Adaptive vehicle identifier generation

A computer program product included an onboard vehicle computer included in a connected vehicle, the computer program product comprising computer code that is operable, when executed by onboard vehicle computer, to cause the onboard vehicle computer to execute steps including:

• determining a set of channel loads for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) network;
• analyzing the set of channel loads to determine if a threshold is satisfied by broadcasting a V2X message including a standard vehicle identifier, wherein satisfying the threshold indicates that the broadcasting would result in a channel congestion of the V2X network;
• determining, responsive to the threshold being satisfied, to activate a digital switching decision that switches the connected vehicle from broadcasting the standard vehicle identifier of the connected vehicle to broadcasting a compressed vehicle identifier of the connected vehicle;
• inputting vehicle feature data describing the connected vehicle to a compression module executed by a processor of the connected vehicle, wherein the compression module analyzes the vehicle feature data and outputs compressed vehicle identifier data describing the compressed vehicle identifier of the connected vehicle so that the compressed vehicle identifier is determined independently of the standard vehicle identifier;
• and
• broadcasting a V2X message including the compressed vehicle identifier data for use by one or more endpoints of the V2X network.

A system of a connected vehicle comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication unit communicatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory memory communicatively coupled to the processor and the communication unit, wherein the non-transitory memory stores executable code that is operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to:
• determine a set of channel loads for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) network;
• analyze the set of channel loads to determine if a threshold is satisfied by broadcasting a V2X message including a standard vehicle identifier, wherein satisfying the threshold indicates that the broadcasting would result in a channel congestion of the V2X network;
• activate, responsive to the threshold being satisfied, a digital switching decision that switches the connected vehicle from broadcasting the standard vehicle identifier of the connected vehicle to broadcasting a compressed vehicle identifier of the connected vehicle;
• input vehicle feature data describing the connected vehicle to a compression module executed by the processor, wherein the compression module analyzes the vehicle feature data and outputs compressed vehicle identifier data describing the compressed vehicle identifier of the connected vehicle so that the compressed vehicle identifier is determined independently of the standard vehicle identifier;
• and
• broadcast, by the communication unit, a V2X message including the compressed vehicle identifier data for use by one or more endpoints of the V2X network.