Optimal H2 filtering in networked control systems with multiple packet dropout

This note studies the problem of optimal H-2 filtering in networked control systems (NCSs) with multiple packet dropout. A new formulation is employed to model the multiple packet dropout case, where the random dropout rate is transformed into a stochastic parameter in the system's representation. By generalization of the H-2-norm definition, new relations for the stochastic H-2-norm of a linear discrete-time stochastic parameter system represented in the state-space form are derived. The stochastic H-2-norm of the estimation error is used as a criterion for filter design in the NCS framework. A set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) is given to solve the corresponding filter design problem. A simulation example supports the theory.