Cyber-Physical Control over Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks with Packet Loss

Details Cyber-Physical Control over Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks with Packet Loss Cyber-Physical Control over Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks with Packet Loss

2010-11-13

arxiv.org/abs/1011.3115v1

Computer Science

Networking and Internet Architecture

in Book: Wireless Networking Based Control, edited by Sudip K. Mazumder, Springer, Dec 2010

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There is a growing interest in design and implementation of cyber-physical control systems over wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSANs). Thanks to the use of wireless communications and distributed architectures, these systems encompass many advantages as compared to traditional networked control systems using hard wirelines. While WSANs are enabling a new generation of control systems, they also introduce considerable challenges for quality-of-service (QoS) provisioning. In this chapter we examine some of the major QoS challenges raised by WSANs, including resource constraints, platform heterogeneity, dynamic network topology, and mixed traffic. These challenges make it difficult to fulfill the requirements of cyber-physical control in terms of reliability and real-time. The focus of this chapter is on addressing the problem of network reliability. Specifically, we analyze the behavior of wireless channels via simulations based on a realistic link-layer model. Packet loss rate (PLR) is taken as a major metric for the analysis. The results confirm the unreliability of wireless communications and the uncertainty of packet loss over WSANs. To tackle packet loss, we present a simple solution that can take advantage of existing prediction algorithms. Simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of several classical prediction algorithms used for packet loss compensation. The results give some insights into how to deal with packet loss in cyber-physical control systems over unreliable WSANs.

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