Low-cost COTS GNSS interference detection and classification platform: Initial results

Astract-Interference signals cause position errors and outages to global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. However, to solve these problems, the interference needs to be detected, classified, its purpose determined, and localized, such that it can be eliminated. Several interference monitoring solutions exist, but these are expensive, resulting in fewer nodes that may miss spatially sparse interference signals. This paper introduces a low-cost commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) GNSS interference monitoring, detection, and classification receiver. It employs machine learning (ML) on tailored signal pre-possessing of the raw signal samples and GNSS measurements to facilitate a generalized, high-performance architecture that does not require human in the loop (HIL) calibration. Therefore, the low-cost receivers with high performance can justify significantly more receivers to be deployed, resulting in a significantly higher probability of intercept (POI). The initial results of controlled interference scenarios demonstrate detection and classification capabilities exceeding conventional approaches.