Robert Boschgmbh

Soheil Gherekhloo

Frank Hofmann

Christian Zimmermann

Klaus Sambale

Jan-Felix Van Dam

Ralf Prenzel

A method for applying control to a vehicle. The method includes: receiving, by way of a second control unit of a second vehicle to which control is to be applied, a signal encompassing a message encrypted using a valid symmetrical key of a first control unit of a first vehicle; ascertaining, by way of the second control unit, a decryptability of the encrypted message using a valid symmetrical key of the second control unit or a symmetrical reserve key of the second control unit ascertained by way of the second control unit; ecrypting the encrypted message, depending on the ascertained decryptability, by way of the second control unit using the valid symmetrical key of the second control unit or the symmetrical reserve key of the second control unit; and applying control, based on the decrypted message, to the second vehicle to which control is to be applied.

Method for controlling a vehicle

A method for operating an automated vehicle convoy includes periodically wirelessly transmitting messages from preceding participants of the automated vehicle convoy to respective following participants of the automated vehicle convoy, proceeding from the leading participant of the automated vehicle convoy. The messages include at least one piece of, in particular temporal, information from which a minimum distance between each following participant and the respective preceding participant is ascertained. The following participants of the automated vehicle convoy are guided corresponding to the ascertained minimum distance.

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