Elastic Clustering of Vehicles Equipped with Broadband Wireless Communication Devices
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving mobility parameters from a plurality of vehicles at a network device;
analyzing the mobility parameters in order to determine whether a subset of the plurality of vehicles can be clustered based on common mobility parameters of the subset of vehicles; and
clustering the subset of vehicles into a multicast group when it is determined that the subset of vehicles can be clustered based on the common mobility parameters of the subset of vehicles.
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Abstract
The techniques described herein provide mechanism that allows a Vehicular Communication Systems (VCSs) server, e.g., a cluster server, or other network attached device to group or cluster a set of vehicles into a multicast group according to common mobility characteristics shared by the set of vehicles. For example, the set of vehicles may be in close proximity to each other and are traveling on the same road, or share a common destination. Information pertinent to the cluster, can be broadcast to the multicast group in lieu of traditional individual unicast messages that would typically be sent to each vehicle.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving mobility parameters from a plurality of vehicles at a network device; analyzing the mobility parameters in order to determine whether a subset of the plurality of vehicles can be clustered based on common mobility parameters of the subset of vehicles; and clustering the subset of vehicles into a multicast group when it is determined that the subset of vehicles can be clustered based on the common mobility parameters of the subset of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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a network interface unit configured to enable network communications over a network; a memory; a processor coupled to the network interface unit and to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to; receive mobility parameters from a plurality of vehicles via the network interface unit; analyze the mobility parameters in order to determine whether a subset of the plurality of vehicles can be clustered based on common mobility parameters of the subset of vehicles; and cluster the subset of vehicles into a multicast group when it is determined that the subset of vehicles can be clustered based on the common mobility parameters of the subset of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19)
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16. One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
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receive mobility parameters from a plurality of vehicles; analyze the mobility parameters in order to determine whether a subset of the plurality of vehicles can be clustered based on common mobility parameters of the subset of vehicles; and cluster the subset of vehicles into a multicast group when it is determined that the subset of vehicles can be clustered based on the common mobility parameters of the subset of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving mobility parameters from a plurality of mobile user devices at a network device; analyzing the mobility parameters in order to determine whether a subset of the plurality of mobile user devices can be clustered based on common mobility parameters of the subset of mobile user devices; and clustering the subset of mobile user devices into a multicast group when it is determined that the subset of mobile user devices can be clustered based on the common mobility parameters of the subset of mobile user devices.
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