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Application US20190289610

Published 2019-09-19

Edge-assisted Data Transmission For Connected Vehicles

In an example embodiment, a method receives a first request of a first vehicle for a content item; receives travel data of the first vehicle including a first vehicle route of the first vehicle; determines first edge server(s) located on the first vehicle route of the first vehicle; segments the content item into content segment(s) based on the travel data of the first vehicle and edge information of each first edge server; and dispatches each content segment to the corresponding first edge server for transmission to the first vehicle.

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1. A method comprising: receiving a first request of a first vehicle for a content item; receiving travel data of the first vehicle including a first vehicle route of the first vehicle; determining one or more first edge servers located on the first vehicle route of the first vehicle; segmenting the content item into one or more content segments based on the travel data of the first vehicle and edge information of each first edge server; and dispatching each content segment to the corresponding first edge server for transmission to the first vehicle.
13. A method comprising: receiving by an edge server, from a management server, a content segment of a content item requested by a first vehicle; determining, by the edge server, one or more performance metrics of the edge server; computing, by the edge server, a target transmission data rate for the content segment based on the one or more performance metrics of the edge server; adaptively encoding, by the edge server, the content segment using the target transmission data rate to generate an encoded content segment; receiving, by the edge server, a connection request from the first vehicle; and responsive to receiving the connection request from the first vehicle, transmitting, by the edge server, the encoded content segment to the first vehicle.
20. A system comprising: one or more processors; one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to: receive a first request of a first vehicle for a content item; receive travel data of the first vehicle including a first vehicle route of the first vehicle; determine one or more first edge servers located on the first vehicle route of the first vehicle; segment the content item into one or more content segments based on the travel data of the first vehicle and edge information of each first edge server; and dispatch each content segment to the corresponding first edge server for transmission to the first vehicle.
29. A system comprising: one or more processors; one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to: receive, from a management server, a content segment of a content item requested by a first vehicle; determine one or more performance metrics of the system; compute a target transmission data rate for the content segment based on the one or more performance metrics of the system; adaptively encode the content segment using the target transmission data rate to generate an encoded content segment; receive a connection request from the first vehicle; and responsive to receiving the connection request from the first vehicle, transmit the encoded content segment to the first vehicle.