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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Clusterhead device that functions as a gateway between vehicular ad-hoc network and cellular network
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Jose Francisco Monserrat Del Rio, Valencia, ES;
Daniel Calabuig Soler, Valencia, ES;
David Gozalvez Serrano, Munich, DE;
Oliver Klemp, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/046 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clusterhead device is capable of relaying group messages from a cellular network to an ad-hoc network, and vice versa. However, not every device that comprises a clusterhead device is activated as a clusterhead. Rather, only devices that do not receive enough beacon signals emitted by each motor vehicle are activated as a clusterhead. It is thus achieved that not too many motor vehicles function as a gateway.