Resilient control design for networked DC microgrids under time-constrained DoS attacks

Abstract

This paper studies the resilient current controller design for the networked DC microgrid system with multiple constant power loads (CPLs) under a new type of time-constrained denial-of-service (DoS) attack. Different from the existing DoS attack models, which are often characterized by DoS frequency and DoS duration, this paper only considers the duration characteristics of the sporadic/aperiodic DoS attacks, and proposes a new type of time-constrained DoS attack model. Under the effects of such DoS attacks, a switching state feedback control law is constructed and a switching-like DC microgrid system model is then established. Furthermore, based on an attack-parameter-dependent time-varying Lyapunov function (TVLF) method, the exponential stability criterion of the resulting DC microgrid system under aperiodic DoS attacks is derived, and a new resilient controller design method is proposed. Finally, simulation studies are given to verify the effectiveness and merits of the proposed resilient control design scheme on achieving the desired control performance and attack resilience.

Keywords: Constant power loads; DC microgrid; Denial-of-service attack; Lyapunov function.