A cellular telecommunications network 1 comprises platoon server 100 and base station 10 wherein the base station can transmit a notification relating to the platoon server to a vehicle 40. The notification may be a broadcast message or a response to a mobility event notification. The vehicle may respond with its platooning preferences, based on which the platoon server may identify a platoon 20, 30. The vehicle may then receive data relating to the platoon (e.g. an indication that it should join or initiate the platoon) and become a member thereof. The platoon server may also establish a communications link between the vehicle and another platoon member. The base station may be a radio access network (RAN) and include a local platoon server. The platoon server may be of a core network 50 of the cellular telecommunications network and send platoon data to the local platoon server from which the base station may retrieve it and transmit it to a second vehicle.
Vehicle platooning
2023-04-05
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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