# US 11,310,720 B2 · Wireless battery management system, node for wireless communication, and network establishment method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,720 B2 - Document ID: US11310720B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/005,838 - Filed: 2020-08-28 - Published: 2021-03-04 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-30 - Assignees: Silicon Works Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Silicon Works Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yong Ju Seon; Ki Suk Cho; Kyu Ho Kim; Ju Pyo Hong; Young Ho Seo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310720B2 ## CPC - H04W 40/32: for defining a routing cluster membership - H04W 52/0254: {detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device} - H02J 7/40: characterised by the exchange of charge or discharge related data - H02J 7/80: including monitoring or indicating arrangements - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 28/04: Error control - H04W 40/248: {Connectivity information update} - H04W 52/0264: {by selectively disabling software applications} - H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A wireless battery management system for quickly establishing a short-range wireless network. The wireless battery management system includes a manager node storing network configuration information when operating in a first mode, and when operating in a second mode, checking one or more monitor nodes being joined in a short-range wireless network using the network configuration information to establish the short-range wireless network along with each of the checked one or more monitor nodes and one or more monitor nodes storing joining information for joining in the short-range wireless network when operating in the first mode, and when operating in the second mode, joining in the short-range wireless network on the basis of the joining information to transmit battery data to the manager node. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wireless battery management system comprising: a manager node storing network configuration information when operating in a first mode, and when operating in a second mode, checking one or more monitor nodes being joined in a short-range wireless network using the network configuration information to establish the short-range wireless network along with each of the checked one or more monitor nodes; and one or more monitor nodes storing joining information for joining in the short-range wireless network when operating in the first mode, and when operating in the second mode, joining in the short-range wireless network on the basis of the joining information to transmit battery data to the manager node, wherein the network configuration information includes dedicated slot information about each monitor node joining in the short-range wireless network and identification information about a channel which is used to form the short-range wireless network. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wireless battery management system of claim 1, wherein the identification information includes identification information about a primary channel and identification information about a secondary channel, when the manager node operates in the first mode, the manager node stores the network configuration information, and when the monitor nodes operate in the first mode, the monitor nodes store the joining information including the identification information about the primary channel, the identification information about the secondary channel, and the dedicated slot information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The wireless battery management system of claim 2, wherein a data frame comprises a manager slot assigned for the manager node and a transmission slot assigned for the monitor nodes, and the monitor nodes set a period corresponding to the dedicated slot information included in the joining information in the transmission slot as a dedicated slot for a corresponding monitor node and transmit the battery data to the manager node during the set dedicated slot. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The wireless battery management system of claim 2, wherein the manager node sets a primary channel and a secondary channel on the basis of the identification information about each of the primary channel and the secondary channel included in the network configuration information and establishes the short-range wireless network along with each monitor node by using at least one of the primary channel and the secondary channel, and the monitor nodes transmit the battery data to the manager node through the primary channel, and when the transmission of the battery data through the primary channel fails, the monitor nodes retransmit the battery data to the manager node through the secondary channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The wireless battery management system of claim 2, wherein, when the manager node operates in the first mode, the manager node assigns a dedicated slot for each monitor node joining in the short-range wireless network to add dedicated slot information about each monitor node to the network configuration information, and when the manager node operates in the second mode, the manager node identifies the dedicated slot assigned for each monitor node on the basis of the dedicated slot information about each monitor node included in the network configuration information, and the monitor nodes receive the dedicated slot information from the manager node and add the dedicated slot information in the joining information. ### Claim 6 A manager node comprising: a first wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a primary channel; a second wireless communication unit configured to communicate using a secondary channel; a manager storage storing network configuration information; and a manager controller configured to store the network configuration information in the manager storage when operating in a first mode, and when operating in a second mode, to check each monitor node to be joined in a short-range wireless network using the network configuration information and to establish the short-range wireless network for receiving battery data along with each checked monitor node by using at least one of the first wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit, wherein the network configuration information includes dedicated slot information about each monitor node joining in the short-range wireless network and identification information about each of the primary channel and the secondary channel which are used to form the short-range wireless network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The manager node of claim 6, wherein the manager controller sets a communication channel for the first wireless communication unit as the primary channel, sets a communication channel for the second wireless communication unit as the secondary channel, based on the identification information about each of the primary channel and the secondary channel, and the manager controller identifies a dedicated slot for each monitor node in a data frame based on the dedicated slot information about each monitor node. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The manager node of claim 6, wherein, when the manager node operates in the first mode, the manager controller broadcasts a joining request message by using at least one of the primary channel and the secondary channel, assigns the dedicated slot for each monitor node which has responded to the joining request message, generates the network configuration information, and stores the generated network configuration information in the manager storage. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The manager node of claim 8, wherein, when the manager node operates in the first mode, the manager controller broadcasts the joining request message by using the primary channel, and when a response to the joining request message is not received from a monitor node, the manager controller broadcasts the joining request message by using the secondary channel, changes the communication channel for the first wireless communication unit from the primary channel to a predetermined temporary channel, and receives the response to the joining request message through the secondary channel or the temporary channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The manager node of claim 9, wherein the manager controller selects a primary channel to be changed, transmits identification information about the selected primary channel to each monitor node through the secondary channel or the temporary channel, changes the communication channel for the first wireless communication unit from the temporary channel to the selected primary channel, establishes the short-range wireless network along with each monitor node by using the changed primary channel, and adds identification information about the changed primary channel to the network configuration information as identification information about the primary channel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The manager node of claim 10, wherein the manager controller performs a channel scan by using the first wireless communication unit or the second wireless communication unit to select a channel, where a preamble is not detected and an energy level of a frequency is lowest, of scanned channels as the primary channel to be changed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The manager node of claim 6, wherein the manager node is equipped in a vehicle, and when the network configuration information is changed and a mode of the vehicle is an accessory (ACC) mode, the manager controller stores the changed network configuration information in a non-volatile memory of the manager storage to update the network configuration information. ### Claim 13 A monitor node comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a manager node; a monitor storage storing joining information; and a monitor controller configured to store the joining information in the monitor storage when operating in a first mode, when operating in a second mode, to set a dedicated slot in a data frame on the basis of dedicated slot information included in the joining information, to establish a short-range wireless network along with the manager node by setting a communication channel for the wireless communication unit on the basis of channel identification information included in the joining information, and to transmit battery data to the manager node during the set dedicated slot. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The monitor node of claim 13, wherein, when the monitor node operates in the first mode, the wireless communication unit receives the dedicated slot information from the manager node, and the monitor controller generates the joining information including the dedicated slot information and identification information about a primary channel which has been used to establish the short-range wireless network along with the manager node and stores the generated joining information in the monitor storage. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The monitor node of claim 14, wherein, when the monitor node operates in the first mode, the monitor controller sets the communication channel for the wireless communication unit as a default primary channel, establishes the short-range wireless network along with the manager node by using the default primary channel, and adds identification information about the default primary channel in the joining information as the identification information about the primary channel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The monitor node of claim 15, wherein, when the establishing of the short-range wireless network based on the default primary channel fails, the wireless communication unit changes the communication channel to a default secondary channel or a temporary channel and receives identification information about a primary channel to be changed from the manager node through the default secondary channel or the temporary channel, and the monitor controller changes the communication channel for the wireless communication unit on the basis of the received identification information about the primary channel to be changed, and adds the received identification information about the primary channel in the joining information when the short-range wireless network is established between the manager node and the monitor node on the basis of the changed communication channel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The monitor node of claim 13, wherein, when operating in the second mode, the monitor controller sets the communication channel for the wireless communication unit to a primary channel based on identification information about the primary channel included in the joining information to transmit the battery data to the manager node through the primary channel, and when the transmission of the battery data through the primary channel fails, the monitor controller changes the communication channel for the wireless communication unit to a secondary channel to transmit the battery data through the secondary channel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The monitor node of claim 13, wherein the monitor node is equipped in a vehicle, and when the joining information is changed and a mode of the vehicle is an accessory (ACC) mode, the monitor controller stores the changed joining information in a non-volatile memory of the monitor storage to update the joining information.