Two-Step Trajectory Spoofing Algorithm for Loosely Coupled GNSS/IMU and NIS Sequence Detection

Abstract

Satellite navigation spoofing has become a central issue of jamming technology research because of its serious threat and ability to conceal itself. Increasingly, targets are equipped with more robust GNSS/IMU systems and normalized innovation squared (NIS) is used to detect interference. Therefore, it is harder to implement covert trajectory spoofing on a GNSS/IMU system than a GNSS-only target. In practice, spoofing is needed to control unknown targets. Therefore, covert trajectory spoofing for GNSS/IMU targets is an important issue. Hence, using the information fusion of a GNSS/IMU system, the influence of spoofing on loosely coupled GNSS/IMU positioning is derived. To avoid ill-posed equations when introducing a measurement deviation, a Kalman gain matrix local regularization method is proposed to accurately determine the measurement deviation. To avoid triggering the NIS detection alarm, the range that enables the introduced measurement deviation to remain concealed is calculated. Then, a two-step trajectory guidance algorithm is proposed to quickly guide the target onto the spoofing trajectory. The simulation results show that the proposed trajectory spoofing algorithm can guide a loosely coupled GNSS/IMU target along a spoofing trajectory without triggering the NIS detection alarm. The proposed method can remain concealed and has good theoretical and practical application value.