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ArticleMethodsX2025

Time-frequency analysis and autoencoder approach for network traffic anomaly detection.

Ruchira Purohit, Satish Kumar, Sameer Sayyad, Ketan Kotecha

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Article in MethodsX, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Ruchira PurohitSymbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Satish KumarSymbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Sameer SayyadSymbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Ketan KotechaSymbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detection of anomalies in network traffic is critical to mitigating cyber threats. This study integrates continuous wavelet transform (CWT), discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT), short-time Fourier transform (STFT), and autoencoders to identify anomalous network behaviour. It conducts time- frequency analysis of pre-processed network traffic data such as packet size and duration, extracting meaningful features fed into an autoencoder. Reconstruction error deviations indicate anomalies like spikes or irregular oscillations.•This hybrid approach demonstrates good scalability for the real-time implementation of cybersecurity measures. Further developments can be made in autoencoder architectures to achieve their full potential in large-scale systems.•The model is robust and scalable for real-time applications, achieving 95% detection accuracy by identifying 72 anomalies.•Obtained results indicate that the approach is feasible for deploying in practical cybersecurity applications.

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Anomaly detectionAutoencodersContinuous wavelet transformDiscrete-time Fourier transformHybrid time-frequency analysisHybrid Time-Frequency Analysis and AutoencoderNetwork trafficShort-time Fourier transform

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PMID40103774
PMCPMC11914985

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