Robustness of networked control systems with multiple actuator-links and bounded packet dropouts

This paper presents an MPC based controller and network protocol co-design strategy for networked control systems with multiple controller-actuator links. These links are closed via unreliable data-like network which allows access to only one actuator node at each time instant. The concept of nonlinear gains is used to show that in the case of uniform boundedness of the number of consecutive packet dropouts, nonlinear gain ℓ₂ stability can be ensured via appropriate choice of design parameters. Numerical simulations illustrate the potential of the proposed strategy.