Patent attributes
A strength meter in a relay attack determination device is disposed on a portable device and measures a reception strength by a plurality of times in each of a request signal and a request signal received from an in-vehicle device. A comparator executes a comparative process of the request signal and the request signal by using average values of the reception strength measured by the strength meter. A variation calculator calculates variation in the reception strength measured by a plurality of times in the strength meter regarding the request signal. The comparator, in a case where the variation in the reception strength exceeds a threshold value indicating a communication failure in the request signal, determines the relay attack regardless of a result of the comparative process.