Distributed processing in a vehicle networking system

A node in a vehicle networking system, the node comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
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• one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the node to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a first set of processed sensor data from a second node in the vehicle networking system, the first set of processed sensor data having been generated by the second node as a result of the second node performing a first portion of a data processing algorithm based on a first set of sensor data captured by a first set of sensors of the vehicle networking system;
• receiving a second set of processed sensor data from a third node in the vehicle networking system, the second set of processed sensor data having been generated by the third node as a result of the third node performing the first portion of the data processing algorithm based on a second set of sensor data captured by a second set of sensors of the vehicle networking system;
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• performing a second portion of the data processing algorithm based on the first set of processed sensor data received from the second node and the second set of processed sensor data received from the third node, yielding a first set of processed aggregated sensor data.

A non-transitory computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of a node in a vehicle networking system, cause the node to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a first set of processed sensor data from a second node in the vehicle networking system, the first set of processed sensor data having been generated by the second node as a result of the second node performing a first portion of a data processing algorithm based on a first set of sensor data captured by a first set of sensors of the vehicle networking system;
• receiving a second set of processed sensor data from a third node in the vehicle networking system, the second set of processed sensor data having been generated by the third node as a result of the third node performing the first portion of the data processing algorithm based on a second set of sensor data captured by a second set of sensors of the vehicle networking system;
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• performing a second portion of the data processing algorithm based on the first set of processed sensor data received from the second node and the second set of processed sensor data received from the third node, yielding a first set of processed aggregated sensor data.