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Output Tracking and Regulation of Networked Control Systems Under Finite Bandwidth Constraints and Its Applications
Abstract
Studying the performance limitations of communication constrained networked control systems (NCSs) is of utmost significance and poses a considerable challenge from an academic standpoint. This article investigates the tracking performance limitations (TPL) and regulation performance limitations (RPL) of a NCS with communication constraints in the network channel, such as network-induced delay, packet loss, additive non-zero mean (ANZM) noise, finite bandwidth, and encoding-decoding constraints. Explicit expressions for the TPL and RPL of NCS are derived using Youla parameterization method-based two-degree-of-freedom (TDOF) control techniques, various decomposition techniques, and related statistical theory. The results show that in addition to the essential characteristics of the plant such as non-minimum phase (NMP) zeros and unstable (US) poles, communication constraints will also deteriorate the control performance of the system. Finally, we apply the theoretical results to inverted pendulum system and two input and two output plant through numerical simulation, and the correctness of the results is verified.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Jiang, X., Li, J., Li, B., Wang, Y.-W., & Huang, T.
- Affiliations
- China University of Geosciences (CN)
- Anhui University of Finance and Economics (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Texas A&M University at Qatar (QA)
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
- Published
- 2024-09
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 6490-6497
- ISSN
- 0018-9286 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-2523
- 2334-3303
- OpenAlex
- W4394744020
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 1
- FWCI
- 3.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (62073302, 62173130, 62233006)
- Distinguished Young Scholars of Anhui Province Universities (2023AH020011)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Advanced Control Systems Design
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
- Keywords
- networked control systems, output tracking, regulation, performance bounds, network-induced delay, packet loss, Youla parameterization, two-degree-of-freedom control, non-minimum phase zeros, unstable poles, inverted pendulum
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