| CPC G08G 1/0112 (2013.01) [G08G 1/052 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A method for traffic density reduction, comprising:
obtaining traffic data from a target lane;
predicting speed or acceleration profile oscillations of vehicles in the target lane generated in response to an ego vehicle moving to the target lane;
determining whether a traffic in the target lane becomes string unstable in response to the ego vehicle moving to the target lane based on learned car-following models and the traffic data;
identifying a connected vehicle in the target lane in response to determining that the traffic in the target lane becomes string unstable in response to an ego vehicle moving to the target lane;
requesting that the identified connected vehicle change lanes from the target lane to another lane to obtain a first empty space between a vehicle in front of the identified connected vehicle and a vehicle behind the identified connected vehicle; and
operating the ego vehicle to move to the target lane,
wherein whether the traffic in the target lane becomes string unstable is determined based on the predicted speed or acceleration profile oscillations of vehicles.
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