Method and device for communicating between a parking facility management system and a motor vehicle

A device for communicating between a parking facility management system of a parking facility and a motor vehicle driving in a driverless fashion within the parking facility, the parking facility including multiple spatially distributed base stations, the device comprising:

• a memory in which a digital map of the parking facility is stored, the digital map including the positions of the multiple base stations;
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• a processor which is designed to, based on a present position of the motor vehicle within the parking facility and on the digital map of the parking facility, select a base station from the multiple base stations to which the motor vehicle is to change next from a present base station of the multiple base stations, to which the motor vehicle is presently connected, to connect itself to the selected base station, in order to communicate with the parking facility management system.

A motor vehicle, including a device for communicating between a parking facility management system of a parking facility and a motor vehicle driving in a driverless fashion within the parking facility, the parking facility including multiple spatially distributed base stations, the device comprising:

• a memory in which a digital map of the parking facility is stored, the digital map including the positions of the multiple base stations;
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• a processor which is designed to, based on a present position of the motor vehicle within the parking facility and on the digital map of the parking facility, select a base station from the multiple base stations to which the motor vehicle is to change next from a present base station of the multiple base stations, to which the motor vehicle is presently connected, to connect itself to the selected base station, in order to communicate with the parking facility management system.

A parking facility management system, including a device for communicating between a parking facility management system of a parking facility and a motor vehicle driving in a driverless fashion within the parking facility, the parking facility including multiple spatially distributed base stations, the device comprising:

• a memory in which a digital map of the parking facility is stored, the digital map including the positions of the multiple base stations;
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• a processor which is designed to, based on a present position of the motor vehicle within the parking facility and on the digital map of the parking facility, select a base station from the multiple base stations to which the motor vehicle is to change next from a present base station of the multiple base stations, to which the motor vehicle is presently connected, to connect itself to the selected base station, in order to communicate with the parking facility management system.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for communicating between a parking facility management system of a parking facility and a motor vehicle driving in a driverless fashion within the parking facility, the parking facility including multiple spatially distributed base stations, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:

• selecting, based on a present position of the motor vehicle within the parking facility and on a digital map of the parking facility which includes the positions of the multiple base stations, a base station from the multiple base stations, to which the motor vehicle is to change next from a present base station of the multiple base stations to which the motor vehicle is presently connected, to connect itself to the selected base station, in order to communicate with the parking facility management system.