Coding scheme based on spherical polar coordinate for control over packet erasure channel

Like feedback strategy, coding scheme is an important part of networked control system design as well. On the basis of spherical polar coordinate, a novel coding scheme is proposed for stabilization problem of discrete linear time invariant system subject to packet erasure channel with feedback. The coding scheme uses encoder without access to control inputs. In the case that a decoder does not use control inputs, a definite relation between the quantized data and the corresponding quantization error is established, which helps to analyze the stability of system, and a selective quantization method is adopted, by which finite data rate is obtained. In the case that a decoder uses control inputs, instead of quantizing the system state at each time step as usual, the encoder quantizes the initial state all the time by updating quantizer. Sufficient conditions guaranteeing the system stable are presented for two cases, respectively, and the corresponding design methods for coding schemes are given. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Feedback scheduling of model-based networked control systems with flexible workload

In this paper, a novel control structure called feedback scheduling of model-based networked control systems is proposed to cope with a flexible network load and resource constraints. The state update time is adjusted according to the real-time network congestion situation. State observer is used under the situation where the state of the controlled plant could not be acquired. The stability criterion of the proposed structure is proved with time-varying state update time. On the basis of the stability of the novel system structure, the compromise between the control performance and the network utilization is realized by using feedback scheduler.Examples are provided to show the advantage of the proposed control structure.     

A new networked predictive control approach for systems with random network delay in the forward channel

This article is concerned with the design of a networked predictive control (NPC) scheme with random network delay in the forward channel. A new design method of NPC is proposed. Correspondingly, the necessary and sufficient conditions on the stability of the closed-loop networked control system are derived. The merit of the proposed design method lies in its decreased conservativeness, which is achieved by packing the current predictive control signal with history predictive signals. By this means, the future plant input is known. Therefore, the state predictor can be designed such that its performance and stability will not be affected by the future input of the plant, while the existing design methods of NPC cannot do so. The proposed design method is shown to be much less conservative than the existing result through several examples.     

Cooperative linear output regulation for networked systems by dynamic measurement output feedback

This paper investigates the cooperative linear output regulation problem of a class of heterogeneous networked systems with a common reference input but with different disturbances for individual nodes. A novel distributed control law is presented based on dynamic measurement output feedback. It is shown that the overall networked closed-loop control system is asymptotically stable and the output regulation errors asymptotically approach zero as time goes to infinity under a sufficient and necessary condition. Finally, a numerical example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control law.     

Feedback stabilization over wireless network using adaptive coded modulation

In this paper, we apply adaptive coded modulation (ACM) schemes to a wireless networked control system (WNCS)to improve the energy efficiency and increase the data rate over a fading channel. To capture the characteristics of varying rate,interference, and routing in wireless transmission channels, the concepts of equivalent delay (ED) and networked condition index (NCI)are introduced. Also, the analytic lower and upper bounds of EDs are obtained. Furthermore, we model the WNCS as a multicontroller switched system (MSS) under consideration of EDs and loss index in the wireless transmission. Sufficient stability condition of the closed-loop WNCS and corresponding dynamic state feedback controllers are derived in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI).Numerical results show the validity and advantage of our proposed control strategies.     

Output feedback guaranteed cost control of networked linear systems with random packet losses

This article is concerned with the output feedback guaranteed cost control problem for a class of networked control systems (NCSs) with both packet losses and network-induced delays. The packet-loss processes in the forward channel and the backward channel are modelled as two Markov chains. The dynamic output feedback controllers are considered, and the closed-loop NCS is modelled as a discrete-time Markovian system with two modes and unit time delay. By using a properly constructed Lyapunov function and the state transformation technique, a sufficient condition is derived for the closed-loop NCS to be mean-square exponentially stable and ensure a decay rate that can be tuned according to the packet loss situations in the networks. Moreover, design procedures for the guaranteed cost controllers are also presented based on the obtained stability condition and guaranteed cost performance result. Finally, an illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Optimal coding-decoding for systems controlled via a communication channel

In this article, we study the problem of controlling plants over a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) constrained communication channel. Different from previous research, this article emphasises the importance of the actual channel model and coder/decoder in the study of network performance. Our major objectives include coder/decoder design for an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel with both standard network configuration and Youla parameter network architecture. We find that the optimal coder and decoder can be realised for different network configuration. The results are useful in determining the minimum channel capacity needed in order to stabilise plants over communication channels. The coder/decoder obtained can be used to analyse the effect of uncertainty on the channel capacity. An illustrative example is provided to show the effectiveness of the results.     

Output-feedback MRAC of networked control systems with packet dropout

In this article, a technique of output-feedback model reference adaptive control for networked control systems is developed. The key issues of networked control systems such as channel bandwidth and data-packets dropout induced by the insertion of data networks in the feedback adaptive control loops are considered. The advantage of this article over earlier ones is that the combination of different aspects in networked control systems, output-feedback model reference control of systems with unknown parameters, and unknown data-packets dropout. Error models, adaptive laws, and stability analysis are derived in the case of uncertainty due to data-packets dropout. The applicability of the approach is demonstrated in a practical numerical example of a ship-steering adaptive system.     

基于模型的网络化控制系统量化反馈镇定

研究一类线性不确定网络化系统信息受限情况下的模型控制问题.在被控系统和模型系统通过带宽受限网络相连的情况下给出了有效的量化方法,使得量化值能够在量化器的容许范围之内,并给出了系统在一定条件下渐近稳定的充分条件.最后的仿真算例表明了所提出方法的可行性.     

Quantized feedback control for linear uncertain systems

This paper studies robust control problems under the setting of quantized feedback. We consider both the static and dynamic logarithmic quantizers. In the static quantization case, the quantizer has an infinite number of levels, and the design problem is to find the minimal quantization density required to achieve a given control objective. In the dynamic quantization case, the problem is to minimize the number of quantization levels to achieve a given control objective. We present a number of results for different controller‐quantizer configurations. These results are developed using the so‐called sector bound approach for quantized feedback control, which was initiated by the authors previously for systems without uncertainties. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

多回路网络化控制系统级联反馈调度

针对动态环境下的多回路网络化控制系统，本文基于反馈控制与网络调度协同设计的思想，提出一种级联反馈调度策略．以优化系统整体控制性能为目标，根据可用带宽资源的动态变化，对控制回路采样周期进行在线调节，将截止期错过率控制在期望的较低水平，并对可用带宽进行优化分配．仿真实验结果表明，相对于传统设计方法，该方法能够明显改善整体控制性能．     

具有数据包丢失的网络控制系统保性能控制

本文研究了一类具有数据包丢失的网络控制系统(NCSs)的建模和保性能控制问题.通过用两个马尔可夫链分别来描述前向通道和反馈通道的丢包过程,将闭环网络控制系统建模成具有两个模式的马尔可夫随机切换系统.基于线性矩阵不等式技术和李亚普诺夫方法得到了闭环系统随机稳定的充分条件,并给出了状态反馈保性能控制器的设计方法.最后通过数值算例验证本文结果的有效性.     

Stabilization of linear systems over networks with bounded packet loss and its use in model predictive control

This paper considers stabilization of discrete-time linear systems, where network exists for transmitting the sensor and controller information, and arbitrary bounded packet loss occurs in the sensor–controller link and the controller–actuator link. The stabilization of this system is transformed into the robust stabilization of a set of systems. The stability result for this system is specially applied on model predictive control (MPC) that explicitly considers the satisfaction of input and state constraints. Two synthesis approaches of MPC are presented, one parameterizing the infinite horizon control moves into a single state feedback law, the other into a free control move followed by the single state feedback law. Two simulation examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed techniques.     

反馈神经网络用于多输入输出动态系统建模

使用前馈神经网络对多输入输出动态系统建模有很多不足之处.反馈神经网络具有动态特性,拥有记忆环节,对多输入输出的动态模型进行建模,克服了前馈神经网络只能反应静态映射的缺点,反馈神经网络能够反应出多输入输出的动态过程,并且有非常高的稳定性,能够过滤外界干扰信号,精度高.利用反馈神经网络对电炉进行辨识,取得了良好的效果.     

具有有限连续丢包网络控制系统的最优线性估值器

本文研究了观测数据和控制输入数据传输具有有限连续丢包的线性离散随机系统的最优估计问题.利用两个满足Bernoulli分布的随机变量来分别描述从传感器到估值器和从控制器到执行器之间的数据丢包现象.通过引入两组新的变量,将原系统转化为一个带有随机参数的系统.利用射影理论,提出了线性最小方差最优线性估值器,包括滤波器、预报器和平滑器.最后研究了稳态线性估值器,并给出了稳态存在的一个充分条件.仿真例子验证了算法的有效性.     

Stability analysis and stabilization of networked linear systems with random packet losses

This paper is concerned with the stability analysis and stabilization of networked discrete-time and sampled-data linear systems with random packet losses. Asymptotic stability, mean-square stability, and stochastic stability are considered. For networked discrete-time linear systems, the packet loss period is assumed to be a finite-state Markov chain. We establish that the mean-square stability of a related discrete-time system which evolves in random time implies the mean-square stability of the system in deterministic time by using the equivalence of stability properties of Markovian jump linear systems in random time. We also establish the equivalence of asymptotic stability for the systems in deterministic discrete time and in random time. For networked sampled-data systems, a binary Markov chain is used to characterize the packet loss phenomenon of the network. In this case, the packet loss period between two transmission instants is driven by an identically independently distributed sequence assuming any positive values. Two approaches, namely the Markov jump linear system approach and randomly sampled system approach, are introduced. Based on the stability results derived, we present methods for stabilization of networked sampled-data systems in terms of matrix inequalities. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the design methods of stabilizing controllers.     

具有时延和数据包丢失的网络控制系统稳定性

针对单数据包传输情况,将同时存在网络诱导时延和数据包丢失的网络控制系统建模为具有事件约束的异步动态系统,依据Lyapunov稳定性原理,提出了同时存在网络诱导时延和数据包丢失的网络控制系统指数稳定的网络诱导时延条件和数据包丢失条件,对条件进行了实例仿真验证,仿真结果表明该条件是有效的.     

一种网络资源受限情况下的NCS 反馈调度方法

在网络控制系统中,网络负载的加重会使网络资源变得有限,从而使各个子系统的控制性能变 差．为了改善这一情况下系统的控制品质（quality of control, QoC）,本文提出了流动式死区反馈调度方法．通 过对死区节点的动态选择和对死区范围的连续分配,整个系统在网络资源有限的情况下总的控制品质得到了 提高．仿真结果表明,在网络资源紧缺时,该方法采用的流动式死区思想和死区范围连续化思想对系统QoC 的提高是有效的．     

Tradeoffs between quantization and packet loss in networked control of linear systems

In this paper, we consider to derive the coarsest memoryless quantizer which can stabilize a single-input discrete-time linear time-invariant system with stochastic packet loss in the sense of stochastic quadratic stability. We show that the upper bound of the coarseness is strictly given by the packet loss probability and the unstable poles of the plants. We furthermore deal with permissible dead-zone width around the origin of the quantizers and time-varying finite quantizers in order to realize control using finite quantization steps.     

A supervisory control policy over an acoustic communication network

This paper presents a supervisory multi-agent control policy over an acoustic communication network subject to imperfections (packet dropout and transmission delay) for localisation of an underwater flow source (e.g., source of chemical pollution, fresh water, etc.) with an unknown location at the bottom of the ocean. A two-loop control policy combined with a coding strategy for reliable communication is presented to perform the above task. A simulator is developed and used to evaluate the trade-offs between quality of communication, transmission delay and control for a fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles supervised over a noisy acoustic communication network by an autonomous surface vessel. It is illustrated that without compensation of the effects of severe random packet dropout, localisation of an unknown underwater flow source is not possible for the condition simulated just by implementing a two-loop control policy. But a two-loop control policy combined with a strategy for reliable communication locates the unknown location of flow source.