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US 2018/0122234 A1Published application
Systems and methods for achieving road action consensus, for example among autonomous vehicles, in a network of moving things
AssigneeVeniam, Inc.
InventorsDário Nascimento, Roy Russell
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Abstract
Systems and methods for achieving road action consensus in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for achieving road action consensus in vehicles (e.g., autonomous vehicles, manually controlled vehicles, etc.) of a network of moving things.
Claims28
A system for determining road actions in a vehicle communication network, the system comprising:
- a fixed access point (FAP) of a vehicle communication network, the fixed access point comprising:
- at least one FAP wireless transceiver;
- and
- at least one FAP module, comprising at least a FAP processor and a FAP memory, operable to, at least:
- receive, for each of a plurality of traffic intersections within communication range of the fixed access point, respective traffic intersection context information from a plurality of mobile access points that have passed through the traffic intersection;
- determine a road action for vehicles traveling through each of the plurality of intersections based, at least in part, on the received traffic intersection context information;
- and
- communicate information indicating the determined road actions to mobile access points of the vehicles;
- and
- a mobile access point (MAP) of the vehicle communication network, the mobile access point comprising:
- at least one MAP wireless transceiver;
- and
- at least one MAP module, comprising at least a MAP processor and a MAP memory, operable to, at least:
- as the mobile access point travels toward a traffic intersection, receive traffic intersection context information for the traffic intersection from another mobile access point that has passed through the intersection;
- and
- determine a road action for the vehicle based, at least in part, on the received traffic intersection context information.
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A mobile access point (MAP) of a vehicle communication network, the mobile access point comprising:
- at least one wireless transceiver;
- at least one module, comprising at least a processor and a memory, operable to at least:
- utilize the at least one wireless transceiver to communicate with other mobile access points of the vehicle communication network;
- utilize the at least one wireless transceiver to communicate with fixed access points of the vehicle communication network;
- utilize the at least one wireless transceiver to provide wireless local area network (WLAN) connectivity to client nodes of the mobile access point;
- as the mobile access point travels toward a traffic intersection, receive traffic intersection context information for the traffic intersection from another mobile access point that has passed through the intersection;
- and
- determine a road action for a vehicle associated with the mobile access point based, at least in part, on the traffic intersection context information received from the other mobile access point.
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A fixed access point (FAP) of a vehicle communication network, the fixed access point comprising:
- at least one wireless transceiver;
- at least one module, comprising at least a processor and a memory, operable to at least:
- utilize the at least one wireless transceiver to provide communication network infrastructure access to mobile access points of the vehicle communication network;
- receive, for each of a plurality of traffic intersections within communication range of the fixed access point, respective traffic intersection context information from a plurality of mobile access points that have passed through the traffic intersection;
- store the received traffic intersection context information in a memory;
- determine respective road actions for vehicles traveling through each of the plurality of intersections based, at least in part, on the received traffic intersection context information;
- and
- communicate information indicating the determined respective road actions to respective mobile access points of the vehicles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.