Maximum allowable equivalent delay bound of networked control systems

An networked control system consists of several distributed control processes which shared a network medium. Control performance can be significantly influenced by the network-induced delays. The network-induced delays are generally dependent on the data sampling period. In terms of linear matrix inequalities, the (Maximum Allowable Equivalent Delay Bound) MAEDB is obtained, which can be used as the rule to determine data sampling period. Simulation results show that the proposed method is effective.