Reducing Communication Overhead in Federated Learning for Network Anomaly Detection with Adaptive Client Selection

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Main Authors: Marfo, William, Tosh, Deepak, Moore, Shirley, Suetterlein, Joshua, Manzano, Joseph
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Published: 2025
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author Marfo, William
Tosh, Deepak
Moore, Shirley
Suetterlein, Joshua
Manzano, Joseph
author_facet Marfo, William
Tosh, Deepak
Moore, Shirley
Suetterlein, Joshua
Manzano, Joseph
contents Communication overhead in federated learning (FL) poses a significant challenge for network anomaly detection systems, where diverse client configurations and network conditions impact efficiency and detection accuracy. Existing approaches attempt optimization individually but struggle to balance reduced overhead with performance. This paper presents an adaptive FL framework combining batch size optimization, client selection, and asynchronous updates for efficient anomaly detection. Using UNSW-NB15 for general network traffic and ROAD for automotive networks, our framework reduces communication overhead by 97.6% (700.0s to 16.8s) while maintaining comparable accuracy (95.10% vs. 95.12%). The Mann-Whitney U test confirms significant improvements (p < 0.05). Profiling analysis reveals efficiency gains via reduced GPU operations and memory transfers, ensuring robust detection across varying client conditions.
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spellingShingle Reducing Communication Overhead in Federated Learning for Network Anomaly Detection with Adaptive Client Selection
Marfo, William
Tosh, Deepak
Moore, Shirley
Suetterlein, Joshua
Manzano, Joseph
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Machine Learning
Communication overhead in federated learning (FL) poses a significant challenge for network anomaly detection systems, where diverse client configurations and network conditions impact efficiency and detection accuracy. Existing approaches attempt optimization individually but struggle to balance reduced overhead with performance. This paper presents an adaptive FL framework combining batch size optimization, client selection, and asynchronous updates for efficient anomaly detection. Using UNSW-NB15 for general network traffic and ROAD for automotive networks, our framework reduces communication overhead by 97.6% (700.0s to 16.8s) while maintaining comparable accuracy (95.10% vs. 95.12%). The Mann-Whitney U test confirms significant improvements (p < 0.05). Profiling analysis reveals efficiency gains via reduced GPU operations and memory transfers, ensuring robust detection across varying client conditions.
title Reducing Communication Overhead in Federated Learning for Network Anomaly Detection with Adaptive Client Selection
topic Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.15448