Handbook on Securing Cyber-Physical Critical Infrastructure

Chapter 6

Robust Wireless Infrastructure against Jamming Attacks

Guevara Noubir

6.1 Introduction

Over the past decades, wireless communication proved to be an enabling technology for an increasingly large number of applications. The convenience of wireless and its support of mobility have revolutionized the way we access data, information services, and interact with the physical world. Beyond enabling mobile devices to access information and data services ubiquitously, it is widely used today as cyber-physical systems such as air traffic control, power plants synchronization, transportation systems, and human body implantable devices. This pervasiveness elevated wireless communication systems to the level of critical infrastructure. These systems ...