We address the distributed model predictive control (MPC) for a set of linear local systems with decoupled dynamics and acoupled global cost function. By the decomposition of the global cost function, the distributed control problem is convertedto the MPC for each local system associated with a cost involving neighboring system states and inputs. For each localcontroller, the infinite horizon control moves are parameterized as N free control moves followed by a single state feedbacklaw. An interacting compatibility condition is derived, disassembled and incorporated into the design of each local control soas to achieve the stability of the global closed-loop system. Each local system exchanges with its neighbors the current statesand the previous optimal control strategies. The global closed-loop system is shown to be exponentially stable provided thatall the local optimizers are feasible at the initial time. Copyright