Single and Mixed Sensory Anomaly Detection in Connected and Automated Vehicle Sensor Networks

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), integrated with sensors, cameras, and communication networks, are transforming the transportation industry and providing new opportunities for consumers to enjoy personalized and seamless experiences. The fast proliferation of connected vehicles on the road and the growing trend of autonomous driving create vast amounts of data that need to be analyzed in real time. Anomaly detection in CAVs refers to identifying any unusual or unforeseen behavior in the data generated by vehicles’ various sensors and components. Anomaly detection aims to identify any unusual behavior that might indicate a problem or a malfunction in the vehicle. To identify and detect anomalies efficiently, a method must deal with noisy data, missing data, dynamic frequency data, and low- and high-magnitude data, and it must be accurate enough to detect anomalies in a dynamic sensor streaming environment. Therefore, this paper proposes a fast and efficient hard-voting-based technique named FT-HV, comprising three fine-tuned machine learning algorithms to detect and classify anomaly behavior in CAVs for single and mixed sensory datasets. In experiments, we evaluate our approach on the benchmark Sensor Anomaly dataset that contains data from various vehicle sensors at low and high magnitudes. Further, it contains single and mixed anomaly types that are challenging to detect and identify. The results reveal that the proposed approach outperforms existing solutions for detecting single anomaly types at low magnitudes and detecting mixed anomaly types in all settings. Furthermore, this research is envisioned to help detect and identify anomalies early and efficiently promote safer and more resilient CAVs.