A Hybrid Approach to Reliable Jamming Identification in UAV Communications Using Combined DNNs and ML Algorithms

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have gained prominence due to their remarkable accomplishments across various domains, including telecommunications and security. Their integration into decision-making processes within 5G telecommunication systems and UAV security is noteworthy. However, the iterative nature of DNN data processing can introduce uncertainties in classification decisions, impacting their reliability. This paper presents novel combined preprocessing and post-processing techniques designed to enhance the accuracy and reliability of binary classification DNNs by managing uncertainty levels. The study evaluates these methods through calibration error metrics, confidence values, and the Reliability Score (RS), which quantifies the disparity between Mean Accuracy (MA) and Mean Confidence (MC). Additionally, the effectiveness of these methods is demonstrated by applying them to simulated real-world scenarios to improve jamming detection reliability in UAV communications. The proposed algorithms' impact is compared against baseline DNNs and DNNs augmented with the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) classifier, as well as the latest research to validate our approach. This paper comprehensively overviews the experimental setup, dataset, deep network architecture, preprocessing and post-processing techniques, evaluation metrics, and results. By addressing uncertainty in XGB and DNN outputs, this study improves the trustworthiness of ML-DNN-based decision-making processes in 5G UAV security scenarios.