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Sensors 2012, 12, 16591-16613; doi:10.3390/s121216591 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Network Adaptive Deadband: NCS Data Flow Control for Shared Networks ´ ´ ´ ´ Miguel Dıaz-Cacho *, Emma Delgado , Jose A. G. Prieto and Joaquın Lopez School of Computer Engineering, Computer Network Engineering, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain School of Industrial Engineering, Control Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain; E-Mails: emmad@uvigo.es (E.D.); jagprieto@uvigo.es (J.A.G.P.) School of Industrial Engineering, Robotics, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain; E-Mail: joaquin@uvigo.es * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: mcacho@uvigo.es; Tel.: +34-986-812-222; Fax: +34-986-814-014. Received: 6 October 2012; in revised form: 23 November 2012 / Accepted: 23 November 2012 / Published: 3 December 2012 Abstract: This paper proposes a new middleware solution called Network Adaptive Deadband (NAD) for long time operation of Networked Control Systems (NCS) through the Internet or any shared network based on IP technology. The proposed middleware takes into account the network status and the NCS status, to improve the global system performance and to share more effectively the network by several NCS and sensor/actuator data flows. Relationship between network status and NCS status is solved with a TCP-friendly transport flow control protocol