The invention relates to a primary user emulation
attack detection method based on channel
multipath delay differences. In a
present method, when a PUE user can obtain
prior information of a PU and has a reconfiguration capability, the detection efficiency greatly decreases. The method provided by the invention is characterized in that channel
estimation is carried out to obtain small-scale
fading characteristics of channels, and a binary
hypothesis detection method is utilized to realize primary user emulation
attack detection according to the characteristics. Specifically, the method comprises the steps that: according to a multipath
fading model of the channels under a fixed scene, a
cognitive radio user utilizes lead code information of the master user to carry out relative operation on received signals and synchronous sequences so as to obtain the
multipath delay differences of the channels, then the
multipath delay difference of two paths largest in amplitude is selected as a binary
hypothesis detection object, and a decision is made. According to the invention, only the lead code information of the primary user is needed,
background noise power of the channels are not needed, and normal work is available when the primary user emulation user successfully emulates large-scale and middle-scale
fading characteristics of the primary user.