Introduction

In this chapter, we first introduce some underlying concepts of network-based control and motion control of unmanned marine vehicles (UMVs). Then we briefly review research motivations on schedulingScheduling protocol design and fault detection filter (FDF)Fault Detection Filter (FDF) design for networked control systems (NCSs)Networked Control Systems (NCSs). We review also how network-based heading control, fault detection, dynamic positioning, dynamic output feedback control, and cooperative target tracking for UMVs are motivated and promoted.