Extremum Seeking Control for Antenna Pointing via Symmetric Product Approximation

TL;DR

This paper develops an extremum seeking control method for a torque-controlled antenna that maximizes received signal strength without direct angular measurements, using symmetric product approximation for autonomous orientation adjustment.

Contribution

It introduces a novel extremum seeking control strategy for antenna pointing that does not require direct angle measurements, leveraging symmetric product approximation.

Findings

Proves local practical uniform asymptotic stability of the control system.

Enables autonomous antenna orientation to maximize signal strength.

Provides a theoretical foundation for extremum seeking in antenna control without direct angle sensors.

Abstract

This paper investigates extremum seeking control for a torque-controlled antenna pointing system without direct angular measurements. We consider a two-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) antenna system that receives an unknown signal from its environment, where the signal strength varies with the antenna orientation. It is assumed that only real-time measurements of the signal are available. We develop an extremum seeking control strategy that enables the antenna to autonomously adjust its direction to maximize the received signal strength based on the symmetric product approximation. Under suitable assumptions on the signal function, we prove local practical uniform asymptotic stability for the closed-loop system.