Paper Info
Title
Protection Method For Data Communication Between Ads-B Sensor And Next-Generation Air Traffic Control Systems
Abstract
Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) systems utilize digital technologies, satellite systems, and various levels of automation to facilitate seamless global air traffic management. Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), the core component of CNS/ATM, broadcasts important monitoring information, such as the location, altitude, and direction of aircraft, to the ground. However, ADS-B data are transmitted in an unencrypted (or unprotected) communication channel between ADS-B sensors and Air Traffic Control (ATC). Consequently, these data are vulnerable to security threats, such as spoofing, eavesdropping, and data modification. In this paper, we propose a method that protects the ADS-B data transmitted between ADS-B sensors and ATC using Simple Public Key Infrastructure (SPKI) certificates and symmetric cryptography. The SPKI certificates are used to grant transmission authorization to the ADS-B sensors, while symmetric cryptography is used to encrypt/decrypt the ADS-B data transmitted between the ADS-B sensors and ATC. The proposed security framework comprises an ADS-B sensor authentication module, an encrypted data processing module, and an ADS-B sensor information management module. We believe that application of the proposed security framework to CNS/ATM will enable it to effectively obviate security threats, such as ground station flood denial, ground station target ghost injection, and ADS-B data modification.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.3390/info5040622
INFORMATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
SPKI certificate, symmetric cryptography, ADS-B, ATC, CNS/ATM, security
Symmetric-key algorithm,Global air-traffic management,Authentication,Spoofing attack,Air traffic management,Air traffic control,Computer science,Computer network,Encryption,Simple public-key infrastructure
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
4
2078-2489
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.49
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Seoung-Hyeon Lee131.17
Yong-Kyun Kim232.18
Jongwook Han34915.05
Deokgyu Lee46112.70