Vehicle positioning for V2V optimization

A system configured to be disposed in a host vehicle, the system comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• determine whether a quality of a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) connection between the host vehicle and a target satisfies a threshold that corresponds to a reliable connection between the host vehicle and the target;
• and
• responsive to a determination that the quality of the V2V connection satisfies the threshold, maintain a following position of the host vehicle relative to the target;
• or
• responsive to a determination that the quality of the V2V connection does not satisfy the threshold;
• predict a null position of the V2V connection based on determined one or more following positions where ground reflections of communications between the host vehicle and the target may cause the quality of the V2V connection to not satisfy the threshold;
• determine whether the following position is within the predicted null position;
• and
• responsive to a determination that the following position is within the predicted null position, cause a vehicle component of the host vehicle to advance or retreat the host vehicle out of the predicted null position;
• or
• responsive to a determination that the following position is not within the predicted null position, cause the vehicle component to advance or retreat an incremental amount.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to:

• determine whether a quality of a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) connection between a host vehicle and a target satisfies a threshold that corresponds to a reliable connection between the host vehicle and the target;
• and
• responsive to a determination that the quality of the V2V connection satisfies the threshold, maintain a following position of the host vehicle relative to the target;
• or
• responsive to a determination that the quality of the V2V connection does not satisfy the threshold;
• predict a null position of the V2V connection based on determined one or more following positions where ground reflections of communications between the host vehicle and the target may cause the quality of the V2V connection to not satisfy the threshold;
• determine whether the following position is within the predicted null position;
• and
• responsive to a determination that the following position is within the predicted null position, cause a vehicle component of the host vehicle to advance or retreat the host vehicle out of the predicted null position;
• or
• responsive to a determination that the following position is not within the predicted null position, cause the vehicle component to advance or retreat an incremental amount.