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Secure ADS-B authentication system and method

Published 2019-07-10 From Glenn Research Center 4 authors

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Abstract

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A secure system for authenticating the identity of ADS-B systems, including: an authenticator, including a unique id generator and a transmitter transmitting the unique id to one or more ADS-B transmitters; one or more ADS-B transmitters, including a receiver receiving the unique id, one or more secure processing stages merging the unique id with the ADS-B transmitter's identification, data and secret key and generating a secure code identification and a transmitter transmitting a response containing the secure code and ADSB transmitter's data to the authenticator; the authenticator including means for independently determining each ADS-B transmitter's secret key, a receiver receiving each ADS-B transmitter's response, one or more secure processing stages merging the unique id, ADS-B transmitter's identification and data and generating a secure code, and comparison processing comparing the authenticator-generated secure code and the ADS-B transmitter-generated secure code and providing an authentication signal based on the comparison result.

Authors

  • Viggiano, Marc J
  • Valovage, Edward M
  • Samuelson, Kenneth B
  • Hall, Dana L

Citation: Viggiano, Marc J, Valovage, Edward M, Samuelson, Kenneth B , et al. (2019). Secure ADS-B authentication system and method. Glenn Research Center. NASA NTRS ID 20100028307. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20100028307 ↗