A Communication Synthesis Infrastructure for Heterogeneous Networked Control Systems and Its Application to Building Automation and Control
Alessandro Pinto, Luca Carloni, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

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Alessandro Pinto, Luca Carloni, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. "A Communication Synthesis Infrastructure for Heterogeneous Networked Control Systems and Its Application to Building Automation and Control". EMSOFT 2007, October, 2007.

Abstract
In networked control systems the controller of a physically distributed plant is implemented as a collection of tightly interacting, concurrent processes running on a distributed execution platform. The execution platform consists of a set of heterogeneous components (sensors, actuators, and controllers) that interact through a hierarchical communication network. We propose a methodology and a framework for design exploration and automatic synthesis of the communication network. We present how our approach can be applied to the design of control systems for intelligent buildings. The input specification of the control system includes (i) the constraints on the location of its components, which are imposed by the plant, (ii) the communication requirements among the components, and (iii) an estimation of the real-time constraints for the correct behavior of the algorithms implementing the control law. The output produces an implementation of the control networks that is obtained by combining elements from a pre-defined library of communication links, protocols, interfaces, and switches. The implementation is optimal in the sense that it satisfies the given specification while minimizing an objective function that captures the overall cost of the network implementation.

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  Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/337.html"
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  Heterogeneous Networked Control Systems and Its Application
  to Building Automation and Control</a>, EMSOFT 2007,
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  Alessandro Pinto, Luca Carloni, Alberto
  Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. "A Communication Synthesis
  Infrastructure for Heterogeneous Networked Control Systems
  and Its Application to Building Automation and
  Control". EMSOFT 2007, October, 2007.

• BibTeX

  @inproceedings{PintoCarloniSangiovanniVincentelli07_CommunicationSynthesisInfrastructureForHeterogeneous,
      author = {Alessandro Pinto and Luca Carloni and Alberto
                Sangiovanni-Vincentelli},
      title = {A Communication Synthesis Infrastructure for
                Heterogeneous Networked Control Systems and Its
                Application to Building Automation and Control},
      booktitle = {EMSOFT 2007},
      month = {October},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {In networked control systems the controller of a
                physically distributed plant is implemented as a
                collection of tightly interacting, concurrent
                processes running on a distributed execution
                platform. The execution platform consists of a set
                of heterogeneous components (sensors, actuators,
                and controllers) that interact through a
                hierarchical communication network. We propose a
                methodology and a framework for design exploration
                and automatic synthesis of the communication
                network. We present how our approach can be
                applied to the design of control systems for
                intelligent buildings. The input specification of
                the control system includes (i) the constraints on
                the location of its components, which are imposed
                by the plant, (ii) the communication requirements
                among the components, and (iii) an estimation of
                the real-time constraints for the correct behavior
                of the algorithms implementing the control law.
                The output produces an implementation of the
                control networks that is obtained by combining
                elements from a pre-defined library of
                communication links, protocols, interfaces, and
                switches. The implementation is optimal in the
                sense that it satisfies the given specification
                while minimizing an objective function that
                captures the overall cost of the network
                implementation.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/337.html}
  }
  

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