We present a solution to deal with information package dropouts in
distributed controllers for large-scale networks. We do this by leveraging the
System Level Synthesis approach, a control framework particularly suitable for
large-scale networks that addresses information exchange in a very transparent
manner. To this end, we propose two different schemes for controller synthesis
and implementation. The first one synthesizes a controller inherently robust to
dropouts, which is later implemented in an offline fashion. For the second
approach, we synthesize a collection of controllers offline and then switch
between different controllers online depending on the current dropouts detected
in the system. The two approaches are illustrated and compared by means of a
simulation example.Comment: Accepted contribution to the 21st World Congress of the International
Federation of Automatic Control, 202
