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To address the problem, in this paper we describe a portable system capable of protecting areas against unauthorized UAVs, which is based on the use of low-cost SDR (software defined radio) platforms. The proposed anti-UAV system supports target localization and integrates effective jamming techniques with the generation of global positioning system (GPS) spoofing signals aimed at the drone. Real-life tests of the implemented prototype have shown that the proposed approach is capable of stopping the reliable reception of radionavigation signals and can also divert or even take control of unauthorized UAVs, whose flight path depends on the information obtained by the GPS system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22041487","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,15]],"date-time":"2022-02-15T22:44:47Z","timestamp":1644965087000},"page":"1487","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["A Software Defined Radio Based Anti-UAV Mobile System with Jamming and Spoofing Capabilities"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8942-8075","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Renato","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Science and Technology, ISCTE-Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Gaspar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Science and Technology, ISCTE-Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7729-4033","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pedro","family":"Sebasti\u00e3o","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Science and Technology, ISCTE-Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3823-4470","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nuno","family":"Souto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Science and Technology, ISCTE-Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2021, January 12). 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