Anti-Jamming Strategy for Satellite Internet of Things: Beam Switching and Optimization

Recently, the satellite network is emerged to guarantee the demand of seamless connectivity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, which can provide services for IoT devices at anytime and anywhere. However, the satellite suffers from jamming attack due to its highly exposed satellite-ground links and spot-beams, which may cause severe security problems. In order to combat the jamming attack, we first analyze the performance of Satellite IoT (SIoT) in terms of the transmission rate. Then, we propose an anti-jamming strategy for SIoT by using the technique of beam switching, where a suitable satellite that offers sufficient spatial diversity can be chosen to swap the coverage with the attacked satellite. To this end, the coverage relationship between satellites and ground cells is investigated using the game theory and the satellite beam angle is further optimized to maximize the sum transmission rate of satellite clusters. Simulation results show that the proposed strategy can provide high achievable transmission rate for SIoT networks when jamming attacks happen.