Jamming and anti-jamming for drones: anti-UAV systems - and how to outsmart them. ๐จ๐ปโ๐ป๐ก ห๏น)๐ฉ๏ธ๐ฅ
A group of academic security researchers and RF experts from China presented last year their comprehensive survey of anti-jamming techniques for UAV (drone) communications operating in hostile environments.
The authors categorize six major anti-jamming strategies:
๐ฅซ confrontation,
๐ฅซ avoidance,
๐ฅซ elimination,
๐ฅซ concealment,
๐ฅซ deception,
๐ฅซ bypass,
and also share many interesting examples of jamming and anti-jamming engineering decisions and tricks.
As an example, there are UAVs that avoid jammers by intentionally lying to them: UAVs can transmit decoy signals or behave as if they are losing control to mislead smart jammers, tricking them into wasting power on fake channels while real communications continue elsewhere.
Insightful and rare type of survey with a lot of cool details. Enjoy, and please share with your colleagues and friends. Thanks!
More details:
Agent-Based Anti-Jamming Techniques for UAV Communications in Adversarial Environments: A Comprehensive Survey [PDF]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11687
