Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 2676-2685.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2025.08.25

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Satellite navigation signal authentication method based on dual CSK phase modulation

Xiaohui BA1,2,3,*, Bin XIANG1, Baigen CAI1,2,3, Jian WANG1,2,3, Wei JIANG1,2,3, Kun LIANG1,2,3, Linguo CHAI1,2,3, Shuangna ZHANG4   

  1. 1. School of Automation and Intelligence,Beijing Jiaotong University,Beijing 100044,China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety,Beijing 100044,China
    3. Beijing Engineering Research Center of EMC and GNSS Technology for Rail Transportation,Beijing 100044,China
    4. Space Star Technology Co.,Ltd.,Beijing 100095,China
  • Received:2024-09-27 Online:2025-08-31 Published:2025-09-04
  • Contact: Xiaohui BA

Abstract:

The civilian service signal of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is publicly accessible and vulnerable to malicious attacks and deception. Signal authentication technology is an effective anti-spoofing method. Code shift keying (CSK) enables higher information transmission rates without altering the bandwidth of spread spectrum signals, and is used in satellite navigation signals. In this regard, an authentication method for satellite navigation signals based on dual CSK phase modulation is proposed. The authentication information design uses the synchronization information of satellite navigation signals. Signal authentication uses dual CSK encoding combination to improve the authentication information transmission rate. The authentication information is modulated onto the original satellite signal through phase modulation. A reception and demodulation scheme for the authentication signal is provided based on existing receiver structures. Analysis demonstrates that this method can increase the authentication information rate while preserving the constant envelope characteristic of satellite navigation signals. The authentication information rate can be further improved by adjusting CSK parameters and the dual combination method. The power ratio of the authentication signal distribution can be changed by adjusting the phase modulation angle. By controlling the signal-to-noise ratio loss of satellite navigation signals, meet the signal authentication requirements with different conditions.

Key words: global navigation satellite system (GNSS), code shift keying (CSK), signal authentication, phase modulation

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