Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Korea University Research and Business Foundation

Sung Heon Lim

Su Lyun Sung

Dong Gyu Noh

Jong Rok Park

Byung Jo Kim

Hyo Gon Kim

Yong Tae Park

Ji Hun Ha

Seung Nam Yang

An apparatus and a method for inter-vehicle communication includes a communicator communicating with another vehicle and a position determiner verifying position information of a vehicle, A controller is configured to synchronize a time point of transmitting/receiving a message to/from the other vehicle through a signal from the position determiner, performing a phase control for transmitting message, and transmitting the message to the other vehicle at a determined time point of transmitting the message according to the phase control result.

Apparatus and method for inter-vehicle communication

There are provided an apparatus and a method for inter-vehicle communication. The apparatus includes a communication unit configured to perform communication with another vehicle, a positioning unit configured to obtain positional information of a vehicle, and a controller configured to synchronize time instances of transmitting/receiving messages to/from the another vehicle using a signal from the positioning unit, to set communication conditions based on communication congestion with the another vehicle, and to perform transmitting/receiving messages to/from the another vehicle at the synchronized time instance according to the communication conditions.

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Sung Heon Lim