Antispoofing Navigation Apparatus Using Dual Receiver Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current navigation systems, such as GPS, are vulnerable to spoofing attacks, which can compromise the accuracy of positioning information, particularly in critical applications like law enforcement drones and tolling systems, where manipulation of data can lead to undesirable results.

Innovation Solution

A verified antispoofing navigation apparatus is developed, comprising a primary navigation receiver and a supplemental navigation receiver, along with a verification processor, to authenticate navigation signals by combining primary and supplemental measurements, thereby detecting and mitigating spoofing attacks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a single navigation receiver is used, then the device complexity is low, but the reliability of positioning information is compromised due to spoofing vulnerability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthenticity of navigation dataVSAvoidnavigation system structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The navigation system is segmented into multiple independent receivers (primary and supplemental) that separately acquire and process navigation signals. This segmentation allows independent verification of positioning data, enabling spoofing detection through comparison of results from different receivers without requiring a single complex authenticated receiver.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If multiple navigation receivers are added for verification, then the reliability of positioning information improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification of positioning accuracyVSAvoidnumber of receivers and processing units
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple navigation receivers and their processing functions are merged into a single integrated apparatus. The primary receiver, supplemental receiver, and verification processor work together as one unified system, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining the reliability benefits of multi-receiver verification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Measurement precision

If navigation signals are processed without verification, then the processing speed is high, but the accuracy of positioning information deteriorates due to undetected spoofing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of positioning informationVSAvoidsignal processing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The supplemental receiver performs preliminary acquisition and processing of navigation signals in parallel with the primary receiver. This preliminary action enables simultaneous verification without sequential processing, maintaining high processing speed while ensuring measurement precision through comparative analysis of independent signal acquisitions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP2992358B1Apparatus for verified antispoofing navigation
Publication Date: 2019.07.10 TRIMBLE INC
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AI summary

A verified antispoofing navigation apparatus (14) is provided. The apparatus comprises: a primary navigation receiver (20) configured to provide a set of primary measurements related to positioning of a mobile platform (12); a supplemental navigation receiver (22) configured to provide a set of supplemental measurements related to positioning of the mobile platform; an identity monitoring device configured to verify an identity of a driver of the mobile platform; and a verification and authentication navigation processor (28) configured to verify authenticity of the set of primary measurements provided by the primary navigation receiver by using the set of supplemental measurements provided by the supplemental navigation receiver. The verified antispoofing navigation apparatus further comprises: a driver authentication navigation processor configured to provide the driving and rest times of the driver to relevant authorities (42).