GEOLOCATION DEVICE

• US 20160025857A1
• Filed: 07/24/2015
• Published: 01/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thales SA
• Original Assignee: Thales SA
• Inventors: MONTAGNE, Bruno, LETESTU, Franck
• Application Number:
  US14/809,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20160025857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/015 Arrangements for jamming, spoofing or other methods of denial of service of such systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/215 issues related to spoofing
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/228 Elimination in the received signal of jamming or of data corrupted by jamming interference suppression in receivers H04B1/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/28 with jamming and anti-jamming mechanisms both included in a same device or system, e.g. wherein anti-jamming includes prevention of undesired self-jamming resulting from jamming
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/42 characterized by the control of the jamming frequency or wavelength
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/45 characterized by including monitoring of the target or target signal, e.g. in reactive jammers or follower jammers for example by means of an alternation of jamming phases and monitoring phases, called "look-through mode"
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/65 using deceptive jamming or spoofing, e.g. transmission of false signals for premature triggering of RCIED, for forced connection or disconnection to/from a network or for generation of dummy target signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/90 related to allowing or preventing navigation or positioning, e.g. GPS

Abstract

A geolocation device is disclosed. In one aspect, the geolocation device is adapted for receiving first radioelectric positioning signals from satellites. Each first signal has a first frequency and is generated from a first code specific to the satellite, from which stems the first signal. The device includes a first antenna configured to receive a geolocation signal, and a processing unit configured to determine a piece of positioning information of the device according to the geolocation signal which the first antenna is configured to receive. The device also includes a second antenna configured to emit at least one second signal, each second signal either being an emitted jamming signal, or an emitted spoofing signal and having a jamming or spoofing frequency spectrum including at least one of the first frequencies.

Claims

1. A geolocation device adapted for receiving a plurality of first radioelectric positioning signals from a plurality of corresponding satellites, each first signal having a first frequency and being generated from a first code specific to the corresponding satellite, from which the first signal stems, the device comprising:

a first antenna configured to receive a geolocation signal;

a processing unit configured to determine a piece of positioning information of the device depending on the geolocation signal which the first antenna is configured to receive; and

a second antenna configured to emit at least one second signal, the second signal being either;

i) an emitted jamming signal, or ii) an emitted spoofing signal and having a jamming or spoofing frequency spectrum comprising at least one of the first frequencies.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first frequencies are comprised in a predetermined frequency range, the device further comprising:

a signal generation module configured to generate the at least one second signal having a second frequency below all the first frequencies; and

a signal modification module configured to modify the generated second signal so that the frequency of the second signal is equal to a third frequency comprised in the predetermined frequency range.

3. The device according to claim 2, further comprising:

an anti-jamming module configured to identify and suppress a received jamming signal and/or a received spoofing signal comprised in the geolocation signal which the first antenna is able to receive; and

a switching module movable between;

i) a first position, in which the first antenna is electrically connected to the anti-jamming module and to the processing unit and, ii) a second position, in which the second antenna is connected to the generation module.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first signals has a first frequency spectrum and in which each of the second signals is an emitted jamming signal, each of the jamming frequency spectrums comprising at least one of the first frequency spectrums.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first signals is obtained from an intermediate signal resulting from a combination between:

i) a data signal comprising data stored in a memory by the satellite from which stems the first signal and from which the processing unit determines the piece of positioning information, and ii) the first code, and then by modulation of a first carrier by the intermediate signal, wherein each first code comprises the first code bits and has a first code frequency, and in which each second signal is an emitted spoofing signal, generated from a second code, wherein the second code comprises second code bits similar to the first code bits of the first code of a first corresponding signal and a second code frequency equal to the first code frequency of the first code of the first corresponding signal.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the processing unit is adapted for determining a first phase of the first code of each first signal received by the first antenna, and in which each second code has a second phase different from the first phase determined for the corresponding first signal.

7. The device according to claim 5, further comprising a member for determining spoofing data with different values of the data comprised in the data signal from which the first corresponding signal is obtained, each second signal comprising spoofing data.

8. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a first module for selecting first signals in order to obtain selected first signals, from which the processing unit is configured to determine the piece of positioning information, and comprising at least one of the following:

a first recognition module configured to identify the first codes of the selected first signals, each second signal being obtained from a second code different from the first identified codes, and

a second recognition module configured to identify the first frequency of the selected first signals, each second signal having a frequency different from the first identified frequencies.

9. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a controllable switch for selecting an operating mode of the jamming or spoofing device, the controllable switch being movable between a third position, in which each second signal is an emitted jamming signal and, a fourth position, in which each second signal is an emitted spoofing signal.

10. A set of geolocation devices, wherein the geolocation devices are all according to claim 1.