Charge-discharge control system and charge-discharge control method

A charge-discharge control system in which each of a plurality of charge-discharge elements are configured to autonomously control charging-discharging, the charge-discharge control system comprising:

• an external control device configured to broadcast a control signal to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-discharging;
• and
• an authentication device configured to permit charging-discharging of each of the charge-discharge elements, wherein
• the charge-discharge elements are configured to, having received the control signal, transmit, to the authentication device, a permission request signal for requesting permission for charging-discharging, which is based on the received control signal,
• the authentication device is configured to
• having received the permission request signal, determine whether the permission request signal is a permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements, and
• connect a power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements upon determining that the permission request signal is the permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements,
• responsive to a charge-discharge current value of the charge-discharge elements being equal to or greater than a threshold current value, the charge-discharge elements transmit the permission request signal,
• the authentication device further includes a current measuring unit for measuring the charge-discharge current value of the charge-discharge elements by measuring a current value supplied to the charge-discharge elements and a current value received from the charge-discharge elements,
• responsive to the charge-discharge current value of the charge-discharge elements being equal to or greater than the threshold current value, the authentication device determines whether the permission request signal has been received, and
• upon determining that the permission request signal has been received, the authentication device continuously connects the power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements.

A charge-discharge control method in which a plurality of charge-discharge elements are configured to autonomously control charging-discharging, the charge-discharge control method comprising:

• broadcasting a control signal to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-discharging from an external control device;
• transmitting a permission request signal for requesting permission for charging-discharging, which is based on the received control signal, to an authentication device from the charge-discharge elements having received the control signal, the authentication device being separate from the external control device;
• upon receipt of the permission request signal by the authentication device, determining whether the permission request signal is a permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements;
• permitting charging-discharging of each of the charge-discharge elements by connecting a power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements, upon determining that the permission request signal is the permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements;
• providing the authentication device in plurality:
• broadcasting the control signal from the external control device to the plurality of authentication devices in addition to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-discharging;
• transmitting, from the charge-discharge elements to the plurality of authentication devices, the received control signal, or a signal obtained by editing the received control signal, as the permission request signal;
• receiving, by the plurality of authentication devices, the control signal and the permission request signal;
• and
• upon determining, by the plurality of authentication devices, that the permission request signal is the control signal received at the same time as the permission request signal or the signal obtained by editing the control signal, connecting, by the plurality of authentication devices, the power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements,
• wherein the charge-discharge elements are not configured to perform mutual communication with the external control device and the plurality of authentication devices.