interoperability of devices. Overview EtherNet/IPTM (EtherNet/Industrial Protocol) is an industrial automation networking protocol based on the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard that has dominated the world of IT networking for the past three decades. Despite Ethernet’s unparalleled success in a wide range of business applications, modifications for industrial applications are necessary because stan...

T INT raditional centralized control architectures where a supervisory controller directly interfaces in a point-to-point fashion with all sensors and actuators in the system have been successfully implemented in the past. They are generally feasible when a controller interfaces with small number of sensors and actuators and requires short wiring to them. However, it is often difficult to add, ...

Networked control systems (NCSs) are a type of distributed control systems where sensors, actuators, and controllers are interconnected through a communication network. This system setup has the advantage of low cost, flexibility, and less wiring, but it also inevitably invites some delays and data loss into the design procedure. The focus of this thesis is to address the problem of analysis an...