Asymptotic stability analysis of nonlinear real-time networked control systems

Abstract

The paper deals with the problem of the asymptotic stability for general continuous nonlinear networked control systems (NCSs). Based on Lyapunov stability theorem combined with improved Razumikhin technique, the sufficient conditions of asymptotic stability for the system are derived. With the proposed method, the estimate of maximum allowable delay bound (MADB) for linear networked control system is also given. Compared to the other methods, the proposed method gives a much less conservative MADB and more general results. Numerical examples and some simulations are worked out to demonstrate the effectiveness and performance of the proposed method.