks. We propose a machine learning (ML)based blind authentication framework that integrates GNSS signals with low Earth orbit (LEO) signals of opportunity (SOOP), whose positions are not known a priori. Our approach leverages the consistency between GNSS and LEO-derived measurements, with a focus on Doppler shift, to detect spoofing attacks. We introduce a novel SOOP transmitter identification process based on pseudorange and Doppler shift residuals and evaluate multiple ML-based detectors, including support vector machines (SVM), one class SVM (OCSVM), and neural network (NN). Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed framework significantly improves spoofing detection performance, even with limited trusted measurements.

ML-Based Blind Authentication with LEO Signals of Opportunity

Ardizzon, Francesco;Crosara, Laura;Laurenti, Nicola
2025

Abstract

The growing reliance on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) for critical applications makes them a prime target for spoofing attacks. We propose a machine learning (ML)based blind authentication framework that integrates GNSS signals with low Earth orbit (LEO) signals of opportunity (SOOP), whose positions are not known a priori. Our approach leverages the consistency between GNSS and LEO-derived measurements, with a focus on Doppler shift, to detect spoofing attacks. We introduce a novel SOOP transmitter identification process based on pseudorange and Doppler shift residuals and evaluate multiple ML-based detectors, including support vector machines (SVM), one class SVM (OCSVM), and neural network (NN). Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed framework significantly improves spoofing detection performance, even with limited trusted measurements.
2025
Proc. of the International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS)
International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS)
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