US 11,897,357 B1
Scheduling system and method for distributed and unreliable electric vehicle nodes for compute workloads
Steffen Hinderer, Shoreline, WA (US); Natalie Grasser, Seattle, WA (US); and Stephen Fortner, Port Orchard, WA (US)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/194,035.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/50 (2006.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/66 (2019.02) [B60L 53/62 (2019.02); G06F 9/5044 (2013.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); G06F 2209/503 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a first electric vehicle, vehicle data comprising computing capabilities of the first electric vehicle and an availability calendar of the first electric vehicle,
wherein the computing capabilities of the first electric vehicle are determined onboard the first electric vehicle based on a performance analysis of one or more computing resources onboard the first electric vehicle, and
wherein the availability calendar of the first electric vehicle is determined onboard the vehicle and the availability calendar indicates a predicted network connectivity of the first electric vehicle;
generating, based on the computing capabilities of the first electric vehicle, a work package for the first electric vehicle, the work package comprising a computing task for the first electric vehicle to complete using at least a portion of the computing resources onboard the first electric vehicle;
determining, based on the availability calendar, one or more transmission parameters for communicating the work package to the first electric vehicle, the transmission parameters comprising a time for transmitting the work package to the first electric vehicle; and
based on the transmission parameters, transmitting a request for the first electric vehicle to perform the computing task of the work package.