This paper develops an asymptotically efficient recursive identification algorithm for autoregressive systems with exogenous inputs under one-bit communications. In particular, the proposed method asymptotically achieves the Cram & eacute;r-Rao lower bound (CRLB) based on the original data before quantization (original CRLB), whereas existing approaches typically attain only the CRLB corresponding to the quantized observations. The primary reason is that the existing methods quantize only the current system output, resulting in non-negligible information loss under one-bit quantization. To overcome this challenge, we present a novel quantization method that integrates both current and historical system outputs and inputs to provide richer parameter information in one-bit data, allowing the information loss caused by quantization to become a minor term relative to the original CRLB. Based on this technique, a corresponding remote estimation algorithm is further proposed. To address the convergence analysis challenge posed by the non-independence of the one-bit data, we establish a new framework that analyzes the tail probability of integrated data formed by combining current and historical system outputs and inputs before quantization, thereby eliminating the need for the traditional independence assumption on the quantized data. It is proven that the remote estimate achieves asymptotic normality, and the error covariance matrix converges to the original CRLB, confirming its asymptotic efficiency. Compared to existing identification algorithms under one-bit data, this method reduces the asymptotic mean squared error by at least 1 - 2/pi approximate to 36%. Several numerical examples are simulated to show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. (c) 2026 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.

Publication:

AUTOMATICA

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2026.113259

Author:

Xingrui Liu

State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

E-mail addresses: liuxingrui@amss.ac.cn

Jieming Ke

Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova 35131, Italy

E-mail addresses: kejieming@amss.ac.cn

Mingjie Shao

State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

E-mail addresses: mingjieshao@amss.ac.cn

Yanlong Zhao(Corresponding author)

State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

E-mail addresses: ylzhao@amss.ac.cn