DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION OF INDEPENDENT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES TO PROVIDE REDUNDANCY AND PERFORMANCE
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- an ad-hoc network;
a set of autonomous vehicles operating in a geographically proximate area through which peer-to-peer communication sessions are established between nearby ones of the set of autonomous vehicles through the ad-hoc network based on a present geo-spatial location of each one of the set of autonomous vehicles in communication proximity to preferred adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles;
a wide area network; and
a central server directly coupled to each of the set of autonomous vehicles to establish centralized communication paths with each of the set of autonomous vehicles through the wide area network,wherein the centralized server to process a communication from adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles when an error condition is detected in an operational mode of a non-functional vehicle that has lost communication with the central server due to at least one of a network failure, a hardware failure, a mechanical failure, and an electrical failure.
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Abstract
A method and system of distributed communication of independent autonomous vehicles to provide redundancy and performance are disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of autonomous vehicles operates in a geographically proximate area through which peer-to-peer communication sessions are established between nearby ones of the set of autonomous vehicles through an ad-hoc network based on a present geo-spatial location of each one of the set of autonomous vehicles in communication proximity to preferred adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles. A central server directly coupled to each of the set of autonomous vehicles establishes centralized communication paths with each of the set of autonomous vehicles through a wide area network. The centralized server processes a communication from adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles when an error condition is detected in an operational mode of a non-functional vehicle that has lost communication with the central server.
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30 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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an ad-hoc network; a set of autonomous vehicles operating in a geographically proximate area through which peer-to-peer communication sessions are established between nearby ones of the set of autonomous vehicles through the ad-hoc network based on a present geo-spatial location of each one of the set of autonomous vehicles in communication proximity to preferred adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles; a wide area network; and a central server directly coupled to each of the set of autonomous vehicles to establish centralized communication paths with each of the set of autonomous vehicles through the wide area network, wherein the centralized server to process a communication from adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles when an error condition is detected in an operational mode of a non-functional vehicle that has lost communication with the central server due to at least one of a network failure, a hardware failure, a mechanical failure, and an electrical failure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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an ad-hoc network; a set of autonomous vehicles operating in a geographically proximate area through which peer-to-peer communication sessions are established between nearby ones of the set of autonomous vehicles through the ad-hoc network based on a present geo-spatial location of each one of the set of autonomous vehicles in communication proximity to preferred adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles; a wide area network; and a central server communicatively coupled with each of the set of autonomous vehicles to establish centralized communication paths with each of the set of autonomous vehicles through the wide area network, wherein the centralized server to process a communication from adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles when an error condition is detected in an operational mode of a non-functional vehicle that has lost communication with the central server, and wherein a communication preference between each of the adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles is based on a closest physical proximity of active ones of the set of autonomous vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method, comprising:
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establishing peer-to-peer communication sessions between nearby ones of a set of autonomous vehicles operating in a geographically proximate area, through an ad-hoc network, based on a present geo-spatial location of each one of the set of autonomous vehicles in communication proximity to preferred adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles; establishing, using a central server directly coupled to each of the set of autonomous vehicles, centralized communication paths with each of the set of autonomous vehicles through a wide area network, processing a communication from adjacent ones of the set of autonomous vehicles using the centralized server when an error condition is detected in an operational mode of a non-functional vehicle that has lost communication with the central server due to at least one of a network failure, a hardware failure, a mechanical failure, and an electrical failure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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