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The result is chaos in Brooklyn streets, where summer repaving has left bicyclists and cars battling for space on the fresh-but-laneless asphalt. The city has repaved several formerly bike-lane-lined thoroughfares, but has left the new blacktop paint-free for most of August, making getting from point A to B a hair-raising proposition, according to some commuters.
"It's annoying," said Fort Greene cyclist Stefan Christopher, adding that the lane change showed poor planning on the city's part.
"It is stupid that they have the crosswalks painted, but not the bike lanes."
The bicyclist's concerns were shared by another kind of biker who said the line erasure is a recipe for road rage.
"I do get worried, because cars do not know how to stay in their lanes," Master Stewart said, mounting his motorcycle at the corner of Myrtle and Flatbush avenues.
Car and bike lanes have been missing for several weeks on streets including along most of Dekalb Avenue, Jay Street, and parts of Willoughby Avenue.
The city's Department of Transportation said the lines should return in the next two weeks, but that time-table is not fast enough for the bike boosters at Transportation Alternatives.
"Bike lanes are a backbone of many people's commute and the paint needs to get down faster," said Caroline Samponaro, senior director of campaigns and organizing.
Car drivers, on the other hand, seem to care less about the lacking lanes, which could explain why two-wheeled commuters are so antsy.
"I don't pay it any mind," said Shawn Wills of Bedford-Stuyvesant, stopped at a light on Jay Street. "I just get to where I need to go."
Last year, Jay Street was voted worst bicycle route in the borough, in part because of its faded lanes. It remains to be seen whether new stripes will make it any less lawless.Reach reporter Danielle Furfaro at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling (718) 260-2511. Follow her at twitter.com/DanielleFurfaro.
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It is rare for a leopard of that age to birth a cub, officials said, especially as Ashwini did have a few health issues over the past year. Even so, she has not displayed any signs of ailment after delivery. The birth of the cub brings the total count of leopards to seven. As the mother tends to get violent when visitors are present, only the regular zoo-keeper will be permitted to enter the enclosure and feed them. The cub will be let out to the nursery after three months.


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Fresh Cranberry Salad -- easy to make By Cooking with Barry & Meta Subscribe 11/26/14 04:38 This is a relish that Aunt Olive made on the morning of the Thanksgiving feast. According to her daughter-in-law, it is still on the menu each and every year. My mom reminded me that they used a meat grinder (the old metal kind that screwed onto a cabinet)... Add to my recipe book
Cranberry Applesauce Muffins By Lillipop Girl Subscribe 11/25/14 18:12 Ingredients: 1 cup unsweetened applesauce 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 eggs, beaten 2 cups all-purpose or whole wheat flour 1/2 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, chopped 1/2... Add to my recipe book
Cranberry Chambord Ice Cream By Michele's Woman Cave Subscribe 11/25/14 18:00 Everyone needs a holiday ice cream and what better for Thanksgiving than a cranberry ice cream. I added the Chambord for fun but you can leave it out if you are serving children or someone that prefers not to have alcohol. Cranberry Chambord Ice Cream 12... Add to my recipe book
Turkey Brie Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Cranberry Mustard By feasting at home Subscribe 11/25/14 15:49 Perhaps it's a good thing Thanksgiving only happens once a year. This decadent Grilled Brie and Turkey Sandwich with fresh Cranberry Mustard is a little over the top, but once a year, it seems... reasonable, doesn't it? The richness of the brie is balanced... Add to my recipe book
Cranberry Cream Cheese Turkey Sandwich By Kitchen Nostalgia Subscribe 11/24/14 16:17 Roast turkey is the undeniable centerpiece of Thanksgiving (USA) or Christmas (EU) holidays. There are usually plenty of leftovers which gives us excuse to make this juicy Cranberry Cream Cheese Turkey Sandwich, dripping with cranberry sauce. Toasted bread... Add to my recipe book
Dreamsicle Vanilla-Orange Cranberry Sauce (Secret Recipe Club) By Shockingly Delicious Subscribe 11/24/14 05:55 Preparation: 1 min - Cooking: 4 min Scented with vanilla and orange, this Dreamsicle Cranberry Sauce is welcome with roast turkey or meats, grilled sausage and spread on a sandwich! Add to my recipe book
Cranberry Sauce with Bourbon and Orange By Feasts for All Seasons Subscribe 11/24/14 03:11 We're friends right? And friends would never lead each other astray, would they? In fact friends should look out for one another's best interests. So in that vein, as your friend and food blogger, I want to steer you away … Continue reading → The post Cranberry... Add to my recipe book
Orange Pomegranate Cranberry Sauce By Simply Bitten Kitchen Subscribe 11/23/14 18:56 I am a believer you can't have thanksgiving without cranberry sauce .Cranberries have a special marriage with the turkey.Every year I buy fresh cranberries and freeze them so I can have them on hand when I am ready to … Continue reading → Add to my recipe book
Turkey Burger with Dressing & Cranberry Sauce {aka: Holiday Burger} By The Kitchen is My Playground Subscribe 11/23/14 04:33 It's your favorite holiday flavors in a burger! Yes, with this Turkey Burger with Dressing & Cranberry Sauce ... which I like to call a Holiday Burger ... you can enjoy your favorite holiday flavors in one juicy and delicious burger. I'm a huge fan of burgers.... Add to my recipe book
Citrus Mint Turkey with Lightly Spiced Cranberry Sauce By Peri's Spice Ladle Subscribe 11/21/14 15:00 With less than a week left for the American Thanksgiving celebration, many of us are looking for ways to bring turkey meat with all the delightful trimmings into our special meal. Of course, my newly released book 'Spice Up Your Celebration' makes it easier... Add to my recipe book
Cranberry Pear Pie By Make lemonade and more! Subscribe 11/21/14 06:17 I have a pear tree in my yard and to this day I have never used my pears... I didn't realize pears don't ripen on the tree! I think of the past years I threw my pears away and feel way sad. But this year I figured out how to pick them and let them ripen.... Add to my recipe book
Cranberry Pear Sauce By Michele's Woman Cave Subscribe 11/21/14 00:27 I started playing with recipes for Thanksgiving a little early for some of the sides this year and as you might have noticed, cranberries has been the star of quite a few now. I've mixed cranberries with applies before and orange juice so I wanted to try... Add to my recipe book
Choosing Sides ii: Cranberry Relish with Honey, Ginger, and Star Anise By Wild Greens and Sardines Subscribe 11/20/14 14:53 Part II of choosing Thanksgiving sides... I have a few more Thanksgiving sides in the queue, to include a special dessert that does not involve pumpkin (not that there's anything wrong with pumpkin), so stay tuned. But today is all about cranberry relish.... Add to my recipe book
Champagne Soaked Cranberry Bundt Cake/#BundtBakers By The Freshman Cook Subscribe 11/20/14 06:30 It's the start of the holidays and our Bundt Bakers theme for this month is Booze! How fun is that??? I wanted a cake that celebrates the season, so I made a Champagne Soaked Cranberry Bundt Cake. Fun and Festive! Champagne Soaked Cranberry Bundt Cake Soaking... Add to my recipe book
Cranberry Apple Ginger Chutney – Tart, Sweet, Gingery Good By Everyday Healthy! Everyday Delicious! Subscribe 11/18/14 21:58 Cranberry Apple Ginger Chutney for Thanksgiving and Beyond Thanksgiving just wouldn't be the same without tart, sweet and luscious red cranberries on the table. Be they cranberry sauce, relish or chutney. Intensely flavored Triple-Delish Cranberry Sauce... Add to my recipe book
Cranberry and Pecan Green Beans By Simply Bitten Kitchen Subscribe 11/18/14 21:51 Here is a quick and easy Thanksgiving side dish I hope you'd enjoy!!! Ingredients: 1/2 lb green beans or haricots verts 1 tbsp butter 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1/4 cup chopped pecans Directions: 1.In a large skillet turn … Continue reading → Add to my recipe book
Cranberry Syrup By Michele's Woman Cave Subscribe 11/18/14 18:30 I do enjoy cranberries in all forms. I was tempted to use fresh cranberries to make this syrup but opted for a more traditional clear syrup this time for pancakes and waffles. This is a wonderful start for your holiday breakfast plans. I'm going to make... Add to my recipe book
Chipotle Cranberry Glazed Chicken By Simply Bitten Kitchen Subscribe 11/18/14 04:17 Thanksgiving is next week and I wanted to come up with interesting things to cook.This lady at the bus stop gave an idea "She said why don't I use cranberry sauce to glaze chicken and I thought how would I … Continue reading → Add to my recipe book
Cranberry Cherry Sauce By Turnips 2 Tangerines Subscribe 11/17/14 20:20 Getting ready for Thanksgiving? Making a list and checking it twice? Need to bring a dish to pass for Thanksgiving? Or are you just looking for that special recipe..... one that's not only easy and quick to prepare but also delicious? Then you have come... Add to my recipe book
Butternut squash and cranberry pancakes By Savory Moments Subscribe 11/17/14 12:24 Well... I'm having a camera dilemma, folks. I've just started taking a photography class and, of course, my autofocus decided to stop working after the first week of class. Not only that, but my manual focus isn't working so well either. It really stinks... Add to my recipe book


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El Puerto de Santa Maria hotel with a nearby private beach
Situated near the beach in El Puerto de Santa Maria, this hotel is close to Osborne Bodega de Mora. Area attractions also include Plaza de Espana and Torre Tavira.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Hotel Dunas - Puerto features a seasonal outdoor pool. Other amenities include a coffee shop/café and complimentary wireless Internet access.
Room Amenities
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This El Puerto de Santa Maria hotel has its very own private beach. Hotel Dunas - Puerto features a seasonal outdoor pool and a children's pool. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This El Puerto de Santa Maria hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, a garden, and concierge services. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Total number of rooms - 62
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
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- Free WiFi
- Meeting rooms
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Private beach nearby
- Children's pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Parking (limited spaces)
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- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8 AM and 10:30 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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A children's pool and a seasonal outdoor pool are on site.
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Check-in time starts at noon
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
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Pets allowed (no fees)
No rollaway/extra beds available
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 9 per person (approximately)
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Simple Hud V1Feb 5, 2015 HUDs 26 comments
MAKE SURE TO SET THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: - Screen Size is set to 11. - Alternative HUD is set to OFF.
In development since 2010, the 18th Cacoward winner and Moddb 2012 MOTY Editors Choice of Creativity Award Brütal Doom takes Doom into a whole new level. It makes the game much more violent than before. There's much more blood, plus it adds unique gibs, death animations, dismemberments, headshots, executions, fire and explosion particles, flares, shadows over all objects, and much more.
The whole world becomes more real and interactive.You can kick severed limbs and heads (and sometimes, use it to activate some traps in the map earlier, or even kick them against enemies to do some damage), you can shoot enemies' heads to deal more damage (and cause more gruesome deaths) you can destroy most things in the the scenario (trees, lamps, hanging bodies, etc), you can paint the floor, the walls, and even the ceiling with blood, you can push the explosive barrels to make traps, or grab them and use like an explosive weapon, you can silently take down enemies from behind and perform stealth kills, the chainsaw actually cuts the enemies in two. When you find the berserk pack and get super strength, you can perform cinematic executions and RIP AND TEAR your foes with your bare hands. Some enemies will scream in anguish and try to crawl away when near death, and they can be used as human shields, and much, much more
Everything in Brutal Doom is extremely intense. Everything sounds louder, looks bigger, moves faster, and hits harder. You can even fell the impact of explosions. Enemies are harder and smarter, and weapons and explosions are loud as fuck. Your weapons have been upgraded to a deadly arsenal, completely throwing the vanilla Doom's "progressive weapon system" through the window. Every weapon is powerful and have it's pros and cons, and a weapon will never be outclassed when you find a new weapon.You have new abilities too. With any weapon selected, you can press Q (default bind) to kick enemies at close range and send them away. Press F (default bind) to taunt enemy players, and Z or X (default binds) to wave to other players in cooperative modes.
Brütal Doom will make the good an old Doom have a new and fresh look. It will give you a reason to play all the Ultimate Doom, Doom 2, and Final Doom levels again. This mod also works with almost every megawad and map pack around. Take a breath, and prepare to RIP AND TEAR HUGE GUTS!!!!!
Also Check the Official Facebook page: Facebook.com
And my Youtube Channel: Youtube.com
Before making any questions related to the mod, or problems to make it work, please read the FAQ.
38 comments by Sergeant_Mark_IV on Jan 24th, 2015
Check out this new video showcasing the latest advancements on gameplay and gore effects, and also, the return of the shotgun's wooden grip.
This video is running a modified version of FreeDoom that will be featured on the "Starter Pack" when BDv20 gets released.
I have completed almost everything required to record the official trailer and decide the release date. Expect big news soon.
BDv20 is also going to be 100% compatible with wads that uses custom graphics such as FreeDoom and Back to Saturn X.
MAKE SURE TO SET THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: - Screen Size is set to 11. - Alternative HUD is set to OFF.
6 New Pain Sound effects I made for DooMGuy when Injured. Open for modders use, just give credits.
Metal music by elguitarTom, xelteckon, XGamingPhunX - OCRemix Team (Either or) From YouTube. Metal music also by Andrey Avkhimovich From ITunes..
Tired of running out of ammo? Wish you could carry more then the same old ammount? Try Half-Assed More Ammo. (Load before or after Brutal Doom) (Fixed...
AIM FOR THE HEAD!!! Get psyched for a dank adventure! All of the Zombieman has turned into MLG Pros and are 360 noscoping you. Use your M200 Intervention...
I took some time out of one of my days to patch up all that might conflict with brutal doom (terrain like water, etc. will not absorb blood, instead will...
Hey Sarge! AWESOME work on the latest v20 test version. I'm very very impressed and love it a lot.
None of the additions you're making are in any way detrimental to gameplay - instead, they all greatly add to it.
It works very well with the "Nice Wall Blood" add-on and Voxelbro's voxels (plus the Brutal DOOM patch for them), all of which I love.
Played it in co-op with my girlfriend using the latest GZDoom dev build. My notes so far:
The chainsaw's idle sound isn't continuous, it stops every second or so.
While dual-wielding the rifle (slot 2), when pressing R to reload while the rifles are full, the sprite on the right briefly gets a shadow.
The sound when falling into water is a bit too loud and strong (e.g. in DOOM II, MAP02) - sounds like a very large and heavy object falling into water, not a guy.
The ammo belt dangling in front of the shotgun uncomfortably reminds me of a scrotum. o_O But I see others here like it, and I wouldn't mind playing with or without it. :-)
Not all corpses seem very destructible. Some are, some aren't (e.g. the ragdoll-dead zombies and imps are not?). Dead cacodemons or pinky demons aren't destructible either. Is this intended?
There's a strange clicking sound when you're standing in water.
Burning fire sound seems to be inconsistently implemented - I hear it when burning enemies (after they die), but not when approaching torches or such.
I killed two mancubus, and they had new death animations (awesome!): one burned to death, the other fell over backwards. Unfortunately, I couldn't saw the weapon off either of them. Is that intended?
Also, are you planning more running/burning animations? I love the ones for the zombies.
So much from me for now - I'll probably have more soon! Thanks for all the great work, Sarge, and I hope this helps a little.
DUDE, you have a girlfriend who plays Brutal Doom?!
I know, right?!
My girlfriend will never, NEVER gonna try Brutal Doom.
New rifle and shotgun sights are incredible. The animated sling on the shotgun is fantastic. The quasi-3d corpses that slump against walls are great in and of themselves, but I really stared in awe when a dead imp that was leaning against a door fell over when the door opened. Is there anything you *don't* think of, Sarge? Holy hell.
The stealth mechanic that some claimed was "unnecessary" actually proves to enhance the game in an unintended (or intended?) way: it has the side effect of making enemies appear to be much smarter than before. Rather than going into an alert state and letting themselves be herded into a hallway for single-file slaughter, they're occasionally wont to hang back and wait for you to take the fight to them. It's one of those rare cases of artificial brilliance, and it's just plain excellent. Really adds to the game.
Love how friggin' smooth the animations are becoming, both in terms of weapons and enemies. They just look plain better all the time. And now we have bloody footprints which make the battlefields look like even more of a disaster. Awesome. Sad to say that no modern game even comes close to this level of carnage, because modern devs are a bunch of touchy-feely sissies.
Amazing work thus far. v20 is definitely coming along brilliantly, and I can't wait for a stable final. This latest test version is a bit too crash prone for my liking, but coming from a glitchophobe like me, that's probably not saying much.
In response to Sarge on my thoughts of the March Test release:
Because you know, Doomguy has no problems with running at unrealistically high speeds whilst carrying a ****-ton of weapons and equipment. That doesn't slow him down in the slightest. But yet, god forbid, when he goes to kick something. He becomes slow as all hell. Must be that pestering "realism" finally kicking on, eh?
I suppose it doesn't matter if you don't change it. I can go in and fix it myself.
Lack of realism becomes a problem when it makes something that can be exploited to ruin the gameplay.
The kick is not "slow as all hell." Sarge is right: it was way, way too spammable before. I see absolutely no problem with the kick in its current form whatsoever. Plus, it even animates better.
The crap people get all bent out of shape about, sheesh.
I hope we can atleast have the old sprites, the new ones aren't that good.
"The crap people get all bent out of shape about, sheesh."
What's wrong with posting opinions?
"The crap people get all bent out of shape about, sheesh."
Nothing. You see, the above is *my* opinion - that it's silly to get "all bent out of shape about" this. What's wrong with *my* opinion?
I don't get it, thanks to my terrible English. Sorry man! :/
To each his own. But I still stand by my verdict on the matter.
Highest Rated (110 agree) 10/10
Brütal Doom clearly deserves a 10, for several reasons: First, it has been developed almost single handedly by a goodwill individual, who clearly has shown the outmost dedication and perseverance through 2 years of continued development, besides from being always open-minded and patient, hearing suggestions and criticism and enduring ludicrous amounts of flame-wars on some of the forums where the project was being discussed. Such professionalism must be taken in note. Second: the level of compromise…
Jun 9 2012, 11:57am by Manny_F.
Lowest Rated (2 agree) 1/10
A god-awful one-shot gimmick. Overhyped and overpraised. Bother yourself with higher quality mods like DoomRLA, Russian Overkill, and more. Not worth any MOTY.
Dec 20 2014, 12:24am by SArais
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When it comes to Iran, the mind increasingly reels. So much noise, so many contradictions, so little clarity. On the one hand, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, thinly disguised in a Haaretz interview last month as the "decision-maker," says the sword hanging over Israel's neck today is sharper than the one that hung over the country prior to the Six Day War. On the other hand, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu heavily intimated this week that if the US would just draw a clear line in the sand and say to the Iranians that if they cross that line the US would attack, then Israeli action in the near future could be avoided.On the one hand, Yediot Aharonot reported this week that the US is passing non-aggression messages to Iran, telling them that Washington does not back an Israeli attack and that Tehran should subsequently not harm US targets in the region in case of such an offensive. On the other hand, on the exact same day, The New York Times reported that US President Barack Obama is considering a range of steps "short of war" in the hope of forestalling an Israeli attack and getting the Iranians to take the stalemated negotiations more seriously.On the one hand, both US and Israeli senior officials talk about unprecedentedly close intelligence and security cooperation. Yet on the other hand, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, is quoted as saying that the US will not be dragged into an Israeli-initiated war and that he did not want to be "complicit" in an Israeli attack.So which hand is it? With so much contradictory talk and so little clarity, there is a need to try and answer some of the most basic questions.Will Israel attack Iran, and if so when? That, of course is the granddaddy of all Iran-related questions, and one that only Netanyahu and Barak know the answer to. Everyone else is just guessing. And Barak and Netanyahu? Well, they are not saying, at least not directly.Barak, in his cameo role as the "decision-maker" in the Haaretz piece, made some pretty clear statements arguing for an attack, but stopped short of saying it was inevitable. And Netanyahu, beyond saying Iran must be prevented from getting the bomb, and beyond making historical comparisons between now and the pre- Holocaust 1930s, never said Jerusalem will attack. In fact, this week he stepped back a bit and said that clear red lines from the US on the matter could forestall such a move.So all that we have to fall back on is historical precedent. And what the historical precedent has shown is that when Israel feels its back is against the wall, when it genuinely feels that the sword is at its throat, it takes action – even if the US is opposed.This was true in 1948 when David Ben-Gurion declared statehood despite fierce opposition from the US State Department. This was true in 1967 when Levi Eshkol made the decision to preempt against Egypt even though president Lyndon Johnson made clear that if Israel went alone, it would be alone. And this was true in 2007 when Israel, according to foreign accounts, hit a nuclear installation in Syria despite US president George Bush telling prime minister Ehud Olmert that Washington preferred to deal with the issue peacefully through the IAEA and the UN.In other words, as the "decision-maker" elegantly put it in his interview, "There are moments in the life of a nation in which the imperative to live is the imperative to act. So it was on the eve of the Six Day War. So it was in 1948. And it may be so now, too."The key word here is "may." History has shown that Israel acts when its back is against the wall. That it has not acted until now shows it is still not feeling that wall. That point may arrive, but we are not there yet. If we were, it is safe to assume Netanyahu would not be talking about the need for the US to set red lines because those red lines would already have been crossed.And then there is the question of when. In recent weeks, the November 6 US election has been tossed out as some sort of magic date. Some argue that if Netanyahu wants to attack he will have to do so before then, because Obama – out of concern about the pro- Israel vote in the US – would be forced to back an Israeli action. If Obama were reelected and Israel were to go it alone after November 6, according to this reasoning, it would risk the full fury of the US president's wrath.But just as strong a counter- argument could be made against an attack before the election, for fear that this would complicate matters for Obama and that he would later extract payment if he nonetheless went on to win the election.November 6 is an artificial deadline – a meaningless one. Again, if Israel feels its back is against the wall it will take action before or after the elections. The whole discussion generates a feeling of déjà vu. Back in the summer of 2008 there were all kinds of learned arguments as to why Bush would attack during the summer before the Republican convention, or just after the elections before the inauguration of the new president as a way of doing the job for his successor and taking the Iranian issue off the table. None of it happened.Who in Israel would make the decision to attack? Netanyahu's dramatic adjournment of an Iran-centered security cabinet meeting this week brought into sharp focus the whole decision-making process on Iran and the question of who – ultimately – would make the decision.In recent months, some have painted a picture of the fateful decision to attack Iran being made by Netanyahu and Barak alone with little consultation, and over the objections of the military and intelligence elites. There were even those who argued this week that the cancellation of the security cabinet discussion was just a ploy to denigrate that forum and move the entire decision-making process into Netanyahu's living room.The truth is that the 14-member security cabinet is the body empowered by law with making such a decision. Not Netanyahu and Barak alone. Not his informal advisory group of ministers that in recent months has gone from a septet to an octet and now a nonet. Only the security cabinet. And if the security cabinet wants, it can – as has been the case in the past – take the matter to a formal vote in the cabinet.Therefore, all the recent calculations about how Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter was coopted into the government and then into the octet in order to break a tie in that body regarding Iran are nonsense, since this is not the body that will decide. At least not now.There are, as a result of the leaks, some who are calling for a smaller, more intimate forum than the large security cabinet to deal with this issue. But that would entail new legislation, which would take time. It's not going to happen from today to tomorrow.Why is Iran stepping up its anti-Semitic and virulently anti-Israel rhetoric? In the run-up to last week's Non-Aligned Movement Summit, and during the summit, Iran's leaders let forth with virulent anti- Semitic and anti-Israel tirades. Because appearing as drool-dripping, wild-eyed anti-Semites seems counter-intuitive at a time when Iran wants to get the world to ease up on its sanctions, one must ask why they are doing this.What is behind it? First, they are simply doing it because they believe it. When Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that the Zionists are "blood-thirsty wolves" who represent a "danger for entire humanity," he believes it.When President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls Israel a "black stain" that needs to be removed from human society, he means it.What is astonishing is the degree to which so much attention is paid to every comment by anonymous Israeli officials about a possible attack on Iran, without equivalent attention being paid to these genocidal comments which explain why Israel is even contemplating such a move.Secondly, these comments are an effort by the Iranians to do what they have been doing for years: to frame their nuclear program as an Israeli-Iranian issue.While Israel's tactic since the early 2000s has been to get the world to see a nuclear Iran as a real threat and menace not only to Israel but to the whole world, the Iranians have pushed back with an effort to frame this in terms of a Muslim vs. Israel conflict. By consistently vilifying the Zionists, the Iranians are sidelining Muslim governments which – although they may be petrified by the prospects of an Iranian bomb – will take a lower profile on the issue if for no other reason than because Iran's virulent anti- Semitism and anti-Zionism resonates loudly on their own streets.Why are Russia and China not being more cooperative on the issue? If Iran's anti-Semitic rants seem counterintuitive, so do Russia and China's less than cooperative attitudes. Neither country has an interest in seeing Iran go nuclear, especially Russia, which shares the Caspian Sea with Iran. If this is the case, then why the obstructionist behavior? Indeed, Russia's deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, was quoted Thursday warning against an attack as being disastrous for the region and having far-reaching consequences beyond.Russia and China's contrarian position on Iran is similar to why they continue to bolster Syria's Bashar Assad: fear of American dominance in the region.The Chinese and the Russians – especially the Russians – fear that the collapse of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah would lead to complete American domination of the Mideast and its oil flow. America, in this view, already has close allies in the Persian Gulf, in Turkey, in Israel. The collapse of Iran and Syria could possibly send those states as well into the US camp, leaving Moscow and Beijing without any foothold in the strategically critical region.Moscow is not enamored of Tehran, but this is the Middle East and, in this region's the-enemy-of my-enemy-is-my-friend logic, Iran and Syria keep the US at bay.Is there a crisis in US-Israel relations over the issue? Were one to rely solely on the reporting of Yediot Aharonot, the answer to this question would be a resounding yes. The paper reported last Friday on a veritable yelling match between Netanyahu and the nearly unflappable US Ambassador Dan Shapiro over Iran, and on Sunday quoted Israeli officials as saying the ties between the countries were at their lowest point in years.But reality is a bit more nuanced than screaming Yediot headlines. First of all, Yediot clearly has a dog in this fight. The paper has an unabashedly anti-Netanyahu position, and reports that place Netanyahu in a bad light are trumpeted prominently in its pages. In fact, an argument could be made that Yediot is nearly as anti-Netanyahu as the Sheldon Adelson-backed Israel HaYom is pro-Netanyahu. And portraying an Israel-US relationship that is at rock bottom is a club to pound Netanyahu, because most Israelis realize how important that relationship is.Secondly, and paradoxically, there are government officials who – while opposed to Yediot's anti-Netanyahu line – also have an interest in portraying the relationship as one in distress because they want to thump Obama.For these people who do not want to see Obama reelected, placing the relationship in the worst possible light reflects poorly on Obama and could impact on Jewish and pro-Israel supporters in the US when they go to the polls in the key battleground states. In other words, there are those with an interest in depicting the relationship as one in crisis because they want Obama to lose the elections.On the other side, of course, are those – like Administration officials who leak reports such as an Obama interest now is setting new red lines on Iran to the New York Times – who speak of an unprecedentedly good and close relationship in order to keep Jewish and pro-Israel supporters in key states from jumping Obama's ship. They want Obama to win the elections.And the reality? The reality is that there are disagreements – serious ones – but no crisis. A crisis is when the intimacy and backing and cooperation ends. And that has not happened. Is there any guarantee that it won't? Of course not. But it has not happened yet. The use of the word "complicity" by one general – as senior as he may be – does not a crisis make. It shows, perhaps, the level of disagreement, but not a crisis.And what is the disagreement about? Essentially, it is over the concept embodied by the word "capability." Do you stop Iran before it has nuclear capability, or do you stop it only when it assembles a nuclear weapon? Or, in simpler terms, do you keep Iran from getting all the ingredients to be able to bake a nuclear pie whenever it gets hungry – Israel's position – or do you only stop them when they are actually taking that pie out of the oven? This is a serious – not a trivial – disagreement, but it is not unbridgeable. This week Netanyahu said that he would be satisfied as long as the US tells the Iranian chefs at what point in the pie-making process they will move in to ransack the kitchen.Jerusalem awaits an answer.
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Analysis and design of networked control loops
with synchronization at the actuation instants
Camilo Lozoya, Pau Mart´ ı, Manel Velasco and Josep M. Fuertes
Automatic Control Department
Technical University of Catalonia
Pau Gargallo 5, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Email:{camilo.lozoya, pau.marti, manel.velasco, email@example.com
Abstract—Varying time delays prevent successful operation
of control loops closed over communication networks, i.e. net-
worked control system (NCS). To mitigate the negative effects
of delays, existing research mainly focuses on deriving control
approaches/solutions built upon the assumption that the opera-
tion of control loops is synchronized at the sampling instants.
In this paper we propose an approach to design networked
control systems with synchronization at the actuation instants.
The immediate benefit is that the harmful effects that delays
within control loops have in stability/performance are removed.
However, the application of the proposed solution requires
accurate clock synchronization among the network nodes. This
requirement is discussed and analyzed for the specific case of
NCS based on the Controller Area Network (CAN).
Control loops that are closed over communication networks
are known as networked control systems (NCS) [6]. In these
systems, control nodes such sensors, controllers and actuators
exchange the physically distributed control data through net-
works. The network is a fundamental component supporting
all the interactions among the nodes. The purpose of the
network is to deliver control messages in a reliable, secure,
efficient and timeliness fashion. For NCS, timeliness becomes
the most critical aspect because (varying) time delays prevent
the successful operation of the networked control loops [18].
To mitigate the negative effects of delays, existing research
(see [4] and [10] for surveys of recent results in NCS) mainly
focuses on deriving control approaches/solutionsbuilt upon the
assumption that the operation of control loops is synchronized
at the sampling instants. That is, the mathematical control
models that are used for analysis and design of controllers
assume periodic sampling. In addition, some of them treat time
delays as constant time intervals relative to sampling instants.
Therefore, if delays are time varying, simple control models
can not be applied.
In this paper we propose an approach to design networked
control systems where the key aspect is that all the control
operations are synchronized toward the actuation instants.
Rather than assuming periodic sampling, our approach de-
mands periodic actuation. Therefore, consecutive actuation
instants mark the sampling period. For a networked control
loop, the control operation is summarized as follows. After the
beginning of the sampling period, the plant must be sampled.
The sample is then sent to the controller, which executes the
control algorithm. Afterward, the control command is sent to
the actuator, that will apply it to the plant at the synchronized
actuation instant.
The benefit of this approach is that the harmful effects that
delays within control loops have in stability/performance are
removed if the controller is designed according to these new
operation rules. Note also that samples are not required to be
periodic. This also facilitates the implementation of control
systems where sampling periods are not constant such as in
the case of feedback scheduling approaches [13], or event-
based control systems [3].
However, the application of the proposed solution base
its operation on absolute time measurements, and therefore
requires accurate clock synchronization among the networked
nodes. Taking advantage of the IEEE1588 Precision Time Pro-
tocol (PTP) [12] standard, clock synchronizationis guaranteed.
This requirement is discussed and analyzed for the specific
case of NCS based on the Controller Area Network (CAN [5]).
The experimental results on clock synchronization, and the
simulation results of the operation of the control algorithm
synchronized at the actuation instants in NCS corroborate the
feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed approach.
The rest of this paper is structured as follows. Section II
introduces the preliminaries on NCS. Section III presents the
control theoretical aspects and the distributed control algorithm
of the design approach to networked control systems with
synchronization at the actuation instants. Section IV discuses
and analyzes clock synchronization issues and its application
to CAN. Sections V and VI describe the simulation setup and
results. Finally, section VII concludes the paper.
A. Networked control systems architecture
A common architecture for a single control loop in a NCS
is shown in Fig. 1, where sensor, controller and actuator nodes
exchange data via network messaging. Sending a message over
a network takes time. Therefore, for NCS, time delays are
introduced within each control loop. Mainly, three time delays
can be identified: delay between the sensor and the controller,
τsc, delay in the controller, τc, and delay between the controller
and the actuator, τca. The accumulated input/output (I/O) time
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Fig. 1.Common architecture for NCS
delay within each sampling period h is given by
τ = τsc+ τc+ τca,
where τsc and τca depends on the communication network,
and τc on the controller algorithm and processing node. In
this simple characterization we have assumed that sensing and
actuation operations do not add significant timing overhead
compared to (1). However, if their overhead is not negligible,
they can be added to the network delays.
B. Underlying control model
The common approach to computer/networked control sys-
tems design has two steps. The first step is to obtain a discrete-
time model of the plant. The second step is to design a
discrete-time control law for the discrete-time plant model.
The traditional design approach mandates to periodically sam-
ple and actuate.
Consider the traditional mathematical description of a plant
given by the state-space model of a linear time-invariant
discrete-time system with sampling period h [2]
Φ(h)xk+ Γ(h)uk
where xk is the plant state, uk and yk are the inputs and
outputs of the plant, matrix C ∈ Rp×nis the output matrix,
and matrices Φ(t) and Γ(t) are obtained using
Φ(t) = eAt,
Γ(t) =?t
with t = h, where A ∈ Rn×nand B ∈ Rn×mare the system
and input matrices of the continuous-time form
Ax(t) + Bu(t)
For standard closed-loop operation of (2), the control com-
mand ukis given by
uk= Lxk
with L ∈ R1×n,
where L is the state feedback gain obtained using standard
control design methods from matrices Φ(h) and Γ(h).
The application of (5) to the plant mandates computing the
control command with zero time. This is physically impossi-
ble even for a processor-based closed-loop systems because
executing the control algorithm takes time.
Model (2) can be augmented to cope with a time delay
modeling an I/O latency that appears due to the computation
of the control algorithm or due to the insertion of a network
within a control loop, as in the case of NCS. The standard
model that incorporates a time delay τ, with τ ≤ h, is [2]
xk+1= Φ(h)xk+ Φ(h − τ)Γ(τ)uk−1+ Γ(h − τ)uk.
Model (6) has been often taken as the underlying simple
control model for design and analysis of NCS. This model
assumes a time reference given by the sampling instants with
a fixed time delay from sampling to actuation.
C. Discussion
The key aspect of the design procedure is that model (6)
describes the behavior of the analog plant at the sampling
instants. Moreover, the actuation instants are defined in terms
of the sampling instants. Therefore, the synchronism is given
by the sampling instants. Once a sample is taken, the control
command is computed assuming that the next sample will
occur after h time units (i.e., one sampling period), and
assuming that the actuation will occur after τ time units (i.e.,
one time delay). The operation of this model is usually violated
in networked control loops because varying time delay insert
time unpredictability from sampling to actuation.
To overcome this problem, [14] presented an approach to
NCS where controller and actuator are physically collocated in
the same node. This permits by using time-stamp techniques to
compute the correct control command regardless of the varying
I/O delays. The limitation is the assumption that controller
and actuator are in the same node. A more sophisticated
approach is found in [11] where in a NCS fully distributed, the
controller node computes several control commands that are
sent to the actuator node. The latter, applies to the plant the
adequate one according to time-stamps logics. This approach
however increases network traffic and computation overhead.
Alternatively, in [9] the use of synchronized I/O operations is
proposed. Although this solution removes the time variability,
in forces artificial input-output latencies within the loop.
Rather than using solutions based on (6), we propose to use
an equivalent model but synchronized at the actuation instants.
The analysis presented next extends previous work [15], which
was earlier suggested in [1], where a mathematical control
model with synchronization at the actuation instants was
presented. This model establishes new operation rules for
control algorithms. The extension presented in this paper relies
on analyzing if this model can be applied to NCS. That
is, we analyze which requirements this model imposes to
NCS, we show its feasibility, and we provide details on its
A. Control model
We synchronize the operation of each control loop at the ac-
tuation instants. Hence, the time elapsed between consecutive
actuation instants, named tk−1and tk, is the sampling period,
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Fig. 2.Operation of the distributed control algorithm
h. Within this time interval, the system state is sampled, named
xs,k ∈ (tk−1,tk), and the sampling time recorded, ts,k. The
difference between this time and the next actuation time
τk= tk− ts,k
is used to estimate the state at the actuation instant as
ˆ xk= Φ(τk)xs,k+ Γ(τk)uk−1.
Finally, making use of ˆ xk, the control command is computed
uk= Lˆ xk
with L ∈ R1×n
where L is the original controller gain as in (5). The control
command ukis held constant within actuation instants.
A control strategy using (7)-(9) relies on the time reference
given by the actuation instants, if uk is applied to the plant
by hardware interrupts. In addition, samples are not required
to be periodic because τkin (7) can vary at each closed-loop
operation. The interested reader is referred to [15] for further
reading on this control model.
B. Distributed control algorithm
The operation of a distributed control algorithm based on
(7)-(9) relies on distributed absolute time measurements and
control messages, as illustrated in Figure 2. Grey boxes with
A, S, or C represent the execution of the code in the actuator,
sensor or controller, respectively. And grey boxes with 1, 2,
or 3 represent the three messages required at each closed loop
At each actuation, the actuator node, after applying to
the plant the control signal, e.g. uk−1, generates the next
actuation instant tk, which is sent to the sensor (message
1). The sensor, upon reception of this message, samples the
plant xs,k and records the absolute sampling time ts,k. The
latter, together with tk is used to compute τk. Both xs,k
and τk are sent (message 2) to the controller node. Upon
reception of this message, the controller node estimates the
plant state that will apply at tk, eq. (8), and computes the
control command uk, eq. (9). The latter is sent to the actuator
(message 3), that will apply it to the plant at the synchronized
(e.g., by hardware interrupt) actuation instant. The pseudo-
code required to execute a networked control loop using the
presented algorithm is shown in Figure 3.
Algorithm 1: Sensor Node - Triggered by a message
while (no message(from my actuator)) do nothing
tk:= read message()
(xs,k,ts,k) := read input with time stamp()
τk:= tk− ts,k
send message(to controller,xs,k,τk)
Algorithm 2: Controller Node - Triggered by a message
while (no message(from my sensor)) do nothing
(xs,k,τk) := read message()
ˆ xk:= Φ(τk)xs,k+ Γ(τk)uk−1
uk:= Lˆ xk
uk−1:= uk
send message(to actuator,uk)
Algorithm 3: Actuator Node - Synchronized by h
while (no message(from my controller)) do nothing
uk:= read message()
wait for actuation interrupt
send output(uk)
tk:= tk+ h
send message(to my sensor,tk)
Fig. 3. Sensor, controller and actuator nodes pseudo-code
Time measurements and messaging become crucial for
the successful operation of the distributed control algorithm.
Therefore, clock synchronization and network scheduling are
key aspects.
A. Clock synchronization
In our NCS based on CAN, we assume that nodes are
synchronized using the IEEE 1588 PTP protocol. The protocol
synchronizes slaves' clocks to a master clock ensuring that
events and time-stamps in all devices use the same time base.
To corroborate the correctness of this assumption, we briefly
describe the implementation of the PTP protocol using low-
cost CAN-enabled microcontrollers connected via CAN. The
targeted clock precision is in the order of sub-milliseconds,
being enough for many control applications. The interested
reader is referred to [16] for further information.
In our distributed system, although any node could play as
a master (in terms of clock synchronization), we implemented
the master in the controller node. This permits to have sensor
and actuator nodes perfectly synchronized because synchro-
nization messages will arrive at both nodes within the same
bit time, as mandated by CAN. Remember that these nodes
are the ones that perform absolute time measurements.
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Fig. 4.Experimental set-up and synchronization results
Figure 4 shows the hardware set-up (top) and part of the
experimental results (bottom). In the set-up we used two CCS
CAN prototype boards1connected through CAN. Each board
itself has four nodes connected via CAN. The first node is
a PIC18F4580 which includes an integrated CAN peripheral.
The second node is a PIC16F876A connected to an MCP2510,
an external CAN peripheral which is connected to a micro-
controller over SPI. Both nodes are connected to a 20MHz
oscillator. The last two nodes, which have not been used in our
experiments, are MCP25050s, stand-alone CAN expanders.
In particular, one PIC18F in one board plays the master
clock role, and PIC18F and PIC16F in the other board play
as slaves. The bus speed was set to 125Kbps. The real-time
clock maintained in each node had a resolution of 0.1ms. After
the application of the PTP protocol, the time in the master
and in one of the slaves was read, and displayed in PC-based
In Figure 4 both monitors show the same type of informa-
tion. On the left of each monitor, they show the PC time, which
is a time stamp feature provided by the monitor. Then, after the
arrow, and starting by Master time or Slave time, it is displayed
the read time. The time is displayed in d:h:min:sec:ms:ms:µs.
In fact, microseconds (µs) are not shown, but their hundreds.
As it can be seen both clocks mark the same time, and the
achieved synchronization is of the order of 0.1ms.
B. Schedulability issues
At this stage we assume that each node executes the single
code illustrated in Fig. 3. However, the application of the
proposed algorithm can perfectly operate on multi-task nodes.
This simplification permits us to focus on the messaging.
Figure 2 illustrates that messages latencies can vary as long
as actuation is synchronized at the expected times, and all
required operations occur within each period h. In addition,
the implementation of the clock synchronization adds control
messages in the network.
The CAN protocol specifies that the identifier with the
lowest binary number has the highest priority. Bus access
conflicts are resolved by arbitration of the identifiers. Taking
into account these rules, the following guidelines for designing
feasible NCS including several control loops, all using the
presented algorithm, are as follows:
• Clock synchronization messages should have the highest
• All messages sent by actuator nodes should have the next
level of priorities. Recall that these messages trigger the
operation of each networked control loop.
• All messages sent by sensor nodes should have the next
level of priorities.
• Finally, all messages sent by controllers should have the
lower priorities.
These guidelines indicate that messages identifiers should be
coded using message classes, similar to the CAN application
profile for NCS presented in [17].
Looking at message schedulability, periods, deadlines and
offsets should be defined by each class of messages. Schedu-
lability should then be performed using existing results such
as [7]. Future work will cope with this problem.
A simulation set-up has been designed in order to evaluate
the presented algorithm. Simulations have been carried out
with the TrueTime simulator [8].
The controlled plant used in the simulations is a ball and
beam in the form of a double integrator. The plant is controlled
by a NCS composed by three nodes: sensor, controller and
actuator. The ball and beam state space description is
˙ x(t) =
x(t) +
where the system output is x1, the ball position. The control
objective is to keep the ball position at zero coordinate,
regardless of the perturbations affecting the system.
Control performance is measured during each simulation
period (tsim) using a continuous standard quadratic cost
?xT(t)Qx(t) + uT(t)Ru(t)?dt.
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Rcv Snd
x' = Ax + Bu
y = Cx + Du
Rcv SndRcvSnd
D/A Schd
Rcv1 Snd1 Rcv2 Snd2 Rcv3 Snd3
Cost Function
Fig. 5. Simulation model
where the weighting matrices are specified as
andR = 1.
For simulation purposes, it is assumed that the plant states are
available and therefore there is no need for observers.
Control is achieved by a controller designed to place the
continuous closed loop poles at s1,2 = −2.0 ± 5.0i. The
discrete-time controller is obtained by standard pole place-
ment, considering an specific actuation period of h = 300ms.
The basic TrueTime simulation model is shown in Figure 5.
The three nodes (sensor, controller and actuator), implemented
using a TrueTime kernel, are connected to a TrueTime CAN
network block (configured at 125Kbps), in order to be able
to exchange messages. The perturbations are provided by a
programmable pulse element connected to the plant input.
Performance is measured from the plant output and repre-
sented as a cost function. Also it is important to notice, that in
order to provide synchronization at actuation instants, the only
periodic task to be executed is located in the actuator node. In
this distributed schema, each node executes the pseudo-code
presented in subsection III-B.
This section summarizes the simulation results of the CAN-
based NCS using the presented control algorithm with syn-
chronization at the actuation instants. The simulations results
are divided in two groups. First, the algorithm is evaluated
considering a distributed system that presents variable network
induced time-delays. Then, the analysis focuses on the nega-
tive effects on control performance caused by the differences
in the time measurements if no perfect clock synchronization
is available among nodes.
A. NCS with time-delays
The objective of this set of simulations is to evaluate
the performance of the NCS with the presented algorithm
(eq. (7)-(9)) compared to the case where the control loop
is synchronized at the sampling instants and the controller
designed considering a constant time delay, i.e., the traditional
case, eq. (6). For the simulation, we have considered that each
control loop node presents timing variations caused by network
delays. To obtain comprehensive results, we have limited the
maximum value for timing variations to 20ms. For simulation
02468 1012
Position (m)
Time (s)
sampling synchronized model
actuation synchronized model
ideal response
Fig. 6.Ball and beam transient response
Simulation Cycles
1012 14161820
Accumulative Cost
ideal response
actuation synchronized model
sampling synchronized model
Fig. 7.Accumulated control performance
purposes, an ideal response has been incorporated. The ideal
response considers no network delays, and an immediate
control response (controller execution time equals to zero),
as specified by (5). As shown in Fig. 6, the transient response
of the control loop using actuation synchronized model is very
close to the ideal response.
The accumulated control cost is reported in Fig. 7. The
control performance is measured by (11), and the simulation
is executed several times considering different perturbations
amplitudes and perturbations time-offsets. This explains why
the slops of the displayed curves is not constants. It is
important to remark that a lower cost represents a better con-
trol performance. The actuation synchronized model achieves
better control performance since the timing variations due to
network delays are absorbed by the underlying control model
and performance is therefore not seriously affected.
B. NCS with clock variations
The purpose of this set of simulations is to analyze the
impact on the operation of the presented control algorithm
(eq. (7)-(9)) when the time reference is different among sensor,
controller and actuator nodes.
Recall that the next actuation instant tk and the sampling
instant ts,kare obtained in different nodes (actuator and sensor
nodes respectively). If both internal clocks are not exactly
synchronized then the calculated τk used by the controller
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−90−60 −300 306090
Cost Function (J)
Clock offset (ms)
Network based
Processor based
Fig. 8. Control performance impact of de-synchronized clocks.
will not correspond to the actual τk. Let τkdenote the actual
value of the time elapsed from sampling to actuation, and ˆ τk
the expected elapsed time for perfectly synchronized clocks.
Different scenarios can be distinguished:
1) The expected time elapsed from sampling to actuation
equals the actual one, i.e. ˆ τk = τk. That is, all clocks
are perfectly synchronized.
2) The expected time elapsed from sampling to actuation is
greater or less than the actual one, i.e. ˆ τk> τkor ˆ τk<
τk. In this case, clocks are not perfectly synchronized.
These scenarios are evaluated in this set of simulations.
Figure 8 summarizes the results. A negative value in the x-axis
indicates that estimated value is greater than actual (ˆ τk> τk),
a positive value in the x-axis indicates that estimated value
is less than the actual (ˆ τk < τk), and the zero value in
the x-axis means that both values are equal (ˆ τk = τk). In
this set of simulations, the ideal control performance value,
named processor based, is the case of a processor-based
system, which contains a unique/centralized time reference.
Hence, no de-synchronization exists and its performance is
always the same. The best performance is achieved when the
estimated value equals the actual one, and the performance
degrades exponentially when the difference between these
values increases, independently if the difference is negative
or positive.
Note also that from Figure 8 we can conclude that for
this plant, having a clock synchronization between nodes with
a sub-millisecond precision is more that enough to ensure
correct operation of the distributed algorithm.
Finally we notice that the best performance in the NCS
equals the performance of the processor-based system. There-
fore, we can conclude that the negative effects of net-
work time delays on control performance are efficiently re-
moved/absorbed by the presented control algorithm.
This paper has presented a novel control model for imple-
menting networked control loops whose messages are subject
to time varying delays. The key aspect of the proposed model
is that the control loop operation relies on synchronized
actuation instants. A detailed explanation of the distributed
control algorithm based on this new model has been given.
The operation of the control algorithm is based on absolute
time measurements. Therefore, clock synchronization becomes
very important. We have given experimental evidence that
clock synchronizationbetween networked nodes based on low-
cost microcontrollers can easily achieve a sub-millisecond
precision. Finally, simulation results have corroborated that
a) the preseted control approach to NCS removes the harmful
effects that varying time delays have in control performance
and b) the required clock synchronization can be in the order
of sub-milliseconds to ensure its successful operation.
Future work will focus on a more formal schedulability
analysis as well as on a prototype implementation of a NCS
making use of the presented control algorithm.
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