Secure Joint Radar Communications and Risk Assessment for Autonomous Driving
Secure Joint Radar Communications and Risk Assessment for Autonomous Driving
Abstract
Both radar and Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication systems in autonomous
vehicles are vulnerable to security threats. However, combining radar and V2V
communication systems has the potential to overcome the threats to both systems.
This report performs a risk assessment of frequency modulated continuous wave
(FMCW) radar and dedicated short range communications (DSRC), analyzing the
difficulty of performing attacks and the resulting impacts, and presents RadSec, a
joint radar communication protocol with sensor data sharing and authentication.
The assessment result shows that RadSec has great potential in overcoming automotive security threats against current automotive radar and V2V communication
systems. RadSec is shown to improve automotive security for two simulated and
three qualitatively discussed use cases. We conclude that joint radar communications
should be considered as a technology for enhancing autonomous driving security.
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Date
2022-05-04Author
Sandell, John
Gu, Qingyun
Keywords
Automotive radars
Autonomous driving
V2V
Risk assessment
Joint radar communication
DSRC
FMCW
Automotive security
RadCom
Language
eng