Resilient Network-level Design of Leader-follower Multi-agent Systems Against DoS Attacks

Abstract

This paper considers the cooperative synchronization problem for multi-agent systems with a directed communication graph under potential DoS (Denial-of-Service) attacks, which destruct communications and measurement channels of the agents. The resilient control method consisting of a virtual system with hidden network is proposed to maintain the stability and convergence of the cooperative systems in the presence of the attacks. In contrast to previous related works against the DoS attack, the proposed approach can ensure the synchronization of multi-agent systems with unknown attack frequency and duration.