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Detecting GNSS Jamming and Spoofing on Android Devices

Nicholas Spens, Dong-Kyeong Lee, Filip Nedelkov, and Dennis Akos
NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation September 2022, 69 (3) navi.537; DOI: https://doi.org/10.33012/navi.537
Nicholas Spens
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado Boulder
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Dong-Kyeong Lee
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado Boulder
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Filip Nedelkov,
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado Boulder
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Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado Boulder
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