Synchronization Control for Network Systems With Communication Constraints
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Abstract:
A novel control strategy for synchronization control for network systems with communication constraints is presented in this paper. The dynamics of nodes in the network are nonidentical. The communication topology of network is weakly connected with communication constraints. The designed distributed controller for each node has two parts: reference generator (RG) and regulator. All RGs adopt the communication channels to exchange local information and track the target trajectory. Meanwhile, regulator can ensure that nonidentical node achieves synchronization with its RG. In order to reduce the communication frequency between node and its regulator, a sampled-date control strategy is utilized. The upper bound of the aperiodic sampling instants is calculated through the small-gain theorem, where the closed-loop system is equivalently formulated as the feedback interconnection of a linear time-invariant system and an integral sampled-data operator. Finally, some simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the controller design strategy.
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