Control device configured for and method of determining a data format

A control device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory configured to store instructions capable of being executed by the processor,
• wherein the processor and the instructions are configured to:
• receive information comprising:
• a first indicator of a communication capacity of a vehicle, wherein the communication capacity corresponds to a V2X communication link;
• and
• a second indicator comprising a self-descriptive parameter indicative of a calculation ability of the vehicle,
• select, based on the first and second indicators, a data format from a set of data formats, and
• send an indication of the data format to the vehicle,
• wherein the data formats of the set of data formats correspond to differentiated data volumes of data sent by the vehicle over the V2X communication link, and
• wherein the second indicator corresponds to one or both of a processing core speed or a number of processing cores.

A control device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory configured to store instructions capable of being executed by the processor,
• wherein the processor and the instructions are configured to:
• receive information from a plurality of vehicles, wherein the information from each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles comprises:
• a first indicator of a capacity of the vehicle to communicate over a V2X communication link;
• and
• a second indicator comprising a self-descriptive parameter indicative of a calculation ability of the vehicle, and
• for each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, select a data format from a set of data formats, and send an indication of the data format to the vehicle,
• wherein
• the data formats of the set of data formats correspond to differentiated data volumes of data sent by the vehicle over the V2X communication link,
• the second indicator corresponds to one or both of a processing core speed or a number of processing cores, and
• selecting the data format from the set of data formats is based on the first and second indicators received from each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles.