On controller & capacity allocation co-design for networked control systems

This paper presents a framework for examining joint optimal channel-capacity allocation and controller design for networked control systems using store-and-forward networks in a discrete-time linear time-invariant setting. The resultant framework provides a synthesis procedure for designing distributed linear control laws for capacity-constrained networks taking the allocation of the capacity within the network into account. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.