Multi‐loop networked control system design subject to interchange attack

Abstract

AbstractThis paper deals with the design problem of multiloop networked control system (NCS) under interchange attack. This is a new type of attack where the transmitted data are swapped between different control loops which can be more destructive than other types of attacks, such as denial‐of‐service (DoS) attack. In this context, multiple sampled‐data control loops are first considered that use a shared communication network for data transmission. Then, the overall closed‐loop systems with the proposed attack are formulated in a unified stochastic delay system. The proposed framework is also applicable to DoS attack. Based on Lyapunov–Krasovskii theory and stochastic analysis techniques, some conditions in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) are derived for the control design problem. Finally, two inverted pendula are utilized for simulation to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. Also, the effects of DoS attack and interchange attack are compared.