On Attitude Tracking Control with Communication-Saving: An Integrated Quantized and Event-Based Scheme

A novel integrated quantized- and event-based control (IQEC) scheme for intra-spacecraft with communication-saving ability is proposed to address the attitude tracking control problem. The IQEC scheme reduces the control updating frequency and the data length per transmission based on the event-based control and quantized communication techniques, thus reducing the system communication occupation. By suitable control system configuration, the purpose of communication-saving is achieved, from sensors to the computing unit and from the computing unit to actuators. The proposed algorithm's effectiveness is verified via numerical simulation that uses a general actuator model with second-order dynamics.