Review of ADS-B security research

XIE Lixia; NING Yazhou; YANG Hongyu; ZHU Youwen; HU Huiling; CHENG Xiang

doi:10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2025051

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Review of ADS-B security research

Comprehensive Reviews | 更新时间：2025-11-08

- Review of ADS-B security research
- Chinese Journal of Network and Information Security Vol. 11, Issue 5, Pages: 31-49(2025)
- 作者机构：
  
  1.中国民航大学计算机科学与技术学院，天津 300300
  2.中国民航大学安全科学与工程学院，天津 300300
  3.南京航空航天大学计算机科学与技术学院，江苏南京 211106
  4.民航中南地区空中交通管理局空管部，广东广州 510440
  5.扬州大学信息工程学院，江苏扬州 225127
- 作者简介：
- 基金信息：
  
  Civil Aviation Joint Research Fund Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2433205)
- DOI：10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2025051
  CLC： TP309
- Received：06 February 2025，
  
  Revised：2025-05-11，
  
  Published：25 October 2025
- 稿件说明：
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谢丽霞, 宁亚洲, 杨宏宇, 等. ADS-B安全研究综述[J]. 网络与信息安全学报, 2025, 11(5): 31-49.

XIE L X, NING Y Z, YANG H Y, et al. Review of ADS-B security research[J]. Chinese Journal of Network and Information Security, 2025, 11(5): 31-49.
谢丽霞, 宁亚洲, 杨宏宇, 等. ADS-B安全研究综述[J]. 网络与信息安全学报, 2025, 11(5): 31-49. DOI： 10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2025051.

XIE L X, NING Y Z, YANG H Y, et al. Review of ADS-B security research[J]. Chinese Journal of Network and Information Security, 2025, 11(5): 31-49. DOI： 10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2025051.

摘要

广播式自动相关监视（automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast

ADS-B）技术作为提升空中交通管理效率和安全性的关键技术，已在全球广泛应用。民用航空器通过ADS-B自主广播其位置和动态信息，为空中交通管制提供高效、实时的监视手段。然而，由于ADS-B协议的公开性和采用的无线信道广播方式的明文消息发送模式，ADS-B消息在传输过程中容易遭到诸如消息篡改和伪造等攻击。鉴于此，调研和分析ADS-B所面临的安全挑战和安全问题，总结、评估现有研究和解决方案，并对其优势与不足进行分析。最后，探讨了解决ADS-B安全问题的未来研究方向，以期为ADS-B的安全性提升提供理论支持和技术参考，促进航空通信安全的发展。

Abstract

Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology

as a key technology for improving the efficiency and safety of air traffic management

has been widely adopted globally. ADS-B was utilized by civil aircraft to autonomously broadcast their position and dynamic information

providing an efficient and real-time surveillance method for air traffic control. Due to the openness of the ADS-B protocol and the use of plaintext message transmission over wireless broadcast channels

ADS-B messages were recognized as vulnerable to attacks such as message tampering and spoofing during transmission. The security challenges and issues confronted by ADS-B were thoroughly investigated and analyzed. Existing research and solutions were systematically reviewed and assessed

with their respective advantages and disadvantages analyzed. Finally

future research directions for addressing the security issues of ADS-B were explored. These research directions are expected to provide theoretical support and technical references for enhancing the security of ADS-B

thereby promoting the development of aviation communication security.

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