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Switching-type dynamic event-triggered control of vehicle platooning system under multiple cyber attacks
Guantong Jiang1, Shuxian Lun1, Ming Li1
1College of Control Science and Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou, 121013, Liaoning, China.
ISA Transactions
|September 25, 2025
Summary
This study introduces an event-triggering mechanism for vehicle platooning to enhance security against cyber attacks in vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs). The method optimizes resource use and ensures system stability under deception and denial-of-service threats.
Area of Science:
- Control Systems Engineering
- Cybersecurity
- Network Communications
Background:
- Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) offer benefits but face cyber threats like deception and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
- Vehicle platooning control is vulnerable in open network environments.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a robust control mechanism for vehicle platooning against cyber attacks in VANETs.
- To optimize communication resource utilization under DoS attack scenarios.
Main Methods:
- Proposed a periodic switching-type dynamic event-triggering mechanism (ETM) that intelligently switches operational modes.
- Formulated a piecewise Lyapunov function to analyze system stability.
- Verified the control scheme using CarSim and MATLAB/Simulink co-simulations.
Main Results:
- The proposed ETM optimizes resource utilization, especially under DoS attacks.
- Sufficient conditions were established to guarantee exponential stability of the global tracking error system.
- Experimental results demonstrated the efficacy and advantages of the proposed method.
Conclusions:
- The developed control scheme effectively addresses cyber threats in VANET-based vehicle platooning.
- The method ensures system stability and optimizes resource usage.
- Practical viability was confirmed through realistic co-simulations.
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