Simulation of Attacks on UAV Swarm with Repeater

Study is devoted to the problem of interference protection for communication channels of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarm during attacks, which is relevant due to the growth of threats in military and civilian applications (intelligence, monitoring, and logistics). The use of a repeater expands the range and coordination of the swarm, but increases vulnerability to attacks such as directional interference. A model was developed using NetCracker and includes Base Station, Repeater, Aerial Base Station, UAV swarm, and Attacker that simulates Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. The model allows analyzing the impact of interference on communication, taking into account Bit Error Rate (BER), delay, and throughput. The simulation results showed that at Time-Between-Transaction (TBT) of 0.01 s and Transaction Size (TS) of 100,000 bits, packet losses reach 30%. The novelty lies in the integration of networks with a repeater and real-time attack simulation, which fills the gaps in existing research.