Method and apparatus for estimating a path of an aerial vehicle

A method for estimating a path of an aerial vehicle engaged in attacking network devices over a wideband channel in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of jamming signals from the aerial vehicle at a plurality of base stations, wherein each base station has at least one of a transceiver and an antenna;
• determining, with circuitry of a processor, a first distance function corresponding to the aerial vehicle and a boundary node based on an initial coordinate location of the aerial vehicle and an initial coordinate location of the boundary node;
• determining, with circuitry of the processor, a function of jamming power received at the boundary node from the aerial vehicle based at least on the first distance function and a transmission power of the boundary node, wherein the function of jamming power represents a power associated with a jamming signal received from the aerial vehicle at the boundary node;
• and
• estimating, with circuitry of the processor, a trajectory of the aerial vehicle at a plurality of time periods by the boundary node based on an extended Kalman filter, wherein the extended Kalman filter is determined based on the function of jamming power.