Communication System in a Motor Vehicle, and Method for Setting Up a Wireless Ad-Hoc Radio Network
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Abstract
Presented is a communication system in a motor vehicle which is designed to participate in a chain-like ad-hoc radio network comprising a number of traveling motor vehicles. The system includes a control unit, a transmission/reception unit in communication with the control unit, and an orientation unit configured to determine an orientation of the motor vehicle relative to a reference direction, the orientation unit being in communication with the control unit. The control unit is configured to determine the orientation of the motor vehicle with respect to an orientation of at least one other motor vehicle which is received by the transmission/reception unit.
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19 Claims
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9. A communication system in a motor vehicle which is designed to participate in an ad-hoc radio network comprising a plurality of traveling motor vehicles, comprising:
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a control unit; a transmission/reception unit in communication with the control unit; and an orientation unit configured to determine an orientation of the motor vehicle relative to a reference direction, the orientation unit being in communication with the control unit; wherein the control unit is configured to determine the orientation of the motor vehicle with respect to an orientation of at least one other motor vehicle which is received by the transmission/reception unit from the at least one other motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for setting up a wireless ad-hoc radio network including a plurality of traveling motor vehicles, the method comprising:
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determining an orientation of a first vehicle with respect to a reference direction and initializing the setting up of the ad-hoc network; wirelessly communicating the orientation of the first motor vehicle to at least a second motor vehicle; determining in the second motor vehicle an orientation of the second motor vehicle with respect to the reference direction; determining in the second motor vehicle a relative orientation of the second motor vehicle with respect to the first motor vehicle; evaluating in the second motor vehicle the relative orientation of the first motor vehicle with respect to the second motor vehicle; and deciding whether the second motor vehicle becomes a participant in the ad-hoc radio network based on the relative orientation of the first motor vehicle with respect to the second motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of adding an (n+1)th traveling motor vehicle to an ad-hoc radio network including n traveling motor vehicles, the method comprising the step of:
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receiving, by a transmission/reception unit of the (n+1)th motor vehicle, an inquiry from the nth n motor vehicle in the ad-hoc radio network; determining in the (n+1)th motor vehicle a first relative orientation of the (n+1)th motor vehicle with respect to a reference direction; determining in the (n+1)th motor vehicle a second relative orientation of the (n+1)th motor vehicle with respect to the nth motor vehicle; determining in the (n+1)th motor vehicle a third relative orientation of the (n+1)th motor vehicle with respect to the first motor vehicle in the chain of motor vehicles in the ad-hoc network; determining whether the (n+1)th motor vehicle becomes a participant in the ad-hoc radio network based on the second and third relative orientations.
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Specification