Resilient control for wireless networked control systems under DoS attack via a hierarchical game

In this paper, the resilient control problem is investigated for a wireless networked control system (WNCS) under denial‐of‐service (DoS) attack via a hierarchical game approach. In the presence of a wireless network, a DoS attacker leads to extra packet dropout in the cyber layer of WNCS by launching interference power. A zero‐sum Markov game is exploited to model the interaction between the transmitter and the DoS attacker under dynamic network environment. Additionally, with the attack‐induced packet loss, an H_∞ minimax controller is designed in the physical layer by using a delta operator approach. Both value iteration and Q‐learning methods are used to solve the hierarchical game problem for the WNCS. The proposed method is applied to a load frequency control system to illustrate the effectiveness.     

无线网络环境下移动机器人轨迹跟踪的认知控制分析与设计

现有的网络控制系统领域中的研究通常先对网络环境的时延和丢包特性进行理想性假设, 然后设计对应 的控制算法. 然而, 由于无线网络环境具有复杂的时延和丢包特性, 这些假设在无线网络控制系统(WNCS)运行过 程中很难得到满足. 为了在不对网络环境的时延和丢包特性进行理想性假设的前提下设计控制系统, 本文受认知 控制思想的启发, 在控制系统中加入了认知控制器. 认知控制器在感知–作用循环中学习产生认知作用的策略, 调 节无线网络的媒体接入控制(MAC)层的重传次数上限和物理控制器的命令序列长度, 使控制系统可以主动地适应 所处的无线网络环境. 本文以全向轮移动机器人为被控对象, 对使用认知控制器的WNCS和使用固定配置的WNCS 的仿真结果进行比较. 仿真结果表明使用认知控制器调节MAC层的重传次数上限和物理控制器的命令序列长度, 可以提高WNCS对网络环境的时延和丢包的承受能力.     

A Switched System Approach to Robust Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with Multiple Packet Transmission

This paper considers robust stabilization of networked control systems (NCSs) with the problem of multiple packet transmission. Two parts of uncertainties are considered in this paper: norm‐bounded parameter uncertainties in the plant, and norm‐bounded parameter uncertainties in the controller. For sensor nodes and actuator nodes communicating through a limited communication channel, we are particularly interested in the case that only one packet containing part of the state information can be transmitted through a toking‐bus every time. Stability of the NCSs with multiple packet transmitted in a periodic manner is closely related to that of periodically switched systems. For NCSs with and without uncertainties in the plant and the controller, stabilizing state feedback controllers are constructed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Numerical examples are given to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Modeling and control for wireless networked control system

In this paper, the stabilization problem is considered for the class of wireless networked control systems (WNCS). An indicator is introduced in the WNCS model. The packet drop sequences in the indicator are represented as states of a Markov chain. A new discrete Markov switching system model integrating 802.11 protocol and new scheduling approach for wireless networks with control systems are constructed. The variable controller can be obtained easily by solving the linear matrix inequality (LMI) with the use of the Matlab toolbox. Both the known and unknown dropout probabilities are considered. Finally, a simulation is given to show the feasibility of the proposed method.     

Observer‐based cooperative distributed fault‐tolerant model predictive control with imperfect network communication and asynchronous measurements

Intermittent actuator and sensor faults tolerant are simultaneously considered in a distributed control system with imperfect communication network. The asynchronous measurements of different output variables in one sampling period are synchronized through a novel two‐stage model‐based projection method. Different from centralized control network, in both layer‐to‐layer and in‐layer communication, the packet delay, loss and disordering are corrected by the predicted data from model predictive control. Moreover, a completely distributed state observer is established for both system states and sensor faults problem with bounded noise uncertainties. For the intermittent actuator faults, actuator plug‐and‐play design methods based on model predictive control has been introduced, making the actuator faults estimation omitted. The distributed stability conditions are derived for the proposed fault‐tolerant controller, and the online feasibility is explained in detail. Numerical simulation is given to verify the design procedure.     

Control for wireless networked control systems based on 802.11b

In this article, the stabilisation problem is considered for a wireless networked control system. A new model is constructed by integrating the wireless network protocols in IEEE802.11 with control systems. All the possible delays and dropouts are considered in the new model for the packets to be transmitted on both the sensor-to-controller side and the controller-to-actuator side of the WNCS structure. A linear state feedback controller is designed to stabilise the model. The results are given in the form of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, simulations are performed to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Feedback control with signal transmission after‐effects

In many practical systems, the physical plant, controller, sensor, and actuator are difficult to be located at the same place, and thus signals are required to be transmitted from one place to another. One immediate problem arising from such situations is that signals may exhibit after‐effect phenomena during their transmission. In this paper, we present a new model to characterize the state‐feedback control systems with signal transmission after‐effects, which deals with the transmission after‐effects from sensor to controller and from controller to actuator separately. Analysis and synthesis results based on this new model are established by using a Lyapunov–Krasovskii approach. Numerical simulations are provided to illustrate the usefulness of the theoretical results. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Quantized H ∞ fault-tolerant control for networked control systems

Quantized H_∞ fault-tolerant control for networked control systems (NCSs) with partial actuator fault with respect to actuators is concerned in this paper. Considering transmission delay, packet dropout and quantization, a synthesis model with partial actuator fault is established. The piecewise constant controller is adopted to model NCS with the transmission delay and packet dropout. Due to data transmitted in practical NCSs should be quantized before they are sent to the next network node, the logarithmic static and time-invariant quantizers at the sensor and controller sides are proposed in the paper. For the established model, an appropriate type of Lyapunov functions is provided to investigate the delay-dependent H_∞ control problem. According to an optimal problem, the controller that makes the system achieve the best performance is designed. Finally, an illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

长链型无线传感器网络QoS路由优化的研究*

针对输电线路监测系统对无线传感器网络实时性和可靠性要求较高的特点,在抽象出的长链型传感器网络QoS路由模型中把网络带宽、时延、跳数、收包率作为链路约束,寻求网络中的最优数据传输路径。考虑到基本蚁群算法存在收敛速度慢、易陷入局部最优等缺陷,提出一种用自适应蚁群算法求解最优路径的方法。仿真结果表明,改进的算法通过自适应地调整信息素挥发因子,能够快速地找到满足约束的最优路径,网络规模越大其优势越明显,保证了用于输电线路监测的无线传感器网络数据传输的服务质量。     

Model predictive control for networked control systems

This paper investigates the problem of model predictive control for a class of networked control systems. Both sensor‐to‐controller and controller‐to‐actuator delays are considered and described by Markovian chains. The resulting closed‐loop systems are written as jump linear systems with two modes. The control scheme is characterized as a constrained delay‐dependent optimization problem of the worst‐case quadratic cost over an infinite horizon at each sampling instant. A linear matrix inequality approach for the controller synthesis is developed. It is shown that the proposed state feedback model predictive controller guarantees the stochastic stability of the closed‐loop system. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Navigation in Coordinate-Free and Localization-Free Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks

We present a set of algorithms for the navigation of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) towards a set of pre-identified target nodes in coordinate-free and localization-free wireless sensor and actuator networks. The UGVs are equipped with a set of wireless listeners that provide sensing information about the potential field generated by the network of actuators. Two main navigation scenarios are considered: single-UGV, single-destination navigation and multi-UGV, multi-destination navigation. For the single-UGV, single-destination case, we present both centralized and distributed navigation algorithms. Both algorithms share a similar two-phase concept. In the first phase, the system assigns level numbers to individual nodes based on their hop distance from the target nodes. In the second phase, the UGV uses the potential field created by the network of actuators to move towards the target nodes, requiring cooperation between triplets of actuator nodes and the UGV. The hop distance to the target nodes is used to control the main moving direction while the potential field, which can be measured by listeners on the UGV, is used to determine the UGV’s movement. For the multi-UGV, multi-destination case, we present a decentralized allocation algorithm such that multiple UGVs avoid converging to the same destination. After each UGV determines its destination, the proposed navigation scheme is applied. The presented algorithms do not attempt to localize UGVs or sensor nodes and are therefore suitable for operating in GPS-free/denied environments. We also present a study of the communication complexity of the algorithms as well as simulation examples that verify the proposed algorithms and compare their performances.     

Remote control of LTI systems over networks with state quantization

We consider a remote control system, where the plant and the controller are connected by a network cable, and study the problem of designing quantizers for its stabilization. It is assumed that the computation available on the plant side in the sensor/actuator is limited and also that broadcast of messages is allowed over the channel.     

An optimal control method for applications using wireless sensor/actuator networks

The wireless sensor/actuator networks (WSANs) can be used for spatially distributed control systems. With smart sensors and actuators, the WSANs are able to not only sense the control system states and report measurements, but also perform control and actuation. This paper investigates WSANs on their ability of control. A centralized controller is introduced into WSANs to make up closed-loop control systems, in which control decisions are made based on global network-wide information. A model of the control and communication over WSANs is made theoretically, based on which we achieved an optimal control method. It is demonstrated by simulations that the control method proposed could stabilize the control system quickly.     

Configuration selection for reconfigurable control of piecewise affine systems

In this paper, the problem of configuration selection, i.e. sensor/actuator placement for piecewise affine (PWA) systems subject to both sensor and actuator faults is considered. A method is proposed that provides a tool for the design phase to decide about the optimal placement of sensor/actuators where the reconfigurability of the system subject to sensor and actuator faults is also taken into account. Using a lattice of possible configurations (sensor/actuator placements), the reconfigurability of the system subject to faults for each configuration is evaluated and based on that one can draw conclusions about the reconfigurability of the system and the optimal configuration in the architecture design phase. A reconfigurable control must ensure stability of the reconfigured system and, if possible, a graceful degradation in the performance. Therefore, in the proposed reconfigurability analysis, we consider both stabilisability and performance of the system. The efficiency of the proposed method is demonstrated in several numerical examples.     

基于广义预测控制算法(GPC)的网络闭环控制系统研究

网络控制系统中普遍存在的传输延时严重影响了系统的控制性能。针对这个问题,本文介绍了一个控制器由事件驱动、传感器和执行器由时间驱动的分布式系统模型。控制器采用了GPC控制算法,执行器节点设置控制增量缓冲区,以此来保证在网络存在随机时延情况下输出的控制量均为最优或者次最优,系统仍有良好的控制性能。     

Aero‐Engine DCS Fault‐Tolerant Control with Markov Time Delay Based On Augmented Adaptive Sliding Mode Observer

With a focus on aero‐engine distributed control systems (DCSs) with Markov time delay, unknown input disturbance, and sensor and actuator simultaneous faults, a combined fault tolerant algorithm based on the adaptive sliding mode observer is studied. First, an uncertain augmented model of distributed control system is established under the condition of simultaneous sensor and actuator faults, which also considers the influence of the output disturbances. Second, an augmented adaptive sliding mode observer is designed and the linear matrix inequality (LMI) form stability condition of the combined closed‐loop system is deduced. Third, a robust sliding mode fault tolerant controller is designed based on fault estimation of the sliding mode observer, where the theory of predictive control is adopted to suppress the influence of random time delay on system stability. Simulation results indicate that the proposed sliding mode fault tolerant controller can be very effective despite the existence of faults and output disturbances, and is suitable for the simultaneous sensor and actuator faults condition.     

Sampled‐data H∞ control for networked systems with random packet dropouts

This paper is concerned with the H_∞ control problem for networked control systems (NCSs) with random packet dropouts. The NCS is modeled as a sampled‐data system which involves a continuous plant, a digital controller, an event‐driven holder and network channels. In this model, two types of packet dropouts in the sensor‐to‐controller (S/C) side and controller‐to‐actuator (C/A) side are both considered, and are described by two mutually independent stochastic variables satisfying the Bernoulli binary distribution. By applying an input/output delay approach, the sampled‐data NCS is transformed into a continuous time‐delay system with stochastic parameters. An observer‐based control scheme is designed such that the closed‐loop NCS is stochastically exponentially mean‐square stable and the prescribed H_∞ disturbance attenuation level is also achieved. The controller design problem is transformed into a feasibility problem for a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Reliable H∞ Control for a Class of Nonlinear Networked Control Systems with Random Delays

In this paper, the problem of reliable H_∞ controller design is studied for a class of nonlinear networked control systems. A novel model is presented, which contains random transmission delays, faults of the sensor and actuator. The sensor‐to‐controller and controller‐to‐actuator transmission delays with upper bounds are considered, simultaneously. The working conditions of the sensor and actuator are formulated as two independent Markov chains, which take matrix values in finite sets, respectively. The resulting closed‐loop system is converted into a Markov switching system. On the basis of the cone complementary linearization algorithm, a mode‐dependent reliable controller is constructed such that the closed‐loop system is stochastically stable and attains the prescribed H_∞ disturbance attenuation level. Finally, a numerical example is given to show the effectiveness of the developed technique.     

基于传感器网络通信环境的节点覆盖控制分析与研究

组织在传感器网络簇域中的传感器节点可以通过单跳或多跳的通信模式传送数据到相关的簇首。从传感器网络敏感的能耗问题出发,研究了不同类型的通信模式下传感器节点的能耗,并且通过建立数据聚合模型进行分析、推导和仿真,确定了最佳簇首节点数量,证明了决策最佳簇首节点数量方法满足传感器网络覆盖控制的可行性。     

Fault tolerant control using virtual actuator for continuous‐time Lipschitz nonlinear systems

In this brief, we extend the existing results on fault tolerant control via virtual actuator approach to a class of systems with Lipschitz nonlinearities to maintain the closed‐loop stability after actuator faults. This generalization is established by relying on the input‐to‐state stability properties of cascaded systems. The virtual actuator block, placed between faulty plant and nominal controller, generates useful input signals for faulty plant by using output signals of the nominal controller to guarantee the closed‐loop stability in the presence of actuator faults. This design problem is reduced to a matrix inequality that can be turned to an LMI by fixing a variable to a constant value and solving the resulting LMI feasibility problem. The proposed fault tolerant control method is successfully evaluated using a nonlinear system. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.