Practical Cryptographic Civil GPS Signal Authentication

K. Wesson, M. Rothlisberger and T. Humphreys

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Abstract:	A practical technique is proposed to authenticate civil GPS signals. The technique combines cryptographic authentication of the GPS navigation message with signal timing authentication based on statistical hypothesis tests to secure civil GPS receivers against spoofing attacks. The notion of GNSS signal authentication is defined in probabilistic terms. Candidate GPS signal authentication schemes are evaluated in terms of effectiveness and practicality leading to a proposal for incorporating digital signatures into the extensible GPS civil navigation (CNAV) message. The proposal is sufficiently detailed to facilitate near-term implementation of security-hardened civil GPS.
Published in:	NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Volume 59, Number 3
Pages:	177 - 193
Cite this article:	Export Citation https://doi.org/10.1002/navi.14
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