Intrusion detection can identify unknown attacks from network traffics and has been an effective means of network security. Nowadays, existing methods for network anomaly detection are usually based on traditional machine learning models, such as KNN, SVM, etc. Although these methods can obtain some outstanding features, they get a relatively low accuracy and rely heavily on manual design of traffic features, which has been obsolete in the age of big data. To solve the problems of low accuracy and feature engineering in intrusion detection, a traffic anomaly detection model BAT is proposed. The BAT model combines BLSTM (Bidirectional Long Short-term memory) and attention mechanism. Attention mechanism is used to screen the network flow vector composed of packet vectors generated by the BLSTM model, which can obtain the key features for network traffic classification. In addition, we adopt multiple convolutional layers to capture the local features of traffic data. As multiple convolutional layers are used to process data samples, we refer BAT model as BAT-MC. The softmax classifier is used for network traffic classification. The proposed end-to-end model does not use any feature engineering skills and can automatically learn the key features of the hierarchy. It can well describe the network traffic behavior and improve the ability of anomaly detection effectively. We test our model on a public benchmark dataset, and the experimental results demonstrate our model has better performance than other comparison methods.
2 February 2021 in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Vehicular edge computing has been a promising paradigm to offer low-latency and high reliability vehicular services for users. Nevertheless, for compute-intensive vehicle applications, most previous researches cannot perform them efficiently due to both the inadequate of infrastructure construction and the computing resource bottleneck of the edge server. Motivated by the fact that there is a large number of outside parked vehicles with rich and underutilized resources in the urban area, we propose the idea of parking edge computing, which makes use of the parked vehicles to assist edge servers in offloaded task handling. Specifically, on-street and off-street parked vehicles are first organized into parking clusters to act as virtual edge servers, participating in offloaded tasks execution in our framework. Second, a novel task scheduling algorithm is designed to jointly decide edge server selection and resource assignment. Furthermore, a local task scheduling policy is proposed as well, which reasonably allocates parked vehicles to perform the tasks with the aim of further improving task offloading performance. Finally, a time-related trajectory prediction model based on the random forest model is built, which helps to send back output result accurately. Our framework not only requires no additional infrastructure investment but also provides adequate computing resources. Simulation results based on a real city map and realistic traffic situations demonstrate that our framework provides more efficient and stable offloading services, especially in a large number of task requests condition.
Actuators and sensors are two types of important nodes in wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSANs). Actuators consume a large amount of energy for driving themselves move, handling events, communicating with each other, and computation. Hence, the sensors and actuators all suffer from a serious energy-constrained problem in WSANs. Recently, many excellent energy recharging works are proposed for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). However, the wireless energy delivery issue for WSANs is rarely addressed. In this paper, by deeply analyzing the characteristics of WSANs, we discuss the wireless mobile recharging issue for WSANs and present a novel actuator failure avoidance online charging scheme (AFAC). To prevent as many sensors failure as possible while ensuring no actuator failure, AFAC always tries to select the node that not only makes no actuator failure but also brings about the least number of nonfunctional sensors as the next target. Furthermore, since charging the actuators takes a long time, maximum charging threshold is set for actuators to prevent sensor nodes failure in the network. The simulation results demonstrate that our scheme gets the lowest sensor failure ratio with low charging cost and charging delay in comparison with other wireless charging schemes for WSANs.
Accurate prediction of the State of Health (SOH) of lithium-ion batteries is essential for ensuring their safe and reliable operation. However, traditional deep learning approaches often suffer from challenges such as overfitting, limited generalization capability, and suboptimal prediction accuracy. To address these issues, this paper proposes a novel framework that combines a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network with a Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN), referred to as LSTM-PINN, for high-precision SOH estimation. The proposed framework models battery degradation using state-space equations and extracts latent temporal features. These features are further integrated into a Deep Hidden Temporal Physical Module (DeepHTPM), which incorporates physical prior knowledge into the learning process. This integration significantly enhances the model’s ability to accurately capture the complex dynamics of battery degradation. The effectiveness of LSTM-PINN is validated using two publicly available datasets based on graphite cathode materials (NASA and CACLE). Extensive experimental results demonstrate the superior predictive performance of the proposed model, achieving Mean Absolute Errors (MAEs) of just 0.594% and 0.746% and Root Mean Square Errors (RMSEs) of 0.791% and 0.897% on the respective datasets. Our proposed LSTM-PINN framework enables accurate battery aging modeling, advancing lithium-ion battery SOH prediction for industrial applications.
Natural disasters bring huge loss of life and property to human beings. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) own the advantages of high mobility, high flexibility, and rapid deployment, and are important equipment during post-disaster rescue. However, UAVs usually have restricted battery and computing power. They are not fit for performing compute-intensive tasks during rescue. Since there are widespread parking resources in a city, multiple parked vehicles working together to compute the applications from UAVs in a post-disaster rescue is investigated to ensure the quality of experience (QoE) of the UAVs. To execute uploaded task effectively, surviving parked vehicles within the monitoring range of an UAV are arranged into a cluster as much as possible. Then, the task execution cost is analyzed. Furthermore, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based offloading policy is constructed, which interacts with the environment in an intelligent way to achieve optimization goals. The simulation experiments show that the proposed offloading scheme has a higher task completion rate and a lower task execution cost than other baselines schemes.
In high-speed mobile scenarios characteristic of the Fifth Generation Mobile Networks (5G) environment, the user video experience may be compromised due to concurrent access by numerous users and frequent base station transitions. Addressing this issue, this study introduces a cross-layer resource allocation model that integrates environmental awareness and is tailored for the exigencies of high-speed mobile networks. The paper delves into the challenges engendered by rapid mobility and extensive user access within the 5G environment and critiques the constraints of prevalent resource allocation methodologies. The model delineated herein is conceptualized as an optimization challenge and characterized as a nonlinear, NP-hard problem. In response to this challenge, this study advocates a novel streaming media transmission algorithm underpinned by edge computing, in tandem with an environment-aware wireless resource allocation algorithm. The article articulates the foundational principles and operational modalities of these algorithms, underscoring the significance of environmental cognizance in resource distribution and the efficacy of edge computing in increasing video transmission efficiency. Empirical validation, achieved through simulation experiments, corroborates the efficacy of the proposed approach. Comparative analysis reveals that, relative to conventional methodologies, the proposed framework significantly improves video transmission quality and user experience, particularly in contexts characterized by frequent network fluctuations and high user densities. This research contributes novel insights and pragmatic solutions to optimize video transmission in existing 5G and prospective network paradigms.