Information communication networks as an object of intentional destructive electromagnetic influences

DOI: 10.31673/2412-9070.2023.022124

Abstract

Deliberate destructive electromagnetic influences formed on the basis of existing technical means are an effective type of modern radio-electronic information and technical influences on information and communication networks. The radio-electronic material basis of information communication networks is potentially vulnerable to the influence of means of radio-electronic suppression. The need to ensure the high-quality functioning of modern information and communication networks under the conditions of intentional electromagnetic destructive effects requires correct and timely management decisions from the network management system to prevent undesirable consequences, which necessitates the creation of more advanced management methods. The purpose of the publication is to consider the vulnerabilities of modern information and communication networks from intentional destructive electromagnetic influences, which is understood as the deliberate creation of a powerful electromagnetic influence on electronic and electrical systems for criminal or terrorist purposes in order to disrupt their functioning. The effects manifested at different levels of information communication network functioning as a result of intentional destructive electromagnetic influences are considered. Based on the results of the research, the following conclusions can be drawn: intentional destructive electromagnetic influences are aimed at destroying information flows circulating between network elements; decrease in the speed of information exchange between elements of the control system, which significantly increases the duration of the control cycle and, as a result, reduces the efficiency of network management; ensuring sufficiently massive and long-term failure of network technical means; existing systems and methods of radio electronic suppression are focused on suppressing only individual channels of the network by disrupting the functioning of communication protocols at the physical and channel levels of the OSI model; in the future, there is a threat of transition to the use of individual elements of the radio segment of the information communication network as a kind of «entry points» for radio-electronic information and technical influences, which will disrupt the network processes of information transmission and spread their destabilizing influence on the entire network, including its wire segment. In the article presented to the readers, only some aspects of the researched topic are highlighted. Currently, the authors continue active research work in this subject area.

Keywords: infocommunication network; intentional destructive electromagnetic influences; electromagnetic terrorism; radio-electronic information and technical influences; destructive effects.

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