An assisting Model Predictive Controller approach to Control over the Cloud

TL;DR

This paper proposes a cloud-based Model Predictive Control strategy with computational offloading and graceful degradation, enhancing control performance of cyber-physical systems while minimizing computational load.

Contribution

It introduces a novel offloading strategy for MPC that leverages edge computing to improve control quality and reduce computational burden.

Findings

Enhanced control performance with edge computing integration

Reduced computational load on cloud servers

Effective simulation results demonstrating system improvements

Abstract

In this paper we develop a computational offloading strategy with graceful degradation for executing Model Predictive Control using the cloud. Backed up by previous work we simulate the control of a cyber-physical-system at high frequency and illustrate how the system can be improved using the edge while keeping the computational burden low.