Message broadcast system and method for vehicular network

• US 8,665,112 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2012
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
• Original Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
• Inventors: Chen, Lien-Wu, Tseng, Yu-Chee
• Primary Examiner(s): CROSLAND, DONNIE L
• Application Number:
  US13/454,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20130076537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 340/905
• US Class Current: 340/905
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/093 Data selection, e.g. prioritizing information, managing message queues, selecting the information to be output
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/162 event-triggered

Abstract

The present invention provides a message broadcast system and method for vehicular network. The system comprises a positioning device, a transmitting device and a processing device. The positioning device positions a location data of a vehicle. The transmitting device transmits a first packet to a neighbor vehicle. The processing device is coupled to the positioning device and transmitting device. The processing device determines the transmitting device transmits a second packet to the neighbor vehicle when the vehicle is in a section of crossroads. The processing device determines whether the vehicle is in a section of crossroads or a road section according to a third packet periodically transmitted from the neighbor vehicle.

Claims

1. A message broadcast system for a vehicular network, comprising:

a positioning device, positioning a vehicle to acquire a first location data;

a transmitting device, executing data transmission with a neighbor vehicle through a first packet; and

a processing device, coupled to the positioning device and the transmitting device;

wherein the processing device determines that the transmitting device transmits a second packet to the neighbor vehicle when the vehicle is in a section of crossroads; and

the processing device determines whether the vehicle is in a section of crossroads or a road section according to a third packet periodically transmitted from the neighbor vehicle.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the third packet comprises a second location data of the neighbor vehicle and the processing device determines whether the vehicle is in a section of crossroads or a road section according to the first location data and the second location data.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the processing device determines whether the vehicle and the neighbor vehicle are driven in the same direction according to the first location data and the second location data, when the vehicle is in a road section;

when the processing device determines that the vehicle and the neighbor vehicle are driven in the same direction, the vehicle retransmits the second packet to the neighbor vehicle.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system is disposed in a Smart Phone, a global positioning system (GPS) navigation device, an electronic toll collection (ETC) on-board unit (OBU) or an IWCU (ITRI WAVE/DSRC communication unit).

5. A message broadcast method for a vehicular network, comprising:

a positioning step, acquiring a location data through a positioning system;

transmitting a first packet to a first vehicle within a signal reachable range; and

a crossroads section determining step to determine whether the first vehicle is in a section of crossroads or not according to a driving direction of a second vehicle near the first vehicle;

wherein the location data comprises a driving direction corresponding to the first vehicle and the first packet comprises the location data.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting a second packet to all vehicles within the signal reachable range by the first vehicle, when the first vehicle is in a section of crossroads.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the crossroads section determining step further comprises:

determining that the first vehicle is in a section of crossroads, when the driving direction of the second vehicle is perpendicular to that of the first vehicle.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

using the first vehicle as a center and the signal reachable range as a radius to generate a circle, when the first vehicle is not in a section of crossroads;

calculating a first direction transmitted by the first packet according to the location data corresponding to the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and

determining whether or not there is a third vehicle in a sector of the circle corresponding to the first direction;

wherein the second vehicle does not retransmit the second packet to the third vehicle if there is a third vehicle in the sector and the third vehicle and the second vehicle are driven in opposite directions;

the second vehicle retransmits the second packet to the third vehicle if there is a third vehicle in the sector and the third vehicle and the second vehicle are driven in the same direction.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the method comprises the following step:

the second vehicle does not retransmit the second packet to the third vehicle if there is no vehicle in the sector.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises the following step:

periodically transmitting a third packet to acquire location distributions and driving directions of all vehicles within the signal reachable range.