Ad hoc communication system, mobile terminal, center, ad hoc communication method and ad hoc communication program

• US 20060153189A1
• Filed: 12/16/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Nitou, Hiroaki
• Application Number:
  US11/304,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20060153189A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0965 responding to signals from another vehicle, e.g. emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

An ad-hoc communication system, a mobile terminal, a center, an ad-hoc communication method and an ad-hoc communication program, in which information is directly communicated each other among mobile terminals mounted on vehicles to raise information accuracy while ensuring privacy. The center issues an ad-hoc ID with an expiration date for uniquely specifying the vehicles to deliver this ad-hoc ID to the vehicles. The center collects an ad-hoc identification of a mobile terminal exhibiting a different tendency from other mobile terminals and a report extracting information concerning the tendency, calculates reliability and bias of information produced by the mobile terminal included in the report on the basis of the report, and implants the reliability and bias of the information in the ad-hoc identification. The center puts a signature on the ad-hoc identification to prevent tampering of the ad-hoc identification.

Claims

1. An ad-hoc communication system, in which information is directly communicated among mobile terminals through an ad-hoc communication, comprising:

at least two mobile terminals; and

a center for issuing an ad-hoc identification for uniquely specifying each mobile terminal communicating information through the ad-hoc communication, the center sending an ad-hoc identification with an expiration date to the mobile terminal corresponding to the ad-hoc identification.

2. An ad-hoc communication system of claim 1, wherein the center collects an ad-hoc identification of a mobile terminal exhibiting a different tendency from other mobile terminals and a report extracting information concerning the tendency, calculates reliability and bias of information produced by the mobile terminal included in the report on the basis of the report, and embeds the reliability and bias of the information in the ad-hoc identification.

3. An ad-hoc communication system of claim 1, wherein the center attaches a signature to the ad-hoc identification to prevent tampering of the ad-hoc identification.

4. An ad-hoc communication system of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is mounted on a vehicle having a probe for detecting vehicle condition and the ad-hoc identification for uniquely specifying the vehicle is given to information communicated by the probe to carry out the ad-hoc communication among the vehicles.

5. An ad-hoc communication system of claim 2, wherein the mobile terminal is mounted on a vehicle having a probe for detecting vehicle condition and the ad-hoc identification for uniquely specifying the vehicle is given to information communicated by the probe to carry out the ad-hoc communication among the vehicles.

6. An ad-hoc communication system of claim 3, wherein the mobile terminal is mounted on a vehicle having a probe for detecting vehicle condition and the ad-hoc identification for uniquely specifying the vehicle is given to information communicated by the probe to carry out the ad-hoc communication among the vehicles.

7. A mobile terminal for directly communicating information with other mobile terminals through an ad-hoc communication for directly communicating the information among the mobile terminals, in which an ad-hoc identification with an expiration date for uniquely specifying the mobile terminal for communicating the information is given to the information.

8. A mobile terminal of claim 7, further comprising:

a storage for storing information representing condition of the mobile terminal and information received by other terminals, the information representing condition of other terminals; and

a statistical processing device for executing a statistical processing of the information stored in the storage to produce a report extracting an ad-hoc identification of a mobile terminal representing a different tendency from other mobile terminals and information concerning the tendency.

9. A mobile terminal of claim 7, further comprising a signature authentication device for authenticating a signature of the ad-hoc identification included in the information representing the condition of another terminal.

10. A center including an ad-hoc identification issue device for issuing an ad-hoc identification for uniquely specifying mobile terminals communicating information through an ad-hoc communication for directly communicating the information among the mobile terminals, the ad-hoc identification issue device setting an expiration date to the issued ad-hoc identification and sending the ad-hoc identification with the expiration date to a mobile terminal corresponding to the ad-hoc identification.

11. A center of claim 10, further comprising a report collection device for collecting an ad-hoc identification of a mobile terminal exhibiting a different tendency from other mobile terminals and a report extracting information concerning the tendency, the ad-hoc identification issue device calculating reliability and bias of information produced by the mobile terminal included in the report on the basis of the report, and implanting the reliability and bias of the information in the ad-hoc identification.

12. A center of claim 10, further comprising a signature device for attaching a signature to the ad-hoc identification to prevent tampering of the ad-hoc identification.

13. An ad-hoc communication method in an ad-hoc communication system including mobile terminals for directly communicating information each other through an ad-hoc communication for directly communicating the information among the mobile terminals, and a center for issuing an ad-hoc identification for uniquely specifying the mobile terminals, comprising:

a step that the mobile terminal requests the center to issue the ad-hoc identification;

a step that the center collects an ad-hoc identification of a mobile terminal exhibiting a different tendency from other terminals and a report extracting information concerning the tendency, from the mobile terminal; and

a step that the center calculates reliability and bias of information produced by a mobile terminal included in the report on the basis of the report, implants the reliability and bias of the information to an ad-hoc identification with an expiration date, and issues the implanted ad-hoc identification to the mobile terminal.

14. An ad-hoc communication program in an ad-hoc communication system including mobile terminals for directly communicating information each other through an ad-hoc communication for directly communicating the information among the mobile terminals, and a center for issuing an ad-hoc identification for uniquely specifying the mobile terminals, for use in a computer, comprising:

a process that the mobile terminal requests the center to issue the ad-hoc identification;

a process that the center collects an ad-hoc identification of a mobile terminal exhibiting a different tendency from other terminals and a report extracting information concerning the tendency, from the mobile terminal; and

a process that the center calculates reliability and bias of information produced by a mobile terminal included in the report on the basis of the report, implants the reliability and bias of the information to an ad-hoc identification with an expiration date, and issues the implanted ad-hoc identification to the mobile terminal.