Datamesh network management, routing management for moving nodes and data distribution through vehicle mesh network
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorShingo Sugimoto
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Abstract
Vehicles, systems and methods for establishing a mesh network among a plurality of vehicles are described herein. An electronic control unit configured to determine a current position and a future position of a vehicle, determine a current position and a future position of another vehicle, generate a mesh network including the vehicle and the another vehicle based on: (i) a comparison of the current position of the vehicle and the current position of the another vehicle; and (ii) a comparison of the future position of the vehicle and the future position of the another vehicle.
Claims18
An electronic control unit configured to:
- determine a current position and a future position of a vehicle;
- determine a current position and a future position of another vehicle;
- generate a mesh network including the vehicle and the another vehicle based on:
- (i) a comparison of the current position of the vehicle and the current position of the another vehicle;
- and (ii) a comparison of the future position of the vehicle and the future position of the another vehicle;
- and
- identify one of the vehicle or the another vehicle as a master node vehicle of the mesh network based on a determination by the electronic control unit that the master node vehicle includes a telematics unit or an electronic control unit that is more advanced than that of one or more other vehicles of the mesh network.
A computing device configured to:
- receive current position information and future position information from a plurality of vehicles;
- compare the current position information and the future position information among the plurality of vehicles;
- identify a set of vehicles of the plurality of vehicles for inclusion in a mesh network based on comparing the current position information and the future position information among the plurality of vehicles;
- establish the mesh network including the identified set of vehicles;
- and
- identify one of the vehicle or the another vehicle as a master node vehicle of the mesh network based on a determination by the computing device that the master node vehicle includes a telematics unit or an electronic control unit that is more advanced than that of one or more other vehicles of the mesh network.
A method for establishing a mesh network among a plurality of vehicles, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing device, current position information and future position information from a plurality of vehicles;
- comparing the current position information and the future position information among the plurality of vehicles;
- identifying a set of vehicles of the plurality of vehicles for inclusion in the mesh network based on the comparison of the current position information and the future position information among the plurality of vehicles;
- establishing the mesh network including the identified set of vehicles;
- and
- identifying one of the vehicle or the another vehicle as a master node vehicle of the mesh network based on a determination by the computing device that the master node vehicle includes a telematics unit or an electronic control unit that is more advanced than that of one or more other vehicles of the mesh network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.