A Robust Longitudinal Landing Controller to Datalink Time Delay

  • Lee, Sang-Hyo (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Rhee, Ihn-Seok (Control System Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education) ;
  • Kee, Chang-Don (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Koo, Hueon-Joon (Agency for Defense Delveolopment)
  • Published : 2003.10.22

Abstract

This paper deals with designing a ground-based longitudinal landing controller which is robust to datalink time delays. Time delays occur because forward velocity measurements are downlinked and the controller output commands are uplinked. An $H_{\infty}$ controller was designed by using the input/output decomposition where time delay is modeled as a first-order system with Pade approximation. Linear simulations show that the system tracks well the predefined path and is robust to the variation of time delay.

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