Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Yoshio Yuse

Makoto Nagai

Yuki Yorifuji

Masafumi Furuke

Fuminori Takama

A map data storage unit holds map data in which a road ID is allocated, as identification information, to every preset section of at least part of roads. A traffic jam determination unit determines whether the section corresponding to every road ID is congested. A transmission unit performs broadcast transmission of vehicle data including a road ID and the traveling speed of a vehicle from the vehicle traveling in each section of a road. At the time, the transmission unit forms a frame in which the received vehicle data of other vehicle and the vehicle data of a driver's vehicle are combined. An information compressing unit compresses an amount of data by deleting the traveling speed from the frame with respect to a section that has been determined not to be congested by the traffic jam determination unit.

Terminal apparatus mounted on a vehicle to perform vehicle-to-vehicle communication

A modem unit receives a signal broadcasted by a base station apparatus. A storage unit extracts information included in the received signal and stores the extracted information. A detection unit detects a fact that the signal broadcasted by the base station apparatus is not received. A generation unit measures a period of time starting when the storage unit has stored the information. When the detection unit detects the fact and when the measured period of time is shorter than a threshold, the generation unit broadcasts a signal including the information stored in the storage unit.

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Sumoto, Japan

Yoshio Yuse