Optimal tracking performance of MIMO discrete-time systems with communication constraints

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1429-1439
Journal / PublicationInternational Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
Volume22
Issue number13
Publication statusPublished - 10 Sept 2012

Abstract

The optimal tracking problem for multiple-input multiple-output linear-time-invariant discrete-time systems with communication constraints in the feedback path is studied in this paper. The tracking performance is measured by the energy of the error signal between the output of the plant and the reference signal. The objective is to obtain an optimal tracking performance, attainable by all possible stabilizing compensators. It is shown that the optimal tracking performance consists of two parts, one depends on the nonminimum phase zeros and zero direction of the given plant, as well as the reference input signal direction, and the other depends on the nonminimum phase zeros, unstable poles, and pole direction of the given plant, as well as the bandwidth and additive white Gaussian noise of the communication channel. It is also shown that, if the constraint of the communication channel does not exist, the optimal tracking performance reduces to the existing tracking performance of the control system without communication constraints. A typical example is given to illustrate the theoretical results. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • communication channel, nonminimum phase zeros, optimal tracking, unstable poles