Switched model predictive control for networked control systems with time delays and packet disordering

Abstract The switched model predictive control (MPC) strategy is investigated in this paper for a class of networked control systems (NCSs) with time delays and packet disordering. A new model is proposed to describe the NCS with packet disordering. State feedback controllers are considered and the resulting closed-loop NCS is modeled as a discrete-time switched system. By using the average dwell-time approach and switching between different cost functions, sufficient conditions for exponential stability of the NCS and design procedures for the stabilizing controllers are presented. Finally, an illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.