Control over communication networks: A personal perspective

In recent years, the research on the analysis and design of networked control systems has attracted much attention. This paper is a very personalized view on this area where the author focuses on his own personal results and problems of interest to him, especially those springing from work in his PhD thesis and the current research at Tsinghua. Among the topics discussed include three fundamental problems such as minimum data rate coding for stabilization, mean square stability of intermittent Kalman filter, and synchronization of multi-agent systems, all of which require new control paradigms and integrate ideas from control, information, and network theories. One goal of this paper is to help fan the flames of interest by introducing more researchers to this fascinating area.