Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coupling device for coupling two or more tab electric terminals of distinct battery cells. A pair of U-shaped jaws retains the terminals therebetween with the electrical contact surfaces facing each other. A clamping element is configured to clamp the jaws towards each other in the first direction. During the clamping, an inclined wedge surface converts the pressure in the first direction to a pressure on the terminals in a second direction, so as to establish a reliable electrical contact between the terminals, direct or with the interposition of a spacing block. Wedge surfaces can be provided laterally, for example in the arms of the jaws, or between distinct bodies forming a spacing block between the terminals.

Abstract: A method for handling a broadcast data packet using a network (300) including a plurality of nodes (NH, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6), the method including: receiving, at a sending node, the broadcast data packet; checking, at the sending node, whether the broadcast data packet has been received at the sending node on a previous occasion, wherein if the sending node has not previously received the broadcast data packet the sending node enters a broadcast delivery mode, the broadcast delivery mode including: switching to a scan mode to listen for advertisements from other nodes in the network; starting a timer; wherein upon receipt of an advertisement from a neighbouring node the sending node sends an instance of the broadcast data packet to the neighbouring node and resets the timer.

Abstract: A method of operating an access control system including a plurality of access controls each operating as a node including: receiving a node information from one or more nodes of the access control system, the one or more nodes including an origination node and a destination node; determining one or more routes between the origination node and the destination node in response to the node information or a minimum hop distance between the originating node and the head node and a minimum hop distance between any intermediate routing node and the head node; receiving a reroute message indicating a failed node between the destination node and the origination node; and determining an alternate path from the origination node to the destination node around the failed node in response to the one or more routes.

Abstract: A method for communicating data between Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices (200, 202) in a network (100) comprising multiple nodes, the method comprising: broadcasting data from a broadcasting node (200); receiving the data at multiple receiving nodes (202); transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) packet from each of the receiving nodes (202) to the broadcasting node (200), wherein each receiving node (202) waits for a waiting period before transmitting the ACK packet, and wherein the waiting period is a varying length of time for each receiving node (202).

Abstract: A method for communicating data between Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices in a network (100) including multiple nodes (200, 202). The method includes starting a scan mode at a first node (200) having data to send; and determining whether data to send has been transmitted to the first node from an upstream node or a downstream node. If the data to send was received from a downstream node, the first node begins a scan mode. If the data to send was received from an upstream node, the first node begins an ADV event.

Abstract: A method for operating a wireless network including a plurality of nodes, the method including: each node generating a set of paths to a head node; initiating an adaptive failure recovery method in the event of a source node sending a message data packet upstream and a discovery node encountering a failed node, wherein the discovery node is a node on a path taken by the message data packet from the source node to a destination node, the adaptive recovery failure method including: collecting, at the discovery node, relevant data, the relevant data comprising: a hop-distance between the failed node and the source node; a count of estimated extra hops required to deliver the data packet using a hop-distance recovery method; a count of estimated extra hops required to deliver the data packet using a multipath recovery method; and a latency time for the hop-distance recovery method.

Abstract: A method for a network 300 including a plurality of nodes, the method including: detecting, at a first node (N2), that a second node (N1) is a failed node; recording, at the first node, that the second node is a failed node and that a first path is unavailable; switching, at the first node, to a second path, the second path including a third node (N6); checking, at the first node, the hop count of the third node, wherein the third node is the next hop on the second path; generating an information packet at the first node, wherein the information packet comprises a unique ID of the failed node and the hop count of the first node; broadcasting the information packet from the first node (N2) to one or more one-hop neighbouring nodes (N1, N3, N6) of the first node.

Abstract: A method of operating an access control system including a plurality of access controls each operating as a node including: receiving a node information from one or more nodes of the access control system, the one or more nodes including an origination node and a destination node; determining one or more routes between the origination node and the destination node in response to the node information or a minimum hop distance between the originating node and the head node and a minimum hop distance between any intermediate routing node and the head node; receiving a reroute message indicating a failed node between the destination node and the origination node; and determining an alternate path from the origination node to the destination node around the failed node in response to the one or more routes.

Abstract: A method for operating a wireless network including a plurality of nodes, the method including: each node generating a set of paths to a head node; initiating an adaptive failure recovery method in the event of a source node sending a message data packet upstream and a discovery node encountering a failed node, wherein the discovery node is a node on a path taken by the message data packet from the source node to a destination node, the adaptive recovery failure method including: collecting, at the discovery node, relevant data, the relevant data comprising: a hop-distance between the failed node and the source node; a count of estimated extra hops required to deliver the data packet using a hop-distance recovery method; a count of estimated extra hops required to deliver the data packet using a multipath recovery method; and a latency time for the hop-distance recovery method.

Abstract: A method for handling a broadcast data packet using a network (300) including a plurality of nodes (NH, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6), the method including: receiving, at a sending node, the broadcast data packet; checking, at the sending node, whether the broadcast data packet has been received at the sending node on a previous occasion, wherein if the sending node has not previously received the broadcast data packet the sending node enters a broadcast delivery mode, the broadcast delivery mode including: switching to a scan mode to listen for advertisements from other nodes in the network; starting a timer; wherein upon receipt of an advertisement from a neighbouring node the sending node sends an instance of the broadcast data packet to the neighbouring node and resets the timer.

Abstract: A method for a network 300 including a plurality of nodes, the method including: detecting, at a first node (N2), that a second node (N1) is a failed node; recording, at the first node, that the second node is a failed node and that a first path is unavailable; switching, at the first node, to a second path, the second path including a third node (N6); checking, at the first node, the hop count of the third node, wherein the third node is the next hop on the second path; generating an information packet at the first node, wherein the information packet comprises a unique ID of the failed node and the hop count of the first node; broadcasting the information packet from the first node (N2) to one or more one-hop neighbouring nodes (N1, N3, N6) of the first node.

Abstract: A method for communicating data between Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices (200, 202) in a network (100) comprising multiple nodes, the method comprising: broadcasting data from a broadcasting node (200); receiving the data at multiple receiving nodes (202); transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) packet from each of the receiving nodes (202) to the broadcasting node (200), wherein each receiving node (202) waits for a waiting period before transmitting the ACK packet, and wherein the waiting period is a varying length of time for each receiving node (202).

Abstract: A method for communicating data between Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices in a network (100) including multiple nodes (200, 202). The method includes starting a scan mode at a first node (200) having data to send; and determining whether data to send has been transmitted to the first node from an upstream node or a downstream node. If the data to send was received from a downstream node, the first node begins a scan mode. If the data to send was received from an upstream node, the first node begins an ADV event.

Abstract: A removable storage device includes a substrate whereon a plurality of components are arranged. Advantageously, the removable storage device comprises a casing of the package type suitable to completely cover these components and to form, together with the substrate, an external coating of the removable storage device. Moreover, a method is described for assembling at least one removable storage device thus realized.

Abstract: A removable storage device includes a substrate whereon a plurality of components are arranged. Advantageously, the removable storage device comprises a casing of the package type suitable to completely cover these components and to form, together with the substrate, an external coating of the removable storage device. Moreover, a method is described for assembling at least one removable storage device thus realized.