US 2023/0141127 A1 · LEADER SELECTION IN V2X GROUP MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Techniques described herein provide for leader selection of a group of vehicles, based on inter-vehicle communications. According to embodiments, a host vehicle can determine it qualifies to be the leader of a potential group by comparing vehicle information of other cars in the potential group with its own vehicle information. Once the determination has been made, the host can then a request to be the group leader to the other vehicles. If the other vehicles accept, the host vehicle can initiate group formation. Otherwise, another vehicle can reject the request and send its own request to become the group leader, reinitiating group leader negotiation until a group leader is determined.

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Dependent claims

A method of leader selection in vehicle group formation, the method comprising:

receiving, at a first vehicle, a message from each vehicle of one or more other vehicles, wherein each message includes vehicle information comprising a location, motion state, and an intended maneuver of the respective other vehicle;
determining, by the first vehicle and based on a comparison of the vehicle information of each message with corresponding vehicle information of the first vehicle, that the first vehicle qualifies to be a group leader for a group of vehicles to be created to execute the intended maneuver;
and
in response to determining that the first vehicle qualifies to be the group leader, sending, from the first vehicle, a first request to each of the one or more other vehicles, wherein the first request is a request for the first vehicle to be the group leader.

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Leader selection in v2x group management

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Abstract

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