US 11,700,514 B2
Method for a wireless communication from a first transportation vehicle to a road infrastructure station and apparatus for use in a transportation vehicle and adapted transportation vehicle
Roman Alieiev, Stendal (DE); Daniel Reimann, Braunschweig (DE); Teodor Buburuzan, Braunschweig (DE); and Steffen Schmitz, Wesel (DE)
Assigned to Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
Filed by VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE); and MAN TRUCK & BUS SE, Munich (DE)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/775,872.
Claims priority of application No. 19155011 (EP), filed on Feb. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0252769 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/44 (2018.02) [G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.02); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for use in a first transportation vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a localization device to determine a position of the first transportation vehicle;
a computing unit; and
a wireless communication module for wireless communication with a another transportation vehicle, a network management station and a road infrastructure station in surroundings of the first transportation vehicle,
wherein the computing unit determines a distance of the first transportation vehicle to the road infrastructure station and calculates a table containing predicted positions of the first transportation vehicle in space and/or time indicating respective planned transmission characteristics for the signal transmissions from the first transportation vehicle to the road infrastructure station at the first transportation vehicle's predicted positions,
wherein the wireless communication module transmits the table to another transportation vehicle or to a network management station, and
wherein the table includes data for evaluation by surrounding entities to adjust future wireless communication transmissions by adjustment of one or more transmission characteristics such that interference between wireless signal transmission from the first transportation vehicle to the road infrastructure unit and wireless signal transmissions of respective surrounding entities is reduced.