Detection-estimation strategies for delayed systems with unavailable packet sequence

Abstract

In this paper, we study the problem of remote state estimation on networks with random delays and unavailable packet sequence due to malicious attacks. Two maximum a posteriori (MAP) schemes are proposed to detect the unavailable packet sequence. The first MAP strategy detects the packet sequence using data within a finite time horizon; the second MAP strategy detects the packet sequence by a recursive structure, which effectively reduces the computation time. With the detected packet sequence, we further design a linear minimum mean-squared error (LMMSE) estimation algorithm based on smoothing techniques, rather than using the classic prediction and update structure. A wealth of information contained in the combined measurements is utilized to improve the estimation performance. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms is demonstrated by simulation experiments.