A switching system approach to actuator assignment with limited channels

The problem of integrated design of controller and communication sequences is addressed for networked control systems with simultaneous consideration of medium access limitations and network‐induced delays, packet dropouts and measurement quantization. By exploiting a Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and by making use of novel techniques for switching delay systems, it is shown that linear time invariant systems can be stabilized with delay‐dependent state feedback controllers and communication sequences satisfying appropriate delay‐dependent conditions in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Illustrative examples are provided to show the usefulness and advantage of the developed results. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.