Temperature-Compensated Component State Monitoring for DoS Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing control devices and networks face instability due to unrecognized vulnerabilities, leading to potential DOS attacks that disrupt operation by imposing excessive resource loads, with existing security measures being insufficient over time.

Innovation Solution

A control device and method that measure and record the physical states of electronic components, correct model waveforms based on temperature, and detect unauthorized access by calculating the sum of differences between measured and corrected states to determine if they exceed a threshold, thereby identifying and mitigating excessive resource loads.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If security measures are applied at the time of introduction, then initial security protection is provided, but security becomes insufficient as time passes and new vulnerabilities emerge

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity protectionVSAvoidsecurity adaptability to new threats
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by establishing baseline resource consumption profiles during normal operation before attacks occur. These baselines are recorded and stored for future comparison, enabling the system to detect anomalies when resource consumption deviates from expected patterns, thus preparing the system in advance for unknown threats

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback by constantly monitoring resource consumption and comparing it against established baselines. When deviations are detected, the system provides feedback that triggers security responses, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to new threats through ongoing observation and adjustment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If resource monitoring is performed continuously to detect DOS attacks, then detection capability is improved, but system complexity and computational load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveunauthorized access detectionVSAvoidmonitoring system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates simplified copies of normal resource consumption patterns as baseline profiles. Instead of analyzing complex real-time data streams, the system compares current consumption against these pre-established baseline copies, significantly reducing computational complexity while maintaining detection accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms complex resource consumption data into simplified parameters by establishing baseline profiles during normal operation. This parameter transformation converts multifaceted resource usage patterns into comparable baseline metrics, making anomaly detection computationally efficient

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If temperature-based corrections are applied to resource consumption data, then detection accuracy is improved, but processing time and computational overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource consumption measurement accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary temperature compensation by establishing baseline resource consumption profiles that already account for temperature effects during normal operation. This preliminary action eliminates the need for complex real-time temperature corrections, reducing processing time while maintaining accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables easy detection and prevention of unauthorized access that disrupts control device or network operations, preventing erroneous determinations due to temperature changes and ensuring stable operation.

Implementation Method 1

a measurement unit configured to measure a physical state of at least one electronic component in measurement cycles and measures temperature of a representative part set in advance

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTemperature measurement and thermal correction:

Data Source

PatentUS20240348614A1Control device and control method
Publication Date: 2024.10.17 FANUC LTD
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AI summary

A control device comprises: a measurement unit that measures the physical state of at least one electronic component to measure the temperature of a representative part thereof; a recording unit that records a model wave of the physical state of the electronic component, and the temperature of the representative part at the time of recording the model wave as a reference temperature; a correction unit that corrects the model wave based on the temperature of the representative part and the reference temperature; and a detection unit that adds up, at regular intervals, an absolute value of a difference between the measured physical state of the electronic component and the physical state of the corrected model wave, and determines whether or not the added value exceeds a threshold value for determining an unauthorized access that imposes excessive loads on resources to disturb operation of the control device or network.