An electronic warfare approach for deploying a software-based Wi-Fi jammer

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel software-based Wi-Fi jammer that employs electronic warfare techniques to disrupt wireless targets, demonstrating how software can be effectively used for signal jamming in military contexts.

Contribution

It introduces a new methodology for deploying a Wi-Fi jammer using software, highlighting its potential for electronic warfare applications.

Findings

Effective DoS mode for Wi-Fi disruption

Demonstrated software-based signal jamming capability

Potential for military electronic warfare use

Abstract

Some prominent instances have been centered on electronic warfare. For example, the American military has made significant investments in automation through UAV programs, only for competitors like the Iranians to create strategies to interfere with these systems. Iran managed to capture a top-secret U.S. surveil-lance drone by fooling it into descending in the incorrect place by jamming its control signals and providing it with bogus GPS data. In this paper, the authors have focused on the electronic warfare approach for deploying a software-based Wi-Fi jammer. The software-based Wi-Fi jammer can disconnect the targets using the DoS pursuit mode. The paper describes the unique methodology of how software can also be used for jamming wireless signals.