US 12,177,750 B2
Communication control device, mobile object, communication control method, and computer-readable storage medium to control, communication path using direct communication between mobile objects
Naoko Imai, Tokyo (JP); Ryusuke Tamanaha, Tokyo (JP); Yusuke Oi, Tokyo (JP); Takahiro Iijima, Tokyo (JP); and Masaru Otaka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/453,656.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-207988 (JP), filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191661 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04L 45/12 (2022.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 28/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/46 (2018.02) [H04L 45/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 28/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication control device for controlling wireless communication of a mobile object, comprising:
a cost information obtaining unit for obtaining, from one or more other mobile objects being in surroundings of the mobile object, cost information representing a cost for the one or more other mobile objects to perform direct wireless communication with the mobile object and direct wireless communication between the one or more other mobile objects;
a connection information obtaining unit for obtaining communication connection information available for the one or more other mobile objects;
a communication path setting unit for setting, based on the communication connection information, a plurality of communication paths including a communication path using direct communication with the one or more other mobile objects; and
a communication path selecting unit for selecting, based on the cost information obtained by the cost information obtaining unit and the communication connection information obtained by the connection information obtaining unit, a communication path to be used by the mobile object for data communication among the plurality of communication paths, wherein
the mobile object and the one or more other mobile objects are vehicles, and
the direct communication is V2V direct communication according to Cellular-V2X.