5G aviation networks using novel AI approach for DDoS detection

dc.contributor.authorWhitworth, Huw
dc.contributor.authorAl-Rubaye, Saba
dc.contributor.authorTsourdos, Antonios
dc.contributor.authorJiggins, Julia
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-08T10:30:21Z
dc.date.available2023-08-08T10:30:21Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-17
dc.description.abstractThe advent of Fifth Generation (5G) technology has ushered in a new era of advancements in the aviation sector. However, the introduction of smart infrastructure has significantly altered the threat landscape at airports, leading to an increased vulnerability due to the proliferation of endpoints. Consequently, there is an urgent requirement for an automated detection system capable of promptly identifying and thwarting network intrusions. This research paper proposes a deep learning methodology that merges a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with a Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) to effectively detect various types of cyber threats using tabular-based image data. To transform time series features into 2D texture images, Gramian Angular Fields (GAFs) are utilized. These images are then stacked to form an N-channel image, which is fed into the CNN-GRU architecture for sequence analysis and identification of potential threats. The provide solution GAF-CNN-GRU achieved an accuracy of 98.6% on the Cranfield Embedded Systems Attack Dataset. We further achieved Precision, Recall and F1-scores of 97.84%, 91% and 94.3%. To evaluate model robustness we further tested this approach, using a benchmark random selection of input features, on the Canadian Institute for Cyber-Security (CIC) 2019 Distributed Denial-of-service attack (DDoS) Dataset achieving an Accuracy of 89.08%. Following feature optimisation our approach was able to achieve an accuracy of 98.36% with Precision, Recall and F1 scores of 93.09%, 95.45% and 94.56% respectively.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationWhitworth H, Al-Rubaye S, Tsourdos A, Jiggins J. (2023) 5G aviation networks using novel AI approach for DDoS detection. IEEE Access, Volume 11, July 2023, pp. 77518-77542en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2169-3536
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3296311
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20059
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherIEEEen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectAviationen_UK
dc.subjectcyber securityen_UK
dc.subjectdenial-of-service attack (DoS)en_UK
dc.subjectfifth generation (5G)en_UK
dc.subjectdigital aviationen_UK
dc.subjectneural networken_UK
dc.subjecttime seriesen_UK
dc.title5G aviation networks using novel AI approach for DDoS detectionen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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