Vehicle Localization by Artificial Intelligence and 5G/6G Messaging

A method for a first vehicle to assist in determining a map of vehicles proximate to the first vehicle, the method comprising:

• a) receiving a planning message from a planning vehicle, the planning message requesting that cooperating vehicles measure angles and distances of vehicles in view of each cooperating vehicle at a particular time, and that each cooperating vehicle transmit a data message indicating those angles and distances;
• b) at the particular time, measuring an angle and a distance of each vehicle in view of the first vehicle, the angle relative to a road direction, and the distance from the first vehicle;
• c) after determining that a wireless channel is clear, transmitting a data message to the planning vehicle indicating the angles and distances measured by the first vehicle, and further indicating a wireless address of the first vehicle;
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• d) receiving, from the planning vehicle, a results message comprising a list or table of coordinates of vehicles in traffic, and further indicating at least a wireless address of the planning vehicle and the wireless address of the first vehicle.

A method for a base station or access point to determine a distribution of vehicles, the method comprising:

• a) broadcasting a planning message to vehicles in traffic, requesting that each cooperating vehicle measure an angle and a distance of each other vehicle in view of the cooperating vehicle at a particular time, and to transmit the measured angles and distances, with a wireless address of the cooperating vehicle, to the base station or access point in a data message;
• b) receiving data messages from two or more cooperating vehicles;
• c) providing the received data messages, or the angles and distances and wireless addresses indicated therein, as input to an artificial intelligence (AI) model;
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• d) determining, as output from the AI model, a traffic map comprising coordinates of the two or more cooperating vehicles and of other vehicles in view of the two or more cooperating vehicles, and further comprising the wireless addresses of the cooperating vehicles.