Smart node network for autonomous vehicle perception augmentation

A system for providing to a vehicle approaching an intersection information about objects of interest that are in a vicinity of the intersection, the system comprising:

• a remote server system that is configured to:
• receive, from each node of a network of nodes that are located at various intersections of a traffic control system, augmented perception data that is representative of a set of objects of interest that are proximate the intersection at which the node is located, wherein the augmented perception data is extracted from images captured by a node vision system of the node,
• receive, via a wireless communication network, a query from the vehicle for the augmented perception data associated with an imminent path of a planned route associated with the vehicle, the imminent path including an imminent intersection,
• search the received augmented perception data for resultant augmented perception data associated with the imminent path, and
• communicate, via the wireless communication network, the resultant augmented perception data associated with the imminent path to the vehicle so that the set of objects of interest associated with the imminent intersection and a set of objects of interest captured by the vehicle may be fused together to control navigation of the vehicle to and through the imminent intersection.