Method and apparatus for processing vehicle-to-X communications
AssigneeContinental Teves AG & Co. oHG
InventorMarc Menzel
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Abstract
A method of processing a vehicle-to-X message in a plurality of stages in a vehicle-to-X communications module, processing being performed in at least some of the stages in dependence upon an area status such that the outlay for providing vehicle-to-X communication in different geographical areas can be considerably reduced. The invention also relates to a vehicle-to-X communications module and a storage medium for performing the method.
Claims24
A method for processing a vehicle-to-X message in a vehicle-to-X communications module configured to support at least two communication architectures each associated with a region, the method comprising;
- receiving, at a vehicle-to-X communications module supported by the vehicle, a vehicle-to-X message;
- receiving, at the vehicle-to-X communications module from a satellite navigation module in communication with the vehicle-to-X communication s module, a current vehicle location of the vehicle;
- determining, at the vehicle-to-X communications module, a regional status based on the current vehicle location, the regional status indicative of a region that includes the current vehicle location;
- processing, at the vehicle-to-X communications module, the vehicle-to-X message in a plurality of stages causing the vehicle to support at least two communication architectures each associated with a different region, the plurality of stages including:
- a first group of the plurality of stages processing the vehicle-to-X message based on the regional status of the vehicle-to-X communications module, the first group of the plurality of stages implemented in software of the vehicle-to-X communications module, and
- a second group of the plurality of stages processing the vehicle-to-X message irrespective of the regional status, the second group of the plurality of stages implemented in hardware of the vehicle-to-X communications module.
A vehicle-to-X communications module supported by a vehicle and configured to support at least two communication architectures each associated with a region, the vehicle-to-X communications module implements instructions for processing a vehicle-to-X message, the instructions comprising:
- receiving a vehicle-to-X message;
- receiving a current vehicle location of the vehicle from a satellite navigation module;
- determining a regional status based on the current vehicle location, the regional status indicative of a region that includes the current vehicle location;
- processing the vehicle-to-X message in a plurality of stages, the plurality of stages causing the vehicle to support at least two communication architectures each associated with a different region, the plurality of stages including:
- a first group of the plurality of stages processing the vehicle-to-X message based on the regional status of the vehicle-to-X communications module, the first group of the plurality of stages implemented in software of the vehicle-to-X communications module, and
- a second group of the plurality of stages processing the vehicle-to-X message irrespective of the regional status, the second group of the plurality of stages implemented in hardware of the vehicle-to-X communication device.
A nonvolatile machine-readable storage medium containing a program code which, when executed, prompts a processor supported by a vehicle to:
- receive a vehicle-to-X message;
- receive a current vehicle location of the vehicle from a satellite navigation module;
- determine a regional status based on the current vehicle location, the regional status indicative of a region that includes the current vehicle location;
- process the vehicle-to-X message in a plurality of stages causing the vehicle to support at least two communication architectures each associated with a different region, the plurality of stages including:
- a first group of the plurality of stages configured to process the vehicle-to-X message according to a regional status of the vehicle, the first group of the plurality of stages implemented in software of the vehicle-to-X communication device, and
- a second group of the plurality of stages configured to process the vehicle-to-X message irrespective of the regional status, the second group of the plurality of stages implemented in hardware of the vehicle-to-X communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.