US 11,924,725 B2
Method for communication between at least two vehicles travelling in succession, and vehicle having at least one communication apparatus
Matthias Karl, Ettlingen (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,614.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 210 616.9 (DE), filed on Aug. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060870 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/46 (2018.02) [H04B 11/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for communication between at least two vehicles (2a, b, c) travelling in succession by means of a communication arrangement (4), wherein the communication arrangement (4) has at least one first communication apparatus (3a) for arrangement on a first vehicle (2a) and at least one second communication apparatus (3b) for arrangement on a second vehicle (2b), the method comprising:
transmitting a signal via a transmission path between the communication apparatuses (3a, b, c),
wherein a main transmission link (H) of the transmission path runs beneath the first and/or second vehicle (2a, b),
wherein at least the first communication apparatus (3a) has a first and a second transmission module (10a, b), the latter spaced apart from the former by a distance (A2),
wherein a first signal is transmitted along a first transmission path between the first transmission module (10a) and the second communication apparatus (3b), and
wherein a second signal is transmitted along a second transmission path between the second transmission module (10b) and the second communication apparatus (3b), the main transmission link (H) of the first and the second transmission path running beneath the at least first and/or second vehicle (2a, b).