Design, Build, and Test a Hand-held GPS Interference Detector

Abstract

The Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation signal is extremely vulnerable to intentional and unintentional interference. Increased dependence on GPS by military users has created a need to quickly detect and locate interference at its source. Current methods for detecting and locating GPS interference sources employ a network of multiple sensors to identify interference. The data collected from sensors is then sent to a remote centralized processing station and analyzed to determine the location of the interference source. Although this method has demonstrated effectiveness in this endeavor, it introduces latency between the time of detection at the sensor, and the location of the source. The intent of this thesis is to investigate whether a portable hand held interference detection system can provide more timely detection and location information to provide the actionable intelligence to the disadvantaged GPS users.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488854

Entities

People

  • James E. Carson
  • John C. Rayburn

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Bipolar Junction Transistors
  • Circuit Boards
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Mail
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Kalman Filters
  • Military Applications
  • Military Science
  • Navigation
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Radio Frequency
  • Situational Awareness

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects