US 12,403,926 B2
Method for building an ad hoc virtual network and system
Christian Bruns, Braunschweig (DE); Jakob Spiegelberg, Braunschweig (DE); Jan Sonnenberg, Didderse (DE); Bernd Lehmann, Wolfsburg (DE); Laura Fieback, Leipzig (DE); Marius Spika, Braunschweig (DE); Tatjana Kruscha, Braunschweig (DE); Fabian Galetzka, Wolfsburg (DE); Benjamin Groß, Braunschweig (DE); Jan Kempa, Wolfsburg (DE); Christoph König, Hannover (DE); and Marvin Schröder, Braunschweig (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, (DE)
Filed by VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,358.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 206 506.9 (DE), filed on Jun. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067204 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for setting up a virtual ad hoc network for transmitting at least one piece of information to a first transportation vehicle as a first network subscriber of the virtual ad hoc network, the method comprising:
providing the information based on first data provided by at least one second network subscriber, wherein the at least one second network subscriber is a second transportation vehicle or an infrastructure component;
receiving, by a motor-vehicle-external, central data processing device, second data from multiple potential second network subscribers;
determining, by the motor-vehicle-external, central data processing device, the second network subscribers based on the second data and at least one space time parameter ascertained based on a current position of the first transportation vehicle; and
setting up the virtual ad hoc network with the first transportation vehicle, as the first network subscriber, and the determined second network subscribers, the space-time parameter defining a specific area of relevance that has a predetermined physical and temporal correlation with the current position of the first transportation vehicle,
wherein, as soon as a potential second network subscriber is selected as a second network subscriber, the selected second network subscriber increases a resolution and/or a capture rate for capture of the first data and/or a provision rate for provision of the first data at the central data processing device or for provision of the information at the first transportation vehicle.