Optimal Control for Discrete-time NCSs with Input Delay and Markovian Packet Losses: Hold-Input Case

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the linear quadratic optimal control problem for networked system simultaneously with input delay and Markovian dropout. Different from the results in the literature, we consider the hold-input strategy, which is much more computationally complicated than zero-input strategy, but much better in most cases especially in the transition phase. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability of optimal control problem over a finite horizon are given by the coupled difference Riccati-type equations. Moreover, the networked control system is mean-square stability if and only if the coupled algebraic Riccati-type equations have a particular solution. The key technique in this paper is to tackle the forward and backward difference equations, which are more difficult to be dealt with, due to the adaptability of controller and the temporal correlation caused by simultaneous input delay and Markovian jump.