Simplified Algorithm and Framework for Networked Predictive Control Systems

The packet-based control approach has proven to be a promising method to deal with the communication constraints in networked control systems. Within this framework, model predictive control is often used to design the packet-based controller due to its favored control structure. In this work we discover an implicit relationship of the feedback gains obtained using the model predictive control method between networked predictive control systems and conventional control systems. This relationship is shown to be effective in simplifying the algorithm as well as the framework of the original networked predictive control system structure, and thus is of importance in the implementation of networked predictive control systems.