Mini/Micro UAV detection in the presence of ISM or spurious signals and an experimental application on an SDR

In recent years, Mini/Micro UAVs have started to become a major concern and threat to the public, which made the need of detection and classification of them inevitable. Among all known detection techniques, one of the best reassuring and promising approach is utilizing the passive RF detection meth...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akın Özkaner, Yetkin Akça
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215098623002690
_version_ 1797356089163907072
author Akın Özkaner
Yetkin Akça
author_facet Akın Özkaner
Yetkin Akça
author_sort Akın Özkaner
collection DOAJ
description In recent years, Mini/Micro UAVs have started to become a major concern and threat to the public, which made the need of detection and classification of them inevitable. Among all known detection techniques, one of the best reassuring and promising approach is utilizing the passive RF detection method. One of the major problems in this technique is detecting the threats in the presence of the other wireless interference signals like ISM Band Based or Spurious Signals. Proposed study handles this task using hybrid discrimination techniques both utilizing Signal Analysis/Decoding and Overlapping Signal Removal methods. In the first part of the technique, the captured signals are decoded to detect and get RF parameters of Wi-Fi signals and therefore the detected ones are removed from the corresponding spectrums in the time domain which prevents the miscalculation of the center frequency and bandwidth caused by overlapping Wi-Fi signals. In the second part of the technique, developed pulse on pulse (PoP) algorithms are employed in order to calculate more precisely the center frequency and bandwidth of the threat. Both methods developed on an SDR are experimented on both laboratory and field. By means of PoP Algorithms, the calculated deviation center frequency of the one of the Mini/Micro UAVs’ signal is improved from 103 ppm to 61.2 ppm in the presence of wideband overlapping spurious signals. The bandwidth correction is also achieved and makes the bandwidth to be calculated precisely. When Wi-Fi signals are decoded corresponding technique is applied additionally, in frequency domain, the center frequency estimation improved from 61.2 ppm to 28.5 ppm. These results show that the proposed method outperforms the results given in laboratory and field tests.
first_indexed 2024-03-08T14:21:38Z
format Article
id doaj.art-d34c7a0066524ea69565f5714c431fe3
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2215-0986
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-08T14:21:38Z
publishDate 2024-01-01
publisher Elsevier
record_format Article
series Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal
spelling doaj.art-d34c7a0066524ea69565f5714c431fe32024-01-14T05:38:43ZengElsevierEngineering Science and Technology, an International Journal2215-09862024-01-0149101591Mini/Micro UAV detection in the presence of ISM or spurious signals and an experimental application on an SDRAkın Özkaner0Yetkin Akça1Corresponding author.; Radar & Electronic Warfare Systems Business Sector, Aselsan Inc., Ankara 06830, TurkeyRadar & Electronic Warfare Systems Business Sector, Aselsan Inc., Ankara 06830, TurkeyIn recent years, Mini/Micro UAVs have started to become a major concern and threat to the public, which made the need of detection and classification of them inevitable. Among all known detection techniques, one of the best reassuring and promising approach is utilizing the passive RF detection method. One of the major problems in this technique is detecting the threats in the presence of the other wireless interference signals like ISM Band Based or Spurious Signals. Proposed study handles this task using hybrid discrimination techniques both utilizing Signal Analysis/Decoding and Overlapping Signal Removal methods. In the first part of the technique, the captured signals are decoded to detect and get RF parameters of Wi-Fi signals and therefore the detected ones are removed from the corresponding spectrums in the time domain which prevents the miscalculation of the center frequency and bandwidth caused by overlapping Wi-Fi signals. In the second part of the technique, developed pulse on pulse (PoP) algorithms are employed in order to calculate more precisely the center frequency and bandwidth of the threat. Both methods developed on an SDR are experimented on both laboratory and field. By means of PoP Algorithms, the calculated deviation center frequency of the one of the Mini/Micro UAVs’ signal is improved from 103 ppm to 61.2 ppm in the presence of wideband overlapping spurious signals. The bandwidth correction is also achieved and makes the bandwidth to be calculated precisely. When Wi-Fi signals are decoded corresponding technique is applied additionally, in frequency domain, the center frequency estimation improved from 61.2 ppm to 28.5 ppm. These results show that the proposed method outperforms the results given in laboratory and field tests.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215098623002690Drone detectionDrone classificationSignal discriminationInterference detectionSDR
spellingShingle Akın Özkaner
Yetkin Akça
Mini/Micro UAV detection in the presence of ISM or spurious signals and an experimental application on an SDR
Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal
Drone detection
Drone classification
Signal discrimination
Interference detection
SDR
title Mini/Micro UAV detection in the presence of ISM or spurious signals and an experimental application on an SDR
title_full Mini/Micro UAV detection in the presence of ISM or spurious signals and an experimental application on an SDR
title_fullStr Mini/Micro UAV detection in the presence of ISM or spurious signals and an experimental application on an SDR
title_full_unstemmed Mini/Micro UAV detection in the presence of ISM or spurious signals and an experimental application on an SDR
title_short Mini/Micro UAV detection in the presence of ISM or spurious signals and an experimental application on an SDR
title_sort mini micro uav detection in the presence of ism or spurious signals and an experimental application on an sdr
topic Drone detection
Drone classification
Signal discrimination
Interference detection
SDR
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215098623002690
work_keys_str_mv AT akınozkaner minimicrouavdetectioninthepresenceofismorspurioussignalsandanexperimentalapplicationonansdr
AT yetkinakca minimicrouavdetectioninthepresenceofismorspurioussignalsandanexperimentalapplicationonansdr