Battery management system and method for communicating using intermediate node

Abstract

A battery management device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper-level controller that transmits a command signal to a lower-level controller and receives a response signal to the command signal from the lower-level controller and a lower-level controller that performs an operation according to the command signal received from the upper-level controller and transmits the response signal to the command signal to the upper-level controller, and an intermediate lower-level controller selected according to a predetermined criterion among the lower-level controllers transmits a signal corresponding to the command signal transmitted by the upper-level controller with maximum power to the remaining lower-level controllers when strength of the command signal received from the upper-level controller satisfies a preset condition.

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