Cellular telecommunications network 1 comprises a local platoon server (e.g. in radio access network (RAN) 10) and a core network 50 having a central platoon server 100. The local platoon sever is configured to receive data relating to a platoon 20, 30 (which may be located in a geographical region 15 associated with the RAN) from the central platoon server and to respond to a request from a vehicle 40 to join a platoon by identifying the platoon. The local platoon server may send an update message to the central platoon server indicating that the vehicle has joined the platoon. The cellular network may include a second RAN having a second local platoon server associated with a second geographical region and the central platoon server may send data about the platoon to the second local platoon server upon determining that the platoon has moved into the second region.
Vehicle platooning
2023-04-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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