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AI-supported signal monitoring: Detect and mitigate cyberattacks caused by radio interference

Summary

Profile Type
Technology offer
POD Reference
TODE20240918015
Term of Validity
18 September 2024 - 18 September 2025
Company's Country
Germany
Type of partnership
Research and development cooperation agreementInvestment agreement
Targeted Countries
All countries
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General information

Short Summary
A new technology from a German university can greatly mitigate radio interference in V2X communication and thus restore security. Interference attacks on various mobile applications can be recognised and mitigated with this technology. The university offers interested companies the opportunity to licence the technology. Further development in co-operation with the inventors is also possible.
Full Description
Driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles offer many benefits, increasing safety and efficiency. However, wireless communication technology is susceptible to cyber-attacks, which can impair communication and reduce safety.

Scientists of a German university have developed a method to detect and mitigate radio interference. Figure 1 shows a malicious radio-controlled drone that can disrupt vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication when turning left - without line-of-sight. To mitigate radio interference, V2V communication uses wideband MIMO communication, whose precoding or beamforming is optimised with the spatial information from the digital twins.

Figure 2 shows the three basic elements of interference detection and mitigation. The first is multi-dimensional, AI-based monitoring that reduces false positives and false negatives. The second element is networked detection, which uses more information about radio interference to estimate interference propagation and select different optimised techniques for different parts of the map. The third element is multi-dimensional filtering based on digital twins, which allows prediction of the best route and real-time monitoring of radio interference. The invention is, of course, intended for use with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS).

Initial laboratory samples have been set up, tested, and measured. They have established the invention’s functionality.

The university offers interested companies the opportunity to licence the technology. Further development in co-operation with the inventors is also possible. Companies from the automotive industry and those from the communications technology sector are particularly suitable.
Advantages and Innovations
- Contains all network hubs
- Minimizes information loss
- Increases transmission security
- Jamming attack detection
- Reduces jamming attacks
Stage of Development
Lab tested
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
The university offers interested companies the opportunity to licence the technology. Further development in co-operation with the inventors is also possible. Companies from the automotive industry and those from the communications technology sector are particularly suitable.
Type and Size of Partner
Big companySME 11-49OtherSME 50 - 249SME <=10
Type of partnership
Research and development cooperation agreementInvestment agreement

Dissemination

Technology keywords
01003008 - Data Processing / Data Interchange, Middleware01003022 - Smart Appliances01003003 - Artificial Intelligence (AI)01001001 - Automation, Robotics Control Systems
Market keywords
01004003 - Communications processors/network management01004002 - Data communication components
Sector Groups Involved
Mobility - Transport - Automotive
Targeted countries
All countries

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