International Journal of Engineering Continuity
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): IJEC

AOS-ELM-Based Intrusion Detection for ESPHome IoT Networks: An Edge Computing Performance Evaluation

Rahman Bayu Pratama (Mercu Buana University)
Mudrik Alaydrus (Mercu Buana University)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Sep 2026

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks but often lack resources for conventional intrusion detection. This study develops an Adaptive Online Sequential Extreme Learning Machine (AOS-ELM) intrusion detection system for monitoring ESPHome–Home Assistant Native API traffic on edge devices. Its novelty lies in combining fixed five-second flow-level feature extraction, sequential AOS-ELM updates with bounded forgetting-factor adaptation, and live evaluation on Raspberry Pi 5 and LattePanda v1. Real-time operation was verified by capturing mirrored traffic, processing completed flow windows, producing NORMAL or ATTACK decisions, and recording per-flow inference time and memory usage during normal and attack conditions. On Raspberry Pi 5, the system achieved 98.34% accuracy, 99.55% precision, 97.21% recall, and 98.36% F1-score, with average inference latency of 121.88 ms per flow. LattePanda v1 achieved 81.54% accuracy, 59.81% precision, 100% recall, and 74.85% F1-score. The lightweight claim is supported by successful execution on both edge devices, bounded inference latency, and moderate IDS-process RAM growth under attack conditions. Results indicate that the proposed framework can update sequentially and respond to tested traffic variations without full retraining, supporting its use as a lightweight adaptive IDS for edge-based IoT infrastructure.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijec

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Subject

Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Computer Science & IT Electrical & Electronics Engineering Engineering Materials Science & Nanotechnology Mechanical Engineering

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The International Journal of Engineering Continuity is peer-reviewed, open access, and published twice a year online with coverage covering engineering and technology. It aims to promote novelty and contribution followed by the theory and practice of technology and engineering. The expansion of ...