Universal Software Radio Peripheral

Mathematics

Biology

Computer science

Botany

Digital signal processing

Astronomy

SIGNAL (programming language)

Computer hardware

Signal processing

Detection theory

Genetics

Drone

Telecommunications

Detector

Real-time computing

Embedded system

Geometry

Programming language

Identification (biology)

Physics

Doppler effect

Software-defined radio

Signature (topology)

IEEE Communications Magazine

This article presents an overview on passive drone detection. An SDR-based, portable universal software radio peripheral (USRP) prototype is developed for detection in two scenarios. In the scenario in which a drone communicates with the ground controller, the cyclostationarity signature of the drone signal and pseudo Doppler principle are employed. For the scenario in which a drone is not sending any signal, a micro Doppler signature generated by the RF signal is exploited for detection and identification.

Low-Complexity Portable Passive Drone Surveillance via SDR-Based Signal Processing