A distributed vehicle platooning system comprises a core layer including a central server 300; an edge (middle) layer comprising local cell servers (e.g. cellular base transceiver stations (BTS)); and a vehicle layer comprising vehicles 100. A vehicle platooning controller (106, Fig.1) transmits a journey constraint to the central server to enable generation of cell constraints; receives platoon-in-cell information dependent on the cell constraints from respective local cell servers during the journey; and controls vehicle speed, direction or platoon position in dependence on the platoon-in-cell information. The journey constraint may be a destination, arrival time, starting time or current location and may be confidential. The cell constraints may be speed profiles or inter-vehicle distances and may depend on route conditions (e.g. traffic, weather, road or road elevation). The platoon-in-cell information may be a speed profile, inter-vehicle distance or platoon position and may have a finer level of detail than the cell constraints and vary throughout the cell.


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    Title :

    Controlling vehicle platooning


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    Publication date :

    2019-09-25


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen



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