Adaptive decentralized AI scheme for signal recognition of distributed sensor systems

Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a critical role in signal recognition of distributed sensor systems (DSS), boosting its applications in multiple monitoring fields. Due to the domain differences between massive sensors in signal acquisition conditions, such as manufacturing process, deployment, and environments, current AI schemes for signal recognition of DSS frequently encounter poor generalization performance. In this paper, an adaptive decentralized artificial intelligence (ADAI) method for signal recognition of DSS is proposed, to improve the entire generalization performance. By fine-tuning pre-trained model with the unlabeled data in each domain, the ADAI scheme can train a series of adaptive AI models for all target domains, significantly reducing the false alarm rate (FAR) and missing alarm rate (MAR) induced by domain differences. The field tests about intrusion signal recognition with distributed optical fiber sensors system demonstrate the efficacy of the ADAI scheme, showcasing a FAR of merely 4.3% and 0%, along with a MAR of only 1.4% and 2.7% within two specific target domains. The ADAI scheme is expected to offer a practical paradigm for signal recognition of DSS in multiple application fields.