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Patent US10541738


Issued 2020-01-21

Methods And Systems For V2x Congestion Control Using Directional Antennas, And Determining Obu Transmission Power Based On The Weather Data Received From Vehicle Can

Self-driving and autonomous vehicles are very popular these days for scientific, technological, social, and economical reasons. In one aspect of this technology, one of the main concerns for an implementation of any V2X technology on a large scale is the issue of congestion control. In large cities and crowded highways during rush hours, each host vehicle can get messages from over 200 other vehicles and several road side units, all working on the same channel and trying to send and receive messages at the same time. With respect to the weather effect on signal, the signal path loss occurs whenever there is moderate (or moderate plus) rain, and because of that, the OBU communications packets are prone to get lost, or communication coverage region gets diminished, depending upon the intensity, speed, angle and temperature of the rainfall/snowfall droplets. We have provided the solutions for these 2 problems, with variations.



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  • 1. A method for an autonomous or automated vehicle operation, said method comprising: a central computer receiving a vehicle state for said vehicle; a communication channel for said vehicle transmitting in an omni-directional radiation pattern; said communication channel for said vehicle receiving messages from all directions; in case said vehicle state indicating a congestion on said communication channel for said vehicle, said communication channel for said vehicle changing to transmission in a specific directional pattern, and said communication channel for said vehicle continuing receiving messages from all directions.