Periodic event-triggered dynamic output feedback control for networked control systems subject to packet dropouts

This paper proposes a co-design method of dynamic output feedback control law and periodic event-triggered control (PETC) strategy to tolerate a maximum allowable number of successive packet dropouts (MANSDs) in networked control systems (NCSs). For the purpose of striking a balance between saving limited communication resources and reducing complexity of the transmission implementation, we present the periodic event-triggering mechanism (PETM), in which the triggering conditions only needs to be monitored at each event-verifying instant. In NCSs, packets often suffer from some interference in network transmission, such as packet losses. For packet dropouts, we introduce a dropout variable and model the whole closed-loop systems as a hybrid system. Furthermore, some stability conditions for co-design are given by a novel Lyapunov function and stability theorems of hybrid systems, and the explicit designs parameters of controller and triggering conditions are presented to ensure L2 stability. Finally, two illustrated examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed design methods. •A co-design method of PETM and control law is proposed to save network resource.•The method aims at achieving desired stability properties while tolerating a MANSD.•The method provides less conservation results than the emulation-based approach.•The overall system is modeled based on the hybrid system framework.•By using a modified Young’s inequality, rigorous stability analysis is provided.