A Comprehensive Review of the Evolution of Networked Control System Technology and Its Future Potentials

Mayank Kumar Gautam, Avadh Pati, Sunil Kumar Mishra, Bhargav Appasani, Ersan Kabalci, Nicu Bizon and Phatiphat Thounthong
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Mayank Kumar Gautam: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar 788010, India
Avadh Pati: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar 788010, India
Sunil Kumar Mishra: School of Electronics Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar 751024, India
Bhargav Appasani: School of Electronics Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar 751024, India
Ersan Kabalci: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, 503000 Nevsehir, Turkey
Nicu Bizon: Faculty of Electronics, Communication and Computers, University of Pitesti, 110040 Pitesti, Romania
Phatiphat Thounthong: Renewable Energy Research Centre (RERC), Department of Teacher Training in Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technical Education, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok,1518 Pracharat 1 Road, Bangkok 10800, Thailand

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-39

Abstract: Networked control systems (NCSs) are attracting the attention of control system engineers. The NCS has created a paradigm shift in control system technology. An NCS consists of control loops joined through communication networks in which both the control signal and the feedback signal are exchanged between the system and the controller. However, its materialization faces several challenges as it requires the integration of advanced control and communication techniques. This paper presents an extensive review of NCSs from the perspective of control system design. The evolution of NCSs is broadly divided in three phases, namely NCSs prior to 2000, NCSs during 2001–2010, and NCSs from 2011 onwards. This division corresponds to the initial status, intermediate status, and the recent status of the developments in the design of NCSs. The advancement of different control techniques during these phases has been discussed comprehensively. This paper also describes the transition of control systems form continuous domain to networked domain, which makes it better than the traditional control systems. Some important practical applications, which have been implemented using NCSs, have also been discussed. The thrust areas for future research on NCS have also been identified.

Keywords: controller design analysis; networked control systems (NCSs); network security; delays; sampling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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