US 11,985,577 B2
Uninterrupted vehicular cloud service in an overlapping vehicular micro cloud area
Seyhan Ucar, Mountain View, CA (US); Takamasa Higuchi, Mountain View, CA (US); and Onur Altintas, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,742.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110310 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/44 (2018.02) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/50 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method executed by an onboard vehicle computer of an ego vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, based on receipt of a set of wireless messages, that the ego vehicle is approaching an overlapping vehicular micro cloud area where a plurality of vehicular micro clouds are providing a set of vehicular micro cloud services;
retrieving intrinsic data describing driving behavior of members of the plurality of vehicular micro clouds;
retrieving extrinsic data describing a roadway geometry of the overlapping vehicular micro cloud area;
determining, based on one or more of the intrinsic data and the extrinsic data, a strategy for ensuring an uninterrupted provision of the set of vehicular micro cloud services; and
taking steps to execute the strategy so that the uninterrupted provision continues.