Stochastic stability constrained model predictive control for trajectory tracking of autonomous surface vehicle under unreliable channels
摘要
This paper investigates the trajectory tracking for autonomous surface vehicles controlled over unreliable satellite channels. To address the adaptability limitations of fixed communication parameters, a communication-control co-design model predictive control framework is proposed. The framework jointly optimizes the control sequence and communication parameters by minimizing a unified cost function to balance control performance and communication energy. Moreover, a sufficient condition for stochastic stability is derived, which provides an explicit state-dependent upper bound on the packet error rate. This dynamic bound is integrated into the optimization as a constraint to ensure robustness against bounded disturbances. Additionally, to reduce the computational load of online stability assessment, an event-triggered mechanism is used. Comparative simulations demonstrate that the proposed method reduces communication energy consumption by up to 48.3% compared to fixed-parameter approaches, and it reduces the cumulative tracking error by up to 13.6% compared to standard NMPC under equivalent energy constraints.