Sensor network enhancement mechanisms

An apparatus for providing infrastructure service hosted by an infrastructure equipment, the apparatus comprising:

• interface circuitry arranged to communicatively couple the infrastructure equipment with a fixed sensor array having individual sensors, the individual sensors covering respective sectors of a physical coverage area, and the interface circuitry obtaining first sensor data from the individual sensors, the first sensor data being representative of the respective sectors covered by the individual sensors and objects within the respective sectors;
• map processing (MP) circuitry coupled with the interface circuitry, the MP circuitry is arranged to:
• determine at least one occlusion in the coverage area based on the first sensor data,
• detect objects in the physical coverage area based on the first sensor data,
• assign a unique identifier to each detected object, and
• identify at least one object located at or moving towards the at least one occlusion based on the first sensor data;
• encoding circuitry coupled with the MP circuitry, the encoding circuitry arranged to encode a first message to include a request for second sensor data to be collected by the at least one object when the at least one object is located at or near the at least one occlusion, wherein, to encode the first message, the encoding circuitry is arranged to:
• generate the first message to include a plurality of records, wherein each record of the plurality of records corresponds to an individual object of each detected object, each record comprises a plurality of data elements (DEs), and the plurality of DEs includes a sensor request DE;
• insert a first value into the sensor request DE of a record for the at least one object, wherein the first value indicates that the at least one object is to report the second sensor data;
• and
• insert a second value into the sensor request DE of records for other detected objects, wherein the second value indicates that the other detected objects are not to report the second sensor data;
• wireless communication circuitry communicatively coupled with the MP circuitry via the interface circuitry, the wireless communication circuitry is arranged to:
• broadcast or multicast the first message to all objects in the physical coverage area, and
• receive respective second messages from some or all of the objects in the physical coverage area including a second message from the at least one object, the second message from the at least one object includes the second sensor data;
• and
• decoding circuitry coupled with the MP circuitry, the decoding circuitry arranged to decode the respective second messages including a second message from the at least one object to obtain the second sensor data, wherein at least a portion of the second sensor data is representative of a physical area corresponding to the at least one occlusion.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (NTCRM) comprising instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors of an electronic system disposed in a vehicle is to cause the electronic system to:

• obtain a first message from a remote infrastructure system, the first message including a plurality of sections, each section of the plurality of sections corresponds to an individual electronic system, each section including a plurality of data elements (DEs), and the plurality of DEs includes a sensor request DE;
• identify a section of a plurality of sections within the first message designated for the electronic system, wherein other sections of the plurality of sections are designated for other electronic systems;
• obtain sensor data from one or more sensors communicatively coupled to the electronic system when the sensor request DE within the section of the first message designated for the electronic system includes a first value, the first value indicating that the electronic system is to provide sensor data to the remote infrastructure system;
• not obtain the sensor data when the sensor request DE within the section of the first message designated for the electronic system includes a second value, the second value indicating that the electronic system is to not report the sensor data;
• encode a second message to include the obtained sensor data for transmission to the remote infrastructure system;
• and
• send the second message to the remote infrastructure system.

Infrastructure equipment for providing infrastructure service, the infrastructure equipment comprising:

• interface circuitry arranged to communicatively couple the infrastructure equipment with a fixed sensor array having individual sensors, the individual sensors covering respective sectors of a physical coverage area;
• and
• processor circuitry coupled with the interface circuitry, the processor circuitry arranged to:
• obtain first sensor data from the individual sensors, the first sensor data being representative of the respective sectors covered by the individual sensors and individual vehicles of a plurality of vehicles within or traveling through the respective sectors;
• determine at least one gap in the coverage area based on the first sensor data;
• identify individual vehicles located at or moving towards the at least one gap;
• fuse second sensor data received from the identified vehicles with the first sensor data to produce a combined sensor data set, wherein at least a portion of the second sensor data is representative of a physical area corresponding to the at least one gap;
• generate an environmental map based on the combined sensor data set;
• and
• divide the environmental map into two or more map segments for broadcast or multicast of the two or more map segments to each vehicle detected of the plurality of vehicles in the coverage area.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (NTCRM) comprising instructions, wherein execution of the instructions is to cause an electronic system to:

• obtain a first message from a remote infrastructure system, the first message includes a plurality of sections, each section of the plurality of sections corresponds to an individual electronic system, each section comprises a plurality of data elements (DEs), and the plurality of DEs includes a sensor request DE;
• identify a section within the first message designated for the electronic system;
• obtain sensor data from one or more sensors communicatively coupled to the electronic system for when the sensor request DE within the section of the first message designated for the electronic system includes a first value, the first value indicating that the electronic system is to report sensor data to the remote infrastructure system;
• not obtain the sensor data when the sensor request DE within the section of the first message designated for the electronic system includes a second value, the second value indicating that the electronic system is to not report the sensor data;
• encode a second message including the sensor data for transmission to the remote infrastructure system when the sensor request DE within the section designated for the electronic system includes the first value;
• and
• send the second message to the remote infrastructure system.