Radio transmission/radio reception device and method for communication within a, in particular wireless, motor vehicle communication system interacting in ad-hoc fashion

• US 9,893,869 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yunex GmbH
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Kasslatter, Fritz, Ritter, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Beharry, Noel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mak, Rodrick
• Application Number:
  US14/128,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20140126557A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,302 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The invention relates to a radio transmission/radio reception device and to a method for communication within a, in particular wireless, motor vehicle communication system interacting in ad-hoc fashion which are configured such that the radio transmission/radio reception device emits a piece of information about the scope of envisaged reports, at least one further radio transmission/radio reception device receives the information, and the further radio transmission/radio reception device takes the received information as a basis for stipulating a frequency for the emission of chronologically successive reports.

Claims

1. A communication device for communicating within a motor vehicle communication system interacting in ad-hoc fashion, the communication device comprising:

a memory including an information item, the information item including a message quantity to be provided, the message quantity to be provided being specified as a first value, the message quantity to be provided reproducing a number of messages to be dispatched; and

a radio transceiver device configured to;

emit the information item including the message quantity to be provided, the emitted information item being received by at least one further communication device,

receive a rate of emission of successive messages over time from the at least one further communication device, the rate of emission of successive messages over time being specified by the at least one further communication device,

wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that the first value is conveyed at least with a part of the messages to be transmitted, and

wherein the radio transceiver device is configured to receive the rate of emission of successive messages over time specified as a second value based on the first value received by the at least one further communication device;

transmit the messages at the rate of emission of successive messages based on the second value, wherein the first value is conveyed at least with part of the messages to be transmitted with each message of the plurality of messages.

2. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communication device is designed for the communication between road users among one another, between road users and traffic infrastructure, or between road users among one another and between road users and traffic infrastructure.

3. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured for data transmission according to a dedicated short-range radio communication standard.

4. The communication device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured for data transmission according to a Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments standard.

5. The communication device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured for data transmission at least partially according to IEEE 1609.4, ETSI Intelligent Transportation Systems standards or IEEE 1609.4 and ETSI Intelligent Transportation Systems standards.

6. The communication device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured for a data transmission at least partially according to IEEE 802.11 standards.

7. The communication device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured for a higher-priority first data transmission according to IEEE 802.11e or IEEE 802.11p.

8. The communication device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured for a second lower-priority data transmission according to IEEE 802.11 a/b/g.

9. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the messages comprise status messages about a state of a road.

10. The communication device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that for the emission of messages, a control channel and a service channel are utilized.

11. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information item including the quantity of messages to be provided is based on messages prepared for dispatch by the communication device, present in a data memory allocated to the communication device.

12. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first value belongs to an integer set of numbers.

13. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that the first value is conveyed within a message field of the data transmission of the message.

14. The communication device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the message field is a field having a fixed bit width.

15. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that when a first threshold value is exceeded by the second value, the rate of emission of successive messages over time is specified at a third value.

16. The communication device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that when a second threshold value is exceeded by the second value, the rate of emission of successive messages over time is specified at a fourth value.

17. The communication device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that when the second threshold value is undercut by the second value, the rate of emission of successive messages over time is specified at the third value.

18. The communication device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that when the first threshold value is undercut by the second value, the rate of emission of successive messages over time is specified at a fifth value.

19. The communication device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that the first threshold value, the second threshold value, or the first threshold value and the second threshold value are specified such that a difference of values is greater than zero.

20. The communication device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that the third value, the fourth value, the fifth value, or any combination thereof, according to defined system states, forms a decentralized load control according to the ETSI TS 102 687 standard.

21. The communication device as claimed in claim 20, wherein the radio transceiver device is configured such that communication with road users takes place at least partially according to a mobile radio standard.

22. The communication device as claimed in claim 20, wherein the communication device is configured for communication with road users at least partially according to the European standard ETSI TC ITS, the American “

Vehicle Safety Communications Program, VSC”

or the Japanese “

Advanced Vehicle Safety Program, AVS”

.

23. The communication device as claimed in claim 22, wherein the communication device is configured for communication with road users at least partially according to the ISO standard, “

continuous-air long and medium range”

.

24. A method for communication within a motor vehicle communication system interacting in ad-hoc fashion, the method comprising:

emitting, by a first radio transceiver device within the motor vehicle communication system, an information item including a quantity of messages to be provided, the quantity of messages to be provided being reproduced as a first value and reproducing a number of messages to be dispatched;

receiving, by at least one second radio transceiver device, the information;

receiving, by the first radio transceiver device, a rate of emission of messages by the first radio transceiver device to the at least one second radio transceiver device over time,

wherein the rate of emission of messages over time is specified by the at least one second radio transceiver device;

conveying, by the first radio transceiver device, the first value with at least a part of the messages to be transmitted;

wherein the receiving, by the first radio transceiver device, comprises receiving the rate of emission of messages over time specified as a second value based on the first value received by the at least one second radio transceiver device; and

transmitting the messages at the rate of emission of messages based on the second value, wherein the first value is conveyed at least with part of the messages to be transmitted with each message of the plurality of messages.

25. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the communication between road users takes place among one another, between road users and traffic infrastructure, or among one another and between road users and traffic infrastructure.

26. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the data transmission takes place according to a dedicated short-range radio communication standard.

27. The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the data transmission takes place according to Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments standard.

28. The method as claimed in claim 27, wherein the data transmission takes place at least partially according to IEEE 1609.4, ETSI Intelligent Transportation Systems standards or IEEE 1609.4 and ETSI Intelligent Transportation Systems standards.

29. The method as claimed in claim 27, wherein the data transmission takes place at least partially according to IEEE 802.11 standards.

30. The method as claimed in claim 29, wherein a higher-priority first data transmission is formed according to IEEE 802.11e or IEEE 802.11p.

31. The method as claimed in claim 28, wherein a lower-priority second data transmission is formed according to IEEE 802.11 a/b/g.

32. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the messages comprise status messages about a state of a road user.

33. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein for emission of messages, a control channel and a service channel are utilized.

34. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the information including the quantity of messages to be provided is based on messages prepared for dispatch by the radio transceiver device, present in a data memory allocated to the radio transceiver device.

35. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the first value belongs to an integer set of numbers.

36. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the first value is conveyed within a message field of the data transmission of one of the messages.

37. The method as claimed in claim 36, wherein a field having a fixed bit width is used for the message field.

38. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein when a first threshold value is exceeded by the second value, the rate of emission of messages over time is specified at a third value.

39. The method as claimed in claim 38, wherein when a second threshold value is exceeded by the second value, the rate of emission of messages over time is specified at a fourth value.

40. The method as claimed in claim 39, wherein when the second threshold value is undercut by the second value, the rate of emission of messages over time is specified at the third value.

41. The method as claimed in claim 40, wherein when the first threshold value is undercut by the second value, the rate of emission of messages over time is specified at a fifth value.

42. The method as claimed in claim 41, wherein the first threshold value and the second threshold value are specified such that a difference of values is greater than zero.

43. The method as claimed in claim 42, wherein the third value, the fourth value, the fifth value or any combination thereof is formed according to defined system states of a decentralized load control according to the ETSI TS 102 687 standard.

44. The method of claim 24, wherein communication with road users takes place at least partially according to a mobile radio standard.

45. The method as claimed in claim 24, wherein the communication with road users takes place at least partially according to the European standard ETSI TC ITS, the American “

Vehicle Safety Communications Program, VSC”

or the Japanese “

Advanced Vehicle Safety Program, AVS”

.

46. The method as claimed in claim 45, wherein the communication with road users takes place at least partially according to the ISO standard, “

continuous-air long and medium range”

.