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Communication method for a plurality of vehicles, vehicle and server

AssigneeBeijing Mobike Technology Co., Ltd.

InventorDepi Wang

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Abstract

The present invention discloses A communication method for a plurality of vehicles, a vehicle and a server are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: selecting a first vehicle from the plurality of vehicles as a master device that communicates with a server, wherein the first vehicle communicates with other vehicles among the plurality of vehicles in a first communication mode, and the master device communicates with the server in a second communication mode; and using the first vehicle as a node by which at least one of the other vehicles communicates with the server. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the problem of inability of reporting in case of a fault when any of the other vehicles directly communicates with the server is avoided. The server only needs to distribute update software to the first vehicle, rather than each vehicle one by one, and then the update software is forwarded by the first vehicle to each vehicle, thereby reducing the number of operations of the server and occupying less resources of the server.

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Dependent claims

A communication method for a plurality of nodes each associated with a vehicle, said method comprising the following steps:

selecting a first node from the plurality of nodes as a master device that communicates with a server, wherein the first node communicates with other nodes among the plurality of nodes in a first communication mode, and wherein the master device communicates with the server in a second communication mode;
and
using the first node for at least one of the other nodes to communicate with the server,
wherein:
the first node is selected according to the communication states in which the plurality of nodes communicates with the server,
the communication state between the first node and the server is optimal among the plurality of nodes, and
after the step of selecting the first node as the master device:
acquiring information on a distance between the first node and any of the other nodes;
when the distance between the first node and any of the other nodes is smaller than a preset distance, maintaining the first node as the master device that communicates with the server, and
when the communication state of the selected first node and the server is optimal but the distance between the first node and at least one of the other nodes is greater than the preset distance, reselecting a node other than the first node from the plurality of nodes as the master device.

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Facts

Application: 15/717,600Filed 27 Sep 2017
Priority: CN 2017 1 028894227 Apr 2017
Published: US 2018/0316763 A11 Nov 2018
Granted: 11 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

H04L 67/12
Protocols: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in…
G08G 1/0104
Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled: measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
G08G 1/0112
Based on the source of data: from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
H04B 1/3822
Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of…:…

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