The Coast Guard Navigation Center released a 21-page document including best practices for the installation and operation of GPS to improve the resilience of equipment receiving.
USCG notes that if recommendations are implemented, they will lead to increased “competence”—that is, equipment that is better able to accommodate imperfections in their inputs, regardless of whether these imperfections are intentional or not.
The appendices include observations and interactions with critical infrastructure owners and operators whose insights on their use of PNT information provided significant background for this document; details on the operational benefits of blocking antennas; and research topics where additional information could add to the knowledge of relevant communities and capabilities of equipment using GNSS-provided data for PNT operations.
The document identifies 22 specific recommendations for receivers and equipment today and existing techniques that can be inserted into new products. These installation and operation strategies and development opportunities described in the document can significantly enhance the ability of GNSS receivers and associated equipment to defend against a range of interference, jamming, and spoofing attacks.
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