Rice researchers develop curving-beam tech to defeat signal jammers

TL;DR. Rice University researchers demonstrated self-curving radio beams that can fool conventional direction-of-arrival anti-jamming defenses by making jammers appear to be elsewhere. - This technology confuses receivers that pinpoint jammer locations to block interference. - The same beam-bending tech, previously used to improve millimeter wave signals, now applies to jamming attacks. - The research showcases a method to create catastrophic bit-error-rate degradation while evading detection.

• Rice University researchers developed self-curving radio beams.
• These beams can defeat direction-of-arrival (DoA) anti-jamming technology.
• The method makes jammers appear to originate from a different location.
• The research builds on prior work on beam-bending for signal strength and applies it to security.
• The technology causes significant bit-error-rate degradation without detection.

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