Reactive Jamming Adaptation Technique Based on Tandem Spreading Multiple Access

Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of reactive jamming on the performance of the tandem spreading multiple access (TSMA) system in wireless communication channels. TSMA is an emerging scheme to achieve massive connections in massive machine-type communications (mMTC). Reactive jamming, a cost-effective and easily deployable technique, poses a significant threat to communication signals by only activating when communication activity is detected. Its stealthy nature makes it difficult to identify using traditional methods. To address the performance degradation caused by reactive jamming in TSMA systems, this paper proposes a novel adaptation scheme, incorporated with the characteristic of TSMA. Simulation results demonstrate that reactive jamming significantly reduces system performance. Also, the proposed adaptation technique greatly enhances communication reliability by recovering information and mitigating the effects of interference.