Malicious Node Detection in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning

Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) provide effective vehicular operation for safety as well as greener and more efficient communication of vehicles in the Dedicated Short Range Communication (DRSC). The dynamic nature of the vehicular network topology has posed many security challenges for effective communication among vehicles. Consequently, models have been applied in the literature to checkmate the security issues in the vehicular networks. Existing models lack flexibility and sufficient functionality in capturing the dynamic behaviors of malicious nodes in the highly volatile vehicular communication systems. Given that existing models have failed to meet up with the challenges involved in vehicular network topology, it has become imperative to adopt complementary measures to tackle the security issues in the system. The approach of trust model with respect to Machine/Deep Learning (ML/DL) is proposed in the paper due to the gap in the area of network security by the existing models. The proposed model is to provide a data-driven approach in solving the security challenges in dynamic networks. This model goes beyond the existing works conceptually by modeling trust as a classification process and the extraction of relevant features using a hybrid model like Bayesian Neural Network that combines deep learning with probabilistic modeling for intelligent decision and effective generalization in trust computation of honest and dishonest nodes in the network.