A Deep Learning Approach for Identifying Intentional AIS Signal Tampering in Maritime Trajectories

In the field of maritime safety research, ship behavior analysis is usually based on data provided by automatic identification systems (AISs). Prevailing studies predominantly focus on detecting the behaviors of vessels that may affect maritime safety, especially the abnormal disappearance of ship A...

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Main Authors: Xiangdong Lv, Ruhao Jiang, Chao Chang, Nina Shu, Tao Wu
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/4/660
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description In the field of maritime safety research, ship behavior analysis is usually based on data provided by automatic identification systems (AISs). Prevailing studies predominantly focus on detecting the behaviors of vessels that may affect maritime safety, especially the abnormal disappearance of ship AIS signals, neglecting subsequent measures to trace these illegal ships. To fill this gap, we propose a deep learning model named multi-dimensional convolutional long short-term memory (MConLSTM) to tackle the challenge of recognizing ship trajectories in cases where AIS signals are intentionally altered. By employing a self-supervised approach, the model is trained using historical real-world data. Extensive experiments show that MConLSTM exhibits superior analytical capabilities when it comes to processing and analyzing AIS data. Notably, even in scenarios with scant training data, the model exhibits exceptional performance, with an average accuracy 22.74% higher than the general model. Finally, we validated the practical significance and feasibility of the proposed method by simulating real-world scenarios.
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spelling doaj-art-3f792d5fde4347e5b5c0f16137b3cc7f2025-08-20T02:18:14ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122025-03-0113466010.3390/jmse13040660A Deep Learning Approach for Identifying Intentional AIS Signal Tampering in Maritime TrajectoriesXiangdong Lv0Ruhao Jiang1Chao Chang2Nina Shu3Tao Wu4College of Electronic Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230031, ChinaCollege of Electronic Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230031, ChinaCollege of Electronic Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230031, ChinaCollege of Electronic Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230031, ChinaCollege of Electronic Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230031, ChinaIn the field of maritime safety research, ship behavior analysis is usually based on data provided by automatic identification systems (AISs). Prevailing studies predominantly focus on detecting the behaviors of vessels that may affect maritime safety, especially the abnormal disappearance of ship AIS signals, neglecting subsequent measures to trace these illegal ships. To fill this gap, we propose a deep learning model named multi-dimensional convolutional long short-term memory (MConLSTM) to tackle the challenge of recognizing ship trajectories in cases where AIS signals are intentionally altered. By employing a self-supervised approach, the model is trained using historical real-world data. Extensive experiments show that MConLSTM exhibits superior analytical capabilities when it comes to processing and analyzing AIS data. Notably, even in scenarios with scant training data, the model exhibits exceptional performance, with an average accuracy 22.74% higher than the general model. Finally, we validated the practical significance and feasibility of the proposed method by simulating real-world scenarios.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/4/660feature extractiondeep learningself-supervised learningautomatic identification systemmaritime supervision
spellingShingle Xiangdong Lv
Ruhao Jiang
Chao Chang
Nina Shu
Tao Wu
A Deep Learning Approach for Identifying Intentional AIS Signal Tampering in Maritime Trajectories
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
feature extraction
deep learning
self-supervised learning
automatic identification system
maritime supervision
title A Deep Learning Approach for Identifying Intentional AIS Signal Tampering in Maritime Trajectories
title_full A Deep Learning Approach for Identifying Intentional AIS Signal Tampering in Maritime Trajectories
title_fullStr A Deep Learning Approach for Identifying Intentional AIS Signal Tampering in Maritime Trajectories
title_full_unstemmed A Deep Learning Approach for Identifying Intentional AIS Signal Tampering in Maritime Trajectories
title_short A Deep Learning Approach for Identifying Intentional AIS Signal Tampering in Maritime Trajectories
title_sort deep learning approach for identifying intentional ais signal tampering in maritime trajectories
topic feature extraction
deep learning
self-supervised learning
automatic identification system
maritime supervision
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/4/660
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