Predictive resource preparation and handoff for vehicle-to-infrastructure systems

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more network interfaces to communicate within a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) network;
• a processor coupled to the network interfaces and adapted to execute one or more processes;
• and
• a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed operable to:
• collect travel information of a vehicle;
• determine a profile of the vehicle, the profile indicative of one or more real-time resource requirements of the vehicle;
• predict a path of the vehicle based on the travel information;
• determine a next resource node along the predicted path having one or more real-time resources corresponding to the one or more real-time resource requirements of the vehicle, wherein the next resource node is a stationary node in the V2X network, along the predicted path that participates with one or more V2X processes executing on the vehicle;
• predict a time of arrival of the vehicle being within range of the next resource node based on the travel information;
• and
• inform the next resource node of the profile of the vehicle and the predicted time of arrival to cause the next resource node to operate the one or more real-time resources for the vehicle for the predicted time of arrival.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having software encoded thereon, the software when executed by a processor operable to:

• collect travel information of a vehicle;
• determine a profile of the vehicle, the profile indicative of one or more real-time resource requirements of the vehicle;
• predict a path of the vehicle based on the travel information;
• determine a next resource node along the predicted path having one or more real-time resources corresponding to the one or more real-time resource requirements of the vehicle, wherein the next resource node is a stationary node in a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) network, along the predicted path that participates with one or more V2X processes executing on the vehicle;
• predict a time of arrival of the vehicle being within range of the next resource node based on the travel information;
• and
• inform the next resource node of the profile of the vehicle and the predicted time of arrival to cause the next resource node to operate the one or more real-time resources for the vehicle for the predicted time of arrival.