Reducing received data in a V2X network based on received signal strength

A receiver for a vehicle for the purpose of receiving messages packaged in data packets using a transmission signal in a vehicular ad hoc network comprises:

• an antenna for receiving the transmission signal;
• a filter device filtering the data packets from the transmission signal on the basis of a predetermined filter specification for demodulating the data packets from the transmission signal and an additional predetermined condition, and outputting the filtered data packets to a data processing unit at a higher level than the filter device,
• wherein the predetermined condition comprises a minimum signal strength that the transmission signal must possess at the position of a specific data packet, and
• wherein the minimum signal strength is dependent on a processing load of the receive filter and/or of the data processing unit;
• and
• a display device for extracting the messages from the filtered data packets.