ABSTRACT
Vehicles are not the only systems that can be described by Network Control Systems (NCSs), they offer a versatile testbed for control and communication optimization. Communication is via a shared bus with a time-triggered protocol. In other words, the vehicle control system will be implemented as a real physical NCS. This chapter explains a vehicular case study to validate the theoretical results. The vehicle model and the controller are implemented in a custom built Hardware-In-the-Loop system. The model of a cruise-driveline-temperature automotive system is derived followed by the design of a Linear Quadratic Gaussian controller with integral action. The plant to be controlled is represented by a vehicle moving along a highway. The model includes the dynamics of the vehicle's longitudinal motion, the driveline torsion, and the air-conditioning systems. The controller for the above plant is required to track a velocity demand and a cabin temperature demand signal in an optimal way.
