A Modified Disturbance-Rejection Approach in Networked Control Systems Based on Adaptive Model Predictive Control and Equivalent-Input-Disturbance

This paper presents an adaptive compensation control strategy for packet losses, time delays, and exogenous disturbances in a networked control system. The structure consists of five parts: a plant, a Luenberger observer, an equivalent-input-disturbance (EID) estimator, an adaptive model predictive controller (AMPC), and a network. The AMPC in the local main control room produces an adaptive tracking gain, which can ensure the effective tracking of the reference signal in the presence of uncertainty and time delays in the plant. The EID estimator at the local site compensates for packet losses and exogenous disturbances through an independently designed state observer and a low-pass filter. A practical application case results show the effectiveness of the presented method compared with the conventional EID approach.