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SUMMARY:Mobile Wireless Networked Controlled Systems:  Control Issues - Pr
 ofessor Anthony Tzes  (University of Patras\, Department of Electrical &am
 p\; Computer Engineering)
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CONTACT:Dr Guy-Bart Stan
DESCRIPTION:Mobile Wireless Networked Controlled Systems (MoWiNCS) are tim
 e-varying spatially distributed systems in which between the controlled pl
 ant (actuator\, process\, and sensor) and the controller there is a shared
  limited bandwidth network. The network induced delay\, packet losses and 
 reordering of packets deteriorates the system’s performance. In a simila
 r manner as the communications OSI-stack\, control engineers are mostly in
 volved with the application layer where robust controllers are designed ca
 pable of handling the aforementioned QoS-issues. In the middleware layer\,
  appropriate network reconfigurations relying on the commanded motion of m
 obile agents (robots) are provided while in the physical layer for Wireles
 s NCS\, the power control to ensure connectivity is of paramount importanc
 e. This talk will explore these issues through a series of examples and pr
 ovide certain theoretical tools.
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, Lecture Room 11
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