Emulating Networked Control System with Hardware-in-the-Loop and Software Defined Radios Amidst Channel Uncertainties

With the advent of advanced communication technologies, networked control systems have seen remarkable growth in recent times. Although numerous theoretical works exist in this field, solid experimental testbeds featuring actual hardware with networking capabilities that emulate real systems under real channel conditions are rare. This work aims to fill this gap by designing and developing a Hardware-in-the-Loop system with networking capabilities using software defined radios for closed-loop testing of hardware devices in a networked control environment before their actual deployment.