AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMMUNICATION CONFIGURATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:
- a communication system to communicate with a backend system;
a sensor system to collect sensor data representing an operational environment of the AV;
an acceleration, braking, and steering system; and
a control system to execute an instruction set, causing the control system to;
process the sensor data to (i) perform a localization operation to determine a location and an orientation of the AV within a given region, and (ii) autonomously operate the acceleration, braking, and steering system throughout the given region;
based on the localization operation, implement a set of configuration commands to configure the communication system to transmit and receive data with the backend system using a number of specified network nodes.
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Abstract
An autonomous vehicle (AV) can include a communication system to communicate with a backend system, a sensor system to collect sensor data representing an operational environment of the AV, and a control system that can processes the sensor data to (i) perform a localization operation to determine a location and an orientation of the AV within a given region, and (ii) autonomously operate the AV'"'"'s acceleration, braking, and steering system throughout the given region. Based on the localization operation, the AV can implement a set of configuration commands to configure the communication system to transmit and receive data with the backend system using a number of specified network nodes.
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20 Claims
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1. An autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:
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a communication system to communicate with a backend system; a sensor system to collect sensor data representing an operational environment of the AV; an acceleration, braking, and steering system; and a control system to execute an instruction set, causing the control system to; process the sensor data to (i) perform a localization operation to determine a location and an orientation of the AV within a given region, and (ii) autonomously operate the acceleration, braking, and steering system throughout the given region; based on the localization operation, implement a set of configuration commands to configure the communication system to transmit and receive data with the backend system using a number of specified network nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18)
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11. A communication configuration system for a fleet of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in a given region, the communication configuration system comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication configuration system to; receive localization data from a respective AV of the fleet of AVs, the localization data comprising a location and an orientation of the respective AV; using a network resource map, select a proximate network node relative to the respective AV based on the location of the respective AV, the network resource map indicating locations of network nodes for connecting the fleet of AVs with a backend system; and based on the orientation of the respective AV, transmit configuration commands to the respective AV to cause the respective AV to configure an on-board communication system to transmit and receive data with the proximate network node. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
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20. A computer-implemented method of managing communications between a backend system and a fleet of autonomous vehicles (AVs) operating throughout a given region, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising:
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receiving localization data from a respective AV of the fleet of AVs, the localization data comprising a location and an orientation of the respective AV; using a network resource map, selecting a proximate network node relative to the respective AV based on the location of the respective AV, the network resource map indicating locations of network nodes for connecting the fleet of AVs with a backend system; and based on the orientation of the respective AV, transmitting configuration commands to the respective AV to cause the respective AV to configure an on-board communication system to transmit and receive data with the proximate network node.
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