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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Jordi Mcgregor Barr, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Peter Henry Mccabe, Wotton-Under-Edge, GB;
Jordi McGregor Barr, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Peter Henry McCabe, Wotton-Under-Edge, GB;
BAE SYSTEMS plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for distributing power through a network (), the network comprising consumer units (C1-C4) and provider units (P1-P6), the method comprising: for each provider unit (P1-P6), allocating some production capacity of that provider unit (P1-P6) to each consumer units (C1-C4) to which that provider unit (P1-P6) is connected, performing one or more times a process of performing steps (a) to (c); wherein step (a) comprises, for each consumer unit (C1-C4), generating a vector of resource requests, step (b) comprises, for each provider unit (P1-P6), determining whether it currently satisfies the requests made of it; and step (c) comprises, for each provider unit (P1-P6) which does not currently satisfy the requests made of it, updating the current production allocation; and from each provider unit (P1-P6) and dependant on the current production allocation of that provider unit (P1-P6), delivering to a consumer unit (C1-C4) an amount of resource.