Patent ID: 11872905
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable code, which, when executed by a processor of a primary network node coupled to a battery of a vehicular battery management system (BMS), causes the processor to:
identify a plurality of secondary network nodes, the secondary network nodes coupled to a set of battery cells;
perform a security check of the plurality of secondary network nodes to verify security frames in a frame format; and
responsive to a successful verification of the security frames, transmit a downlink frame comprising the frame format to the plurality of secondary network nodes, the frame format including one or more bits that indicate whether one of the plurality of secondary network nodes is to communicate with the primary network node on behalf of another one of the plurality of secondary network nodes.