Jamming of NB-IoT synchronisation signals
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2021-10-04
Authors
Morillo, Gabriela
Roedig, Utz
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Abstract
Narrowband-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is a relatively novel Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) radio technology used to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructures at scale. It is important that such deployments are resilient to attacks. In this work we describe how interference on the NB-IoT synchronisation signals - the initial communication steps - can be used to implement an effective Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Interference with the synchronisation prevents communication and may also allow an attacker to force a device to connect with a specific base station.
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Internet of Things (IoT) , Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN)
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Morillo, G. and Roedig, U. (2021) ‘Jamming of NB-IoT synchronisation signals’, 26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2021, Virtual Event, 04-08 October. Forthcoming publication