Wireless in-vehicle networking enhanced interference detection via external sensors

A device comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processing units communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to cause the one or more processing units to:
• detect one or more vehicles within a first predetermined threshold distance of a first vehicle by:
• receiving one or more return signals from a sensor of the first vehicle, wherein the sensor comprises a radar, a LIDAR, a camera, an ultrasound sensor, or any combination thereof;
• determining a first distance of the one or more vehicles based on the one or more return signals;
• and
• comparing the first distance to the first predetermined threshold distance;
• responsive to the detecting, determine a location and a motion state of the one or more vehicles;
• determine potential radio frequency (RF) interference of at least a portion of a wireless network of the first vehicle by the one or more vehicles based at least in part on the determined location and the determined motion state of the one or more vehicles;
• and
• implement an interference mitigation technique based at least in part on the determined location, the determined motion state of the one or more vehicles, and one of the first predetermined threshold distance or a second predetermined threshold distance.

A device comprising:

• means for detecting one or more vehicles within a first predetermined threshold distance of a first vehicle, the means for detecting comprises:
• means for receiving one or more return signals from a sensor of the first vehicle, wherein the sensor comprises a radar, a LIDAR, a camera, an ultrasound sensor, or any combination thereof;
• means for determining a distance of the one or more vehicles based on the one or more return signals;
• and
• means for determining the distance is less than the first predetermined threshold distance;
• means for, responsive to the detecting, determining a location and a motion state of the one or more vehicles;
• means for determining potential radio frequency (RF) interference of at least a portion of a wireless network of the first vehicle by the one or more vehicles based at least in part on the determined location and the determined motion state of the one or more vehicles;
• and
• means for implementing an interference mitigation technique based at least in part on the determined location, the determined motion state of the one or more vehicles, and one of the first predetermined threshold distance or a second predetermined threshold distance.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereby which, when executed by one or more processing units, cause the processing units to perform functions including:

• detecting one or more vehicles within a first predetermined threshold distance of a first vehicle, wherein the detecting comprises:
• receiving one or more return signals from a sensor of the first vehicle, wherein the sensor comprises a radar, a LIDAR, a camera, an ultrasound sensor, or any combination thereof,
• determining a distance of the one or more vehicles based on the one or more return signals;
• and
• determining the distance is less than the first predetermined threshold distance;
• responsive to the detecting, determining a location and a motion state of the one or more vehicles;
• determining potential radio frequency (RF) interference of at least a portion of a wireless network of the first vehicle by the one or more vehicles based at least in part on the determined location and the determined motion state of the one or more vehicles;
• and
• implementing an interference mitigation technique based at least in part on the determined location, the determined motion state of the one or more vehicles, and one of the first predetermined threshold distance or a second predetermined threshold distance.

A method of detecting and mitigating radio frequency (RF) interference at a first vehicle, the method comprising:

• detecting one or more vehicles are within a predetermined threshold distance of the first vehicle, wherein the detecting includes determining a first threshold distance based on a first rate of approach of the one or more vehicles towards the first vehicle, and a second threshold distance based on a second rate of approach of the one or more vehicles towards the first vehicle;
• determining a location and a motion state of the one or more vehicles;
• determining potential RF interference of at least a portion of a wireless network of the first vehicle based at least in part on the determined location and the motion state of the one or more vehicles;
• and
• implementing an interference mitigation technique based at least in part on the determined location, the motion state of the one or more vehicles, and the one or more vehicles being within one of the first threshold distance or the second threshold distance from the first vehicle.