Title
Reputation-based networked control with data-corrupting channels
Abstract
We examine the problem of reliable networked control when the communication channel between the controller and the actuator periodically drops packets and is faulty (i.e., corrupts/alters data). We first examine the use of a standard triple modular redundancy scheme (where the control input is sent via three independent channels) with majority voting to achieve mean square stability. While such a scheme is able to tolerate a single faulty channel when there are no packet drops, we show that the presence of lossy channels prevents a simple majority-voting approach from stabilizing the system. Moreover, the number of redundant channels that are required in order to maintain stability under majority voting increases with the probability of packet drops. We then propose the use of a reputation management scheme to overcome this problem, where each channel is assigned a reputation score that predicts its potential accuracy based on its past behavior. The reputation system builds on the majority voting scheme and improves the overall probability of applying correct (stabilizing) inputs to the system. Finally, we provide analytical conditions on the probabilities of packet drops and corrupted control inputs under which mean square stability can be maintained, generalizing existing results on stabilization under packet drops.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/1967701.1967743
HSCC
Keywords
Field
DocType
control input,majority voting scheme,lossy channel,square stability,independent channel,data-corrupting channel,reputation-based networked control,communication channel,reputation management scheme,packet drop,majority voting,corrupted control input,design,stability analysis,algorithms,security,reputation,communication channels,theory,reliability
Control theory,Reputation system,Control theory,Generalization,Network packet,Triple modular redundancy,Communication channel,Engineering,Majority rule,Actuator
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.47
14
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shreyas Sundaram178465.39
Jian Chang2675.81
Krishna K. Venkatasubramanian354540.67
Chinwendu Enyioha4696.44
Insup Lee54996413.64
George Pappas66632540.42