Bandwidth reduction methods for packetized MPC over lossy networks

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mingoia, Alberto, Pezzutto, Matthias, Barbosa, Fernando S, Umsonst, David
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866915927423975424
author Mingoia, Alberto
Pezzutto, Matthias
Barbosa, Fernando S
Umsonst, David
author_facet Mingoia, Alberto
Pezzutto, Matthias
Barbosa, Fernando S
Umsonst, David
contents We study the design of an offloaded model predictive control (MPC) operating over a lossy communication channel. We introduce a controller design that utilizes two complementary bandwidth-reduction methods. The first method is a multi-horizon MPC formulation that decreases the number of optimization variables, and therefore the size of transmitted input trajectories. The second method is a communication-rate reduction mechanism that lowers the frequency of packet transmissions. We derive theoretical guarantees on recursive feasibility and constraint satisfaction under minimal assumptions on packet loss, and we establish reference-tracking performance for the rate-reduction strategy. The proposed methods are validated using a hardware-in-the-loop setup with a real 5G network, demonstrating simultaneous improvements in bandwidth efficiency and computational load.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2604_08270
institution arXiv
publishDate 2026
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Bandwidth reduction methods for packetized MPC over lossy networks
Mingoia, Alberto
Pezzutto, Matthias
Barbosa, Fernando S
Umsonst, David
Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
We study the design of an offloaded model predictive control (MPC) operating over a lossy communication channel. We introduce a controller design that utilizes two complementary bandwidth-reduction methods. The first method is a multi-horizon MPC formulation that decreases the number of optimization variables, and therefore the size of transmitted input trajectories. The second method is a communication-rate reduction mechanism that lowers the frequency of packet transmissions. We derive theoretical guarantees on recursive feasibility and constraint satisfaction under minimal assumptions on packet loss, and we establish reference-tracking performance for the rate-reduction strategy. The proposed methods are validated using a hardware-in-the-loop setup with a real 5G network, demonstrating simultaneous improvements in bandwidth efficiency and computational load.
title Bandwidth reduction methods for packetized MPC over lossy networks
topic Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08270