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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
Thales, Courbevoie, FR;
Philippe Billaud, Limours, FR;
THALES, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
An ADS-B spoofer being an false ADS-B squitter, an ADS-B squitter being an aircraft position information signal transmitted to secondary radars, the ADS-B squitters being detected over time at different bearings of the antenna in rotation of the radar, the method comprises, for each secondary radar, at least the following steps: a first step of detection of an ADS-B spoofer; a second step of location of the position in azimuth of the ADS-B spoofer generator, the second step comprising the following operations: measurement of the azimuth of the antenna of the secondary radar and of the received powers on the sum, difference and control patterns of the antenna upon the detection of an ADS-B squitter; generation and storage of at least one assumption of azimuth of the spoofer for each ADS-B squitter detected, the assumption being equal to the sum of the azimuth of the antenna and of the estimated bearing of the spoofer, the estimated bearing being characterized by the ratio of the received power on the sum pattern to the received power on the control pattern on the one hand and by the ratio of the received power on the difference pattern to the received power on the control pattern on the other hand.