Networked control systems: Emulation-based design

Abstract

A common approach to the implementation of digital systems is through the emulation of idealized continuous-time blocks in order to be able to leverage the rich expanse of results and design tools available in the continuous-time domain. The so-called sampled-data systems are now commonplace in practice and rely upon results that ensure that many properties of the nominal continuous-time system, including notions of stability, are preserved under sampling when certain conditions are verified. In analogy with (fast) sampled-data design, this chapter explores an emulation-based approach to the analysis and design of networked control systems (NCS). To that end, we survey a selection of emulati..