Attention-BiLSTM for Timely Detection and Adaptive Classification of EMI and IEMI in 5G-Railways Wireless Communications

High reliability and low latency are essential to railway wireless communications, which transmit train control and dispatch commands to ensure operational safety. However, as railway systems become increasingly electrified and more complex, the exposure to electromagnetic interference (EMI) also grows, potentially causing service disruptions and compromising safety. Intentional EMI (IEMI), which is deliberately and often maliciously generated, further increases the vulnerability of these critical communication networks. Real-time detection and classification of EMI and IEMI therefore become increasingly important. This paper presents composite models that reflect realistic railway scenarios and proposes an adaptive classification approach for EMI and IEMI using a deep learning algorithm based on bidirectional long-short-term memory (BiLSTM) networks and attention mechanisms. By employing time-series feature extraction to analyze both time and frequency information at fine resolution, the proposed method demonstrates a classification accuracy of 94.98%. Simulation results outperform existing techniques with a 3% improvement in accuracy, showcasing its adaptability across four typical railway scenarios at train speeds of up to 500 km/h. Moreover, online monitoring phase performs real-time detection in just 7.43 ms, meeting the stringent latency requirements for railway systems. Validation using real-world data further confirms the practical applicability of the proposed methods under actual operating conditions.