Packet communication to facilitate wireless charging of electric vehicles
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsRashmi Prasad, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil
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Abstract
A system and method of facilitating wireless charging of an electric vehicle (EV) include the EV performing service discovery and negotiation via a neighborhood aware network (NaN) to determine charging compatibility of a WiFi enabled charging station or another EV with the EV. The method also includes the EV requesting a reservation from the charging station or a charge from the another EV based on determining that the EV is compatible with the charging station or the another EV by broadcasting a request message that includes a packet with the request via the NaN.
Claims18
A method of facilitating wireless charging of an electric vehicle (EV), the method comprising:
- the EV performing service discovery and negotiation via a neighborhood aware network (NaN) to determine charging compatibility of a WiFi enabled charging station or another EV with the EV;
- the EV requesting compatibility information from the charging station or the another EV via an information request packet in an information request message broadcast via the NaN, wherein the compatibility information includes vehicle classes supported by the charging station or the another EV and a power capability of the charging station or the another EV;
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- the EV requesting a reservation from the charging station or a charge from the another EV based on determining that the EV is compatible with the charging station or the another EV by broadcasting a request message that includes a packet with the request via the NaN.
A system to facilitate wireless charging of an electric vehicle (EV), the system comprising:
- a battery of the EV;
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- a controller of the EV configured to perform service discovery and negotiation via a neighborhood aware network (NaN) to determine compatibility of a WiFi enabled charging station or another EV with the EV and request a reservation from the charging station or the another EV based on determining that the EV is compatible with the charging station or the another EV, wherein the request is sent as a request message that includes a packet via the NaN, wherein the controller is further configured to request compatibility information from the charging station or the another EV via an information request packet in an information request message broadcast via the NaN, wherein the compatibility information includes vehicle classes supported by the charging station or the another EV and a power capability of the charging station or the another EV.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.