Abstract: The invention relates to a disaggregation apparatus (1) for identifying an electrical consumer in an electrical network (2). An electrical signature providing unit (7) provides electrical signatures of the electrical consumers (4, 5, 6), and an electrical parameter determining unit (8) determines an overall electrical parameter of the electrical network (2). An identification unit (9) identifies an electrical consumer depending on the determined overall electrical parameter and a correlation of the electrical signatures. Since the identification unit identifies an electrical consumer depending on the determined overall electrical parameter and a correlation of the electrical signatures, the identification of an electrical consumer does not depend on the detection of an event only. This makes the identification more robust, especially less prone to errors caused by missed events, thereby improving the reliability of identifying an electrical consumer in the electrical network.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disaggregation apparatus (1) for identifying an electrical consumer in an electrical network (2). An electrical signature providing unit (7) provides electrical signatures of the electrical consumers (4, 5, 6), and an electrical parameter determining unit (8) determines an overall electrical parameter of the electrical network (2). An identification unit (9) identifies an electrical consumer depending on the determined overall electrical parameter and a correlation of the electrical signatures. Since the identification unit identifies an electrical consumer depending on the determined overall electrical parameter and a correlation of the electrical signatures, the identification of an electrical consumer does not depend on the detection of an event only. This makes the identification more robust, especially less prone to errors caused by missed events, thereby improving the reliability of identifying an electrical consumer in the electrical network.

Abstract: The method for forwarding data packets in position based routing of data from a source node (S) to at least one destination node (D) of a mesh network (1) comprises the following steps. A data packet (2) originating from the source node (S) is received at an intermediate node (A) and the geographical position of the destination node (D) is obtained from the data packet (2). All accessible neighbor nodes (Ci) of the intermediate node (A) and their positions are determined. For each neighbor node (Ci) of the intermediate node (A), a deviation value (vi) depending on the position of the neighbor node (Ci) in relation to a line of sight (4) between the intermediate node (A) and the destination node (D) is then determined and at least one of the neighbor nodes (Ci) is selected as a next intermediate node (B) depending on the determined deviation values (vi). The data packed (2) is then forwarded to the selected next intermediate node (B).