Communication configuration system for a fleet of automated vehicles
AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Ross, Michael Aitken
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Abstract
A communication configuration system for a fleet of autonomous vehicles (AVs) stores a network resource map for a given region that indicates locations of base stations for connecting the fleet of AVs with a backend system. The communication configuration system receives localization information from a respective AV of the fleet which indicates location and orientation of the respective AV. Using the network resource map, the system selects a proximate base station relative to the respective AV transmits array configuration commands to the respective AV to cause the respective AV to direct an on-board communications array to transmit and receive data with the proximate base station.
Claims20
A communication configuration system for a fleet of automated vehicles (AVs) in a given region, the communication configuration system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication configuration system to:
- store a network resource map for the given region, the network resource map indicating locations of base stations for connecting the fleet of AVs with a backend system;
- receive localization information from a respective AV of the fleet of AVs, the localization information comprising a location and an orientation of the respective AV;
- using the network resource map, select a proximate base station relative to the respective AV based on the location of the respective AV;
- and
- based on the orientation of the respective AV, transmit array configuration commands to the respective AV to cause the respective AV to direct an on-board communications array to transmit and receive data with the proximate base station.
A computer-implemented method of managing communications between a backend system and a fleet of automated vehicles (AVs) over a given region, the method performed by one or more processors and comprising:
- storing a network resource map for the given region, the network resource map indicating locations of base stations for connecting the fleet of AVs with a backend system;
- receiving localization information from a respective AV of the fleet of AVs, the localization information comprising a location and an orientation of the respective AV;
- using the network resource map, selecting a proximate base station relative to the respective AV based on the location of the respective AV;
- and
- based on the orientation of the respective AV, transmitting array configuration commands to the respective AV to cause the respective AV to direct an on-board communications array to transmit and receive data with the proximate base station.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a backend system for a fleet of AVs within a given region, cause the backend system to:
- store a network resource map for the given region, the network resource map indicating locations of base stations for connecting the fleet of AVs with a backend system;
- receive localization information from a respective AV of the fleet of AVs, the localization information comprising a location and an orientation of the respective AV;
- using the network resource map, select a proximate base station relative to the respective AV based on the location of the respective AV;
- and
- based on the orientation of the respective AV, transmit array configuration commands to the respective AV to cause the respective AV to direct an on-board communications array to transmit and receive data with the proximate base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.