LTE PHY Layer Vulnerability Analysis and Testing Using Open-Source SDR Tools
| dc.contributor.author | Rao, Raghunandan M. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ha, Sean | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Marojevic, Vuk | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Reed, Jeffrey H. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Electrical and Computer Engineering | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-13T16:01:43Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2017-11-13T16:01:43Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-09-10 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper provides a methodology to study the PHY layer vulnerability of wireless protocols in hostile radio environments. Our approach is based on testing the vulnerabilities of a system by analyzing the individual subsystems. By targeting an individual subsystem or a combination of subsystems at a time, we can infer the weakest part and revise it to improve the overall system performance. We apply our methodology to 4G LTE downlink by considering each control channel as a subsystem. We also develop open-source software enabling research and education using software-defined radios. We present experimental results with open-source LTE systems and shows how the different subsystems behave under targeted interference. The analysis for the LTE downlink shows that the synchronization signals (PSS/SSS) are very resilient to interference, whereas the downlink pilots or Cell-Specific Reference signals (CRS) are the most susceptible to a synchronized protocol-aware interferer. We also analyze the severity of control channel attacks for different LTE configurations. Our methodology and tools allow rapid evaluation of the PHY layer reliability in harsh signaling environments, which is an asset to improve current standards and develop new robust wireless protocols. | en |
| dc.description.notes | 7 pages, 7 figures. Publication accepted at IEEE MILCOM, 2017. This updated version is very close to the camera-ready version of the paper | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.orcid | Reed, JH [0000-0003-3494-1901] | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80348 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.relation.uri | http://arxiv.org/abs/1708.05887v2 | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | cs.NI | en |
| dc.title | LTE PHY Layer Vulnerability Analysis and Testing Using Open-Source SDR Tools | en |
| dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/All T&R Faculty | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Engineering | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Engineering/COE T&R Faculty | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Engineering/Electrical and Computer Engineering | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Faculty of Health Sciences | en |