US 12,342,222 B2
Method for selecting data packages based on priority during vehicle-to-vehicle communications
Alexander Katriniok, Aachen (DE); Felix Reimer, Aachen (DE); and Hamed Asadi, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/954,921.
Claims priority of application No. 21201562 (EP), filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110895 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 28/12 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 28/12 (2013.01) [H04W 28/0942 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for selecting data packages received by a host device, the method comprising:
receiving, by the host device, a plurality of N data packages;
for each data package of the N data packages, calculating a prioritized data package parameter, wherein the prioritized data package parameter for each data package is calculated from a ratio of a first data package associated parameter and a priority factor;
sorting the data packages according to a predetermined sorting-scheme considering at least the prioritized data package parameters;
down-selecting a number of M data packages from the N data packages, wherein M<N; and
processing one or more of the down-selected M data packages.