Method and system for broadcast message transmission in mobile systems

• US 8,265,624 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kapsch TrafficCom AG (Datax Handelsgmbh)
• Original Assignee: Kapsch TrafficCom AG (Datax Handelsgmbh)
• Inventors: Guner, Refi-Tugrul, Moring, John Thomas, McNew, Justin Paul, Dessouky, Khaled I.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehrpour, Melody
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stephen, Emem
• Application Number:
  US12/824,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20100267344A1
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 455450-453, 455445-447, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/521, 455/455, 455/575.9, 455/99, 455/98, 455/96, 455/569.2, 455/422.1, 455/423, 455/425, 379/37, 379/47, 379/42, 340902-903, 340/7.58, 340/9.11, 343/709, 343/710, 343/705, 343711-713
• US Class Current: 455/434
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/309 Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/382 for resource allocation, admission control or handover
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/322 Power control of broadcast channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method and device for dynamically changing transmission parameters of broadcast messages transmitted and received by a mobile unit. The method and device include monitoring transmission channel characteristics; dynamically adjusting the transmission parameters of a message based on the monitored transmission channel characteristics; and broadcasting the message using the adjusted transmission parameters. The transmission parameters may include one or more of transmission power, error code rate, and modulation rate. The transmission channel characteristics include one or more of the group consisting of received message density, channel congestion, detected number of message collisions, and signal to interference ratio.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically changing transmission parameters of messages broadcast by a vehicle via a broadcast transmission channel, the method comprising:

collecting vehicle information about the vehicle;

placing the collected information in a message to be broadcast by the vehicle;

monitoring broadcast transmission channel characteristics;

dynamically adjusting the transmission parameters of the message including how often the message to be broadcast via the broadcast transmission channel, based on the monitored broadcast transmission channel characteristics;

broadcasting the message by the vehicle via the broadcast transmission channel, using the adjusted transmission parameters of the message, and

a first set of transmission parameters when the broadcast transmission channel is lightly loaded;

using a second set of transmission parameters when the broadcast transmission channel is moderately loaded; and

using a third set of transmission parameters when the broadcast transmission channel is heavily loaded.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission parameters of the message include one or more of the group consisting of transmission power, error code rate, and modulation rate, of the message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission channel characteristics include one or more of the group consisting of received message density, channel congestion, detected number of message collisions, and link quality.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting a transmission rate of the message based on the monitored transmission channel characteristics.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring speed of the vehicle;

and adjusting transmission rate of the message based on the speed of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmission rate is adjusted such that the transmission rate is decreased when the speed of the vehicle is reduced, and the transmission rate is increased when the speed of the vehicle is increased.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein high-priority messages are broadcast more robustly than low priority messages.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission channel characteristics include one or more of the group consisting of number of messages, number of transmitters, received signal level, received signal quality, received signal code rate, received signal modulation rate, channel congestion per time unit, and channel congestion per space unit.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein dynamically adjusting the transmission parameters of the message comprises increasing a transmission robustness when less messages are received in a given timeframe, and decreasing the transmission robustness when more messages are received in the given timeframe.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring transmission channel characteristics comprises monitoring transmission channel characteristics without polling the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining a transmission channel loading based on the number of transmission collisions detected in the transmission channel in a given time interval;

lowering the transmission rate when the transmission channel loading is heavy; and

increasing the transmission rate when the transmission channel loading is light.

20. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processor dynamically adjusts the transmission parameters of the message by increasing a transmission robustness when less messages are received in a given timeframe, and decreasing the transmission robustness when more messages are received in the given timeframe.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising broadcasting the adjusted transmission parameters of the message to a plurality of vehicles to be used by the plurality of vehicles for broadcasting messages.

12. A mobile device for wirelessly communicating messages broadcast at a transmission rate comprising:

an input port for receiving vehicle information about a vehicle;

a radio transceiver for placing the collected information in a message to be broadcast and for receiving and transmitting the broadcast messages;

a processor for monitoring transmission channel characteristics, dynamically adjusting the transmission parameters of a message including how often the message to be broadcast, based on the monitored transmission channel characteristics; and

transmitting the message using the adjusted transmission parameters, and

a first set of transmission parameters when the broadcast transmission channel is lightly loaded;

using a second set of transmission parameters when the broadcast transmission channel is moderately loaded; and

using a third set of transmission parameters when the broadcast transmission channel is heavily loaded.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the transmission parameters of the message include one or more of the group consisting of transmission power, error code rate, and modulation rate, of the message.

14. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the transmission channel characteristics include one or more of the group consisting of received message density, channel congestion, detected number of message collisions, and link quality.

15. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the processor further adjusts a transmission rate of the message based on the monitored transmission channel characteristics.

16. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the processor further monitors speed of the mobile device;

and adjusts transmission rate of the message based on the speed of the mobile device.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the processor decreases the transmission rate when the speed of the mobile device is reduced, and increases the transmission rate when the speed of the mobile device is increased.

18. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein high-priority messages are broadcast more robustly than low priority messages.

19. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the transmission channel characteristics include one or more of the group consisting of number of messages, number of transmitters, received signal level, received signal quality, received signal code rate, received signal modulation rate, channel congestion per time unit, and channel congestion per space unit.