eSWORD: Implementation of Wireless Jamming Attacks in a Real-World Emulated Network
eSWORD: Implementation of Wireless Jamming Attacks in a Real-World Emulated Network
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10.1109/wcnc55385.2023.10118687
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2023-01
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C. P. Robinson;Leonardo Bonati;Tara Van Nieuwstadt;Teddy Reiss;Pedram Johari;Michele Polese;Hieu Nguyen;C Peter N Watson;T. Melodia
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C. P. Robinson;Leonardo Bonati;Tara Van Nieuwstadt;Teddy Reiss;Pedram Johari;Michele Polese;Hieu Nguyen;C Peter N Watson;T. Melodia
干扰攻击已经困扰着无线通信系统，并将随着技术的进步继续这样做。这些攻击属于电子战(EW)类别，这是一个在电磁频谱攻击和防御方面不断增长的领域，其中一个子类别是电子攻击(EA)。干扰攻击属于电子战这一特定的子类别，因为它们包含试图干扰、拒绝、降低、破坏或欺骗电磁频谱中的合法信号的敌对信号。虽然干扰不会消失，但最近的研究进展已经开始利用新的方法和技术，如机器学习，在对抗这些攻击方面占据上风。然而，由于对频谱排放的严格规定，在广泛和现实的范围内测试这种干扰解决方案是一项艰巨的任务。在本文中，我们介绍了射频设备上的信号战仿真(ESWORD)，这是第一个允许用户通过半实物安全地进行实时和受控干扰实验的大规模框架。这是通过将MITRE公司开发的电子战(EW)威胁仿真软件Meteor集成到Colosseum无线网络仿真器中实现的，该仿真器可以使用多达49个软件定义的无线电节点进行大规模实验。通过使用空中无线测试床(在进行实验时考虑安全措施)，将eSWORD与真实干扰系统的性能进行了比较。实验结果表明，与真实的干扰实验相比，eSWORD在跟踪吞吐量、信干噪比和链路状态模式方面获得了高达98%的准确率，证明了仿真的eSWORD设置的高精度。
Jamming attacks have plagued wireless communication systems and will continue to do so going forward with technological advances. These attacks fall under the category of Electronic Warfare (EW), a continuously growing area in both attack and defense of the electromagnetic spectrum, with one subcategory being electronic attacks (EA). Jamming attacks fall under this specific subcategory of EW as they comprise adversarial signals that attempt to disrupt, deny, degrade, destroy, or deceive legitimate signals in the electromagnetic spectrum. While jamming is not going away, recent research advances have started to get the upper hand against these attacks by leveraging new methods and techniques, such as machine learning. However, testing such jamming solutions on a wide and realistic scale is a daunting task due to strict regulations on spectrum emissions. In this paper, we introduce eSWORD (emulation (of) Signal Warfare On Radio-frequency Devices), the first large-scale framework that allows users to safely conduct real-time and controlled jamming experiments with hardware-in-the-loop. This is done by integrating METEOR, an electronic warfare (EW) threat-emulating software developed by the MITRE Corporation, into the Colosseum wireless network emulator that enables large-scale experiments with up to 49 software-defined radio nodes. We compare the performance of eSWORD with that of real-world jamming systems by using an over-the-air wireless testbed (considering safe measures when conducting experiments). Our experimental results demonstrate that eSWORD achieves up to 98% accuracy in following throughput, signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, and link status patterns when compared to real-world jamming experiments, testifying to the high accuracy of the emulated eSWORD setup.