Resilient Observer-Based H∞ Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Networked Control Systems

This paper considers the resilient H
_∞
dynamic control of nonlinear uncertain systems over a network assuming random communication packet dropouts, a subject which is seldom considered in the current literature for such uncertain systems. The uncertainties in the system and the controller are real, time-varying and norm bounded. Bernoulli distribution with white sequence is used to model the random packet losses with assumed conditions on the probability distribution. The resilient controller designed is an observer-based dynamic. The resulted closed-loop system is exponentially mean square stable and the H
_∞
performance is less than a prescribed level γ for all admissible uncertainties. New sufficient conditions for the existence of such a controller are presented and proved based on the linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) approach. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate and show the effectiveness of the developed theory.