The paper discusses modeling and analysis of real-time systems subject
to random time delays in the communication network. A new method for
analysis of different control schemes is presented. The method is used
to evaluate different schemes suggested from the literature. A new sc
heme, using so-called timestamps, for handling the random time delays
is then developed and successfully compared with previous schemes. The
new scheme is based on stochastic control theory and a separation pro
perty is shown to hold for the optimal controller. (C) 1998 Elsevier S
cience Ltd. All rights reserved.