Anti-Drone System with Multiple Surveillance Technologies: Architecture, Implementation, and Challenges

TLDR

Recent rapid development and low cost of drones have led to widespread use, raising significant threats to public security and personal privacy. The study aims to mitigate these threats by deploying anti‑drone systems capable of detecting, localizing, and defending against intruding drones in sensitive areas. We present the ADS‑ZJU system, which integrates multiple passive surveillance technologies for drone detection, localization, and RF jamming, and discuss its implementation challenges and open research issues.

Abstract

In recent years, drones have undergone tremendous development. Due to the low price and ease of use, drones have been widely utilized in many application scenarios, which potentially pose great threats to public security and personal privacy. To mitigate these threats, it is necessary to deploy anti-drone systems in sensitive areas to detect, localize, and defend against the intruding drones. In this article, we provide a comprehensive overview of the technologies utilized for drone surveillance and the existing anti-drone systems. Then we develop an anti-drone system at Zhejiang University, named ADS-ZJU, which combines multiple passive surveillance technologies to realize drone detection, localization, and radio frequency jamming. Furthermore, we discuss the challenges and open research issues in such a system.