IDARE – Intelligently Denying Authorization of Rogue-drone Entry

The advancement of drone system for smart agriculture have been supporting the essential farming product demands by the increasing world population. However, there is a high demand for anti-rogue drone system is rising. In this work, we propose the design and implementation of three different secure authorization protocols for different situations and requirements when authorizing drones to join drone network. These protocols can detect and deny authorization of rogue drones, so that illegal activities of rogue drones can be eliminated. In this work, we first focus on how in a multi-drone environment a rogue drone can learn details of genuine drone authentication approach to avoid detection as rogue drone, then secondly proposed different approaches to securely identify and authorize genuine drones as legitimate drones to join drone network while denying rogue drone. To demonstrate our approach, we validated it in real-world experimental environment setup and evaluate performance on user friendly, programmable educational drone (Tello) systems. In our initial results, we have discussed real-world test cases scenarios and pointed out pros and cons of each approach. Finally, we reported the best suitable approach for the application in agricultural environment.