REDUS: Adaptive Resampling for Efficient Deep Learning in Centralized and Federated IoT Networks

TL;DR

REDUS is a resampling technique inspired by AdaBoost that improves deep learning training efficiency in IoT networks by reducing training data, conserving resources, and maintaining accuracy, especially in federated learning scenarios.

Contribution

The paper introduces REDUS, a novel resampling method that enhances deep learning training efficiency on edge devices within IoT networks, reducing computational load and energy use while preserving accuracy.

Findings

Training time reduced by up to 72.6%

Minimal accuracy loss of 1.62%

Effective in federated IoT attack detection

Abstract

With the rise of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) for managing traffic and ensuring seamless operations across interconnected devices, challenges arise when SDN controllers share infrastructure with deep learning (DL) workloads. Resource contention between DL training and SDN operations, especially in latency-sensitive IoT environments, can degrade SDN's responsiveness and compromise network performance. Federated Learning (FL) helps address some of these concerns by decentralizing DL training to edge devices, thus reducing data transmission costs and enhancing privacy. Yet, the computational demands of DL training can still interfere with SDN's performance, especially under the continuous data streams characteristic of IoT systems. To mitigate this issue, we propose REDUS (Resampling for Efficient Data Utilization in Smart-Networks), a resampling technique that optimizes DL training by prioritizing misclassified samples and excluding redundant data, inspired by AdaBoost. REDUS reduces the number of training samples per epoch, thereby conserving computational resources, reducing energy consumption, and accelerating convergence without significantly impacting accuracy. Applied within an FL setup, REDUS enhances the efficiency of model training on resource-limited edge devices while maintaining network performance. In this paper, REDUS is evaluated on the CICIoT2023 dataset for IoT attack detection, showing a training time reduction of up to 72.6% with a minimal accuracy loss of only 1.62%, offering a scalable and practical solution for intelligent networks.