Reducing communication and actuation in distributed control systems

Abstract-This paper addresses the problem of reducing the number of transmissions and control updates in a distributed control network of interconnected linear systems. Each node in the network decides when to transmit its state through the network and when to update the control law. Both decisions are event-driven and based on local information. It is shown that the stability of the system is preserved and the state of the system converges to a small region around the origin, whose size depends on the parameters of the transmission and control update trigger functions. A strictly positive lower bound for the inter-event times is derived. The results are illustrated through simulations showing the effectiveness of the proposed approach

Event-based control for networked systems: From centralized to distributed approaches

[ES] Los sistemas de control en red (SCR) son aquellos en los que los diferentes elementos de un lazo de control (sensores, actuadores y controladores) se encuentran espacialmente distribuidos y la transmisión entre ellos tiene lugar a travón de informaciés de un canal de comunicación o red. La reducción de la cantidad de información transmitida juega un papel importante en el desempeño de estos sitemas, y reglas de comunicación no convencionales como el control basado en eventos, se han demostrado efectivas. En este artículo se revisan algunas de estas estrategias, centrándose en primer lugar en los SCR centralizados, para posteriormente estudiar esquemas de control distribuido, aplicados a sistemas de gran escala. Finalmente, algunos de los resultados teóricos se aplican al control de formaciones en un sistema de experimentación real.[EN] Networked control systems (NCSs) are spatially distributed systems in which sensors, actuators and controllers exchange information through a communication channel or network. The reduction in the amount of transmitted information has a relevant impact over the system’s performance. In this regard, non-conventional communication rules, such as the event-based control, have been demonstrated to be effective. In this paper, some of these strategies are reviewed. We first focus on centralized NCSs, and then the distributed control for large-scale systems is studied. 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