Low bandwidth protocol for streaming sensor data

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for remote monitoring of an autonomous vehicle, which when executed by a computer, configures the computer to:

• transmit to a remote system an identification of the autonomous vehicle to be monitored;
• in response to providing the identification to the remote system, receive from the remote system a plurality of data frames associated with the autonomous vehicle, the plurality of data frames having one or more of a plurality of data types, the plurality of data types comprising vehicle signal data, vehicle diagnostic data, and object data, each frame in the plurality of data frames comprising a timestamp and a sequence ID;
• assemble the received plurality of data frames based on data type, sequence ID, and timestamp to reconstruct an ordered sequence of telemetry data for the autonomous vehicle;
• make a determination that a particular data type is one that requires a particular context map, the particular context map associating each of a plurality of message identifiers with a corresponding plurality of message labels, wherein data frames of the particular data type each further comprise at least one message identifier;
• based on the determination, generate using the particular context map a message label for each data frame of the particular data type based on the corresponding message identifier;
• and
• display the plurality of data frames and generated message labels on a user interface.

A system for remote monitoring of an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• a memory configured to store data frames received from a remote system;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• transmit to the remote system an identification of the autonomous vehicle to be monitored;
• in response to providing the identification, receive from the remote system a plurality of data frames associated with the autonomous vehicle, the plurality of data frames having one or more of a plurality of data types, the plurality of data types comprising vehicle signal data, vehicle diagnostic data, and object data, each frame in the plurality of data frames comprising a timestamp and a sequence ID;
• assemble the received plurality of data frames based on data type, sequence ID, and timestamp to reconstruct an ordered sequence of telemetry data for the autonomous vehicle;
• make a determination that a particular data type is one that requires a particular context map, the particular context map associating each of a plurality of message identifiers with a corresponding plurality of message labels, wherein data frames of the particular data type each further comprise at least one message identifier;
• based on the determination, generate using the particular context map a message label for each data frame of the particular data type based on the corresponding message identifier;
• and
• display the plurality of data frames and generated message labels on a user interface,
• wherein the generated message label for each data frame is of a greater size than the corresponding message identifier.