A method of detecting GPS signal tampering uses two GPS receivers. A first
receiver measures carrier phases of two or more satellite signals and of
a tampered signal. A second receiver measures carrier phases of the two
or more satellite signals and the tampered signal. A baseline vector
between the receiver antennas is measured. Direction cosine vectors of
the two or more satellite signals are computed and a dot product is
computed from the baseline vector to translate measurements made at
antennas of the GPS receivers to a virtual zero baseline condition. The
carrier phase measurements are double differenced to obtain double
difference residuals. A test statistic of the double difference residuals
is computed and tested for phase coherency. An inconsistency in measured
signals is flagged when there is an inconsistency in phase coherence
indicating the tampered signal is present.