Control of autonomous platoon under networked communication effect

For the autonomous platoon control via wireless communication network,we develop a novel hybrid model by fully considering the induced constraints from the communication networks,such as time-delay,quantization and packet-dropout. This scheme greatly improves the existing models for autonomous platoon control.On the basis of this model, we can design a guaranteed-cost control for the autonomous platoon under the induced constraints from communication networks.An H-infinity controller is further designed to reduce the effect from the leading vehicle.Simulation results show that the proposed method provides the platoon a smooth operation,while greatly improves the efficiency of platoon control.