SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A VEHICULAR ACCESS NETWORK IN A VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- scanning a vehicular access network (VAN), which facilitates a communication involving an on-board unit (OBU) of a respective vehicle, for coverage associated with an access point (AP); and
receiving channel allocation information from the AP, wherein the channel allocation information comprises at least one request for a gateway.
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Abstract
A method includes joining a vehicular access network (VAN) comprising cooperative communication between a plurality of on-board units (OBU) in respective vehicles, scanning the VAN to pick up a coverage of at least one infrastructure access point (IAP), which operates on a control channel in a radio access tree (RAT) comprising a plurality of cells, listening to a channel allocation information from the IAP that includes a request for a mobile cell gateway (MCG) at a nominal location in the RAT, and sending a candidacy message to the at least one IAP to become an MCG. Certain embodiments include establishing the VAN in a highway, and in urban areas, aggregating traffic in a cell and transmitting to the IAP via the MCG, and other features.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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scanning a vehicular access network (VAN), which facilitates a communication involving an on-board unit (OBU) of a respective vehicle, for coverage associated with an access point (AP); and receiving channel allocation information from the AP, wherein the channel allocation information comprises at least one request for a gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Logic encoded in non-transitory media that includes code for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to perform operations comprising:
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scanning a vehicular access network (VAN), which facilitates a communication involving an on-board unit (OBU) of a respective vehicle, for coverage associated with an access point (AP); and receiving channel allocation information from the AP, wherein the channel allocation information comprises at least one request for a gateway.
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19. An on-board unit (OBU) of a respective vehicle, comprising:
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a memory element configured to store data; a network interface; and a computing processor operable to execute instructions associated with the data, wherein the network interface, computing processor, and the memory element cooperate such that the OBU is configured to; scan a vehicular access network (VAN), which facilitates a communication involving an on-board unit (OBU) of a respective vehicle, for coverage associated with an access point (AP); and receive channel allocation information from the AP, wherein the channel allocation information comprises at least one request for a gateway. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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