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A cyber-physical system for building automation and control based on a distributed MPC with an efficient method for communication

Karbasi, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2021

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcon.2021.04.008
  3. Publisher: Elsevier Ltd , 2021
  4. Abstract:
  5. This paper introduces a cyber-physical system for building automation and control that is developed based on a distributed model predictive control. The implemented distributed method significantly reduces computation overhead with respect to the centralized methods. However, continuous data transfer between subsystems, which are often far from each other, is required when using this method. Information transmission between subsystems is very often subject to the limitations of transmission bandwidth and/or short communication range resulting in significant communication overhead. This causes significant time latency between making measurements and applying control commands, which adversely affects the control performance. Therefore, the distributed method used in this paper implements a two-level communication architecture to reduce the communication overhead. In order to avoid collision in communication inside neighborhood using this method, the TDMA-OFDMA scheme is used for wireless communication between distributed devices. Under these assumptions, the communication overhead is calculated. Then, a novel algorithm for finding the size of neighborhoods resulting in the lowest time latency between making measurements and applying control commands is presented for a typical office building. Finally, the satisfactory performance of the proposed cyber-physical system for the temperature control of a typical office building in the presence of disturbance and model inaccuracy is illustrated using computer simulations. © 2021 European Control Association
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  7. Computer control systems ; Cost reduction ; Cyber Physical System ; Data transfer ; Embedded systems ; Intelligent buildings ; Model predictive control ; Office buildings ; Predictive control systems ; Time division multiple access ; Building automation and controls ; Communication architectures ; Communication overheads ; Computation overheads ; Distributed Model predictive Control ; Information transmission ; Transmission bandwidth ; Wireless communications ; Frequency division multiple access
  8. Source: European Journal of Control ; Volume 61 , 2021 , Pages 151-170 ; 09473580 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0947358021000510