Design and analysis of networked non‐linear predictive control systems

This study is concerned with the control problem of networked non‐linear systems with communication delay and data dropout. A networked non‐linear predictive control scheme is proposed to compensate for communication delay and data dropout actively rather than passively. The stability analysis shows that the stability problem of the closed‐loop networked non‐linear predictive control system is converted to the one of a conventional non‐linear control system without network. The simulations illustrate that the proposed scheme can compensate for communication delay and data dropout, and achieve the same control performance of the local closed‐loop control system without network.