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From Static to Adaptive Defense: Federated Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning-Driven Moving Target Defense Against DoS Attacks in UAV Swarm Networks

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  • Haebom

Author

Yuyang Zhou, Guang Cheng, Kang Du, Zihan Chen, Tian Qin, Yuyu Zhao

Outline

With the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), low-altitude networks are being utilized in various fields, such as smart cities and emergency response. However, their open wireless environment, dynamic topology, and resource constraints make them vulnerable to DoS attacks. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a Moving Target Defense (MTD) framework based on federated multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (FMADRL). We design lightweight and coordinated MTD mechanisms, such as leader switching, path mutation, and frequency hopping, to thwart attacks and enhance network resilience. Each UAV is equipped with a policy agent that autonomously selects MTD actions based on partial observations and local experience. Using a policy gradient-based algorithm, the UAVs jointly optimize policies through reward-weighted aggregation.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
A novel FMADRL-based MTD framework is presented to effectively mitigate DoS attacks in low-altitude networks.
Design of lightweight MTD mechanisms such as leader switching, path mutation, and frequency hopping.
Significant performance improvements over existing methodologies in various DoS attack scenarios: up to 34.6% improvement in attack mitigation rate, up to 94.6% reduction in mean time to recovery, and up to 29.3% and 98.3% reduction in energy consumption and defense costs, respectively.
Opens the possibility of a trustworthy and scalable low-altitude economy through intelligent distributed defense mechanisms.
Limitations:
Uncertainty in policy decisions due to limited information.
Lack of detailed analysis of specific environment settings and attack strategies.
Validation in real UAV environments is required.
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