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Evaluation of Jamming Attacks on NR-V2X Systems: Simulation and Experimental Perspectives
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Antonio Santos da Silva, Kevin Herman Muraro Gularte, Giovanni Almeida Santos, Davi Salomão Soares Corrêa, Luís Felipe Oliveira de Melo, João Paulo Javidi da Costa, José Alfredo Ruiz Vargas, Daniel Alves da Silva and Tai Fei
Signals 2026, 7(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/signals7010001 (registering DOI) - 19 Dec 2025
Abstract
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are transforming transportation by improving safety, efficiency, and intelligence through integrated sensing, computing, and communication technologies. However, their growing reliance on Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication exposes them to cybersecurity vulnerabilities, particularly at the physical layer. Among these, jamming attacks represent a
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Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are transforming transportation by improving safety, efficiency, and intelligence through integrated sensing, computing, and communication technologies. However, their growing reliance on Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication exposes them to cybersecurity vulnerabilities, particularly at the physical layer. Among these, jamming attacks represent a critical threat by disrupting wireless channels and compromising message delivery, severely impacting vehicle coordination and safety. This work investigates the robustness of New Radio (NR)-V2X-enabled vehicular systems under jamming conditions through a dual-methodology approach. First, two Cooperative Intelligent Transport System (C-ITS) scenarios standardized by 3GPP—Do Not Pass Warning (DNPW) and Intersection Movement Assist (IMA)—are implemented in the OMNeT++ simulation environment using Simu5G, Veins, and SUMO. The simulations incorporate four types of jamming strategies and evaluate their impact on key metrics such as packet loss, signal quality, inter-vehicle spacing, and collision risk. Second, a complementary laboratory experiment is conducted using AnaPico vector signal generators (a Keysight Technologies brand) and an Anritsu multi-channel spectrum receiver, replicating controlled wireless conditions to validate the degradation effects observed in the simulation. The findings reveal that jamming severely undermines communication reliability in NR-V2X systems, both in simulation and in practice. These findings highlight the urgent need for resilient NR-V2X protocols and countermeasures to ensure the integrity of cooperative autonomous systems in adversarial environments.
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