BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING SAME

Provided are a battery management system and a battery pack including the same. The battery management system includes a plurality of slave controllers, a plurality of temperature sensors, and a master controller. The plurality of temperature sensors are disposed in a plurality of different regions within the battery pack in a distributed fashion. The master controller is communicably coupled to the plurality of temperature sensors through a wired communication network. The master controller is communicably coupled to the plurality of slave controllers through a wireless communication network. The master controller determines a position of each of the plurality of slave controllers based on a temperature value of each region measured by the plurality of temperature sensors.