Mean square stability conditions for platoons with lossy inter-vehicle communication channels

This paper studies the mean-square stability of heterogeneous LTI vehicular platoons with inter-vehicle communication channels affected by random data loss. We consider a discrete-time platoon system predecessor following topology and constant time-headway spacing policy. Lossy are modeled Bernoulli processes allowed to be correlated in space. make use class compensation strategies reduce effect Necessary sufficient conditions derived guarantee convergence mean variance tracking errors, which depend not only on controller design but also strategy probabilities successful transmission. illustrate theoretical results through numerical simulations, describing different behaviors. provide insights as necessary condition for string this stochastic setting.