Robust fault tolerant control on distributed networked control systems with quantized outputs

In this paper, we consider the robust fault tolerant control of the distributed networked control systems (DNCSs). In DNCSs, sub-systems are connected with each other through a communication network. Each sub-system has its own sensor, controller, actuator and quantizer. The output of each sub-system will be transmitted to all other sub-systems through the network. As a result, quantization errors and packet-dropouts cannot be avoided. We also consider the actuator faults situations, including outage, loss of effectiveness and impulse which is modeled by a Markov chain in this paper. A mode-based static output feedback controller is proposed to stable the DNCSs and to meet the robust H-inf performance. Finally, a simulation example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.