Hybrid Model-Based Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Network on the Basis of Risk and Link Quality

Abstract

Nowadays, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) face more security threats due to the increased service of data transmission at high speed in almost all applications. The security of the network must be ensured by identifying abnormal traffic and current emerging threats. The most promising model for safeguarding the core network from outside attacks is Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). This work focuses on the introduction of clustering-based intrusion detection in WSN. Initially, clustering takes place, where the nodes are grouped under certain constraints via selecting the optimal Cluster Head (CH). The considered constraints are energy, delay, distance, risk, and link quality. This optimal selection takes place by a new hybrid optimization algorithm termed as Truncate Combined Bald Eagle Optimization (TCBEO) algorithm. The subsequent process is intrusion detection, where a hybrid detection model combining a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) & Bi-directional Gated Recurrent unit (Bi-GRU) is employed, which is trained with features like improved entropy and correlation taking into consideration of constraints like energy and distance, respectively. Eventually, the suggested work’s effectiveness is affirmed against existing techniques using various performance metrics.