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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Rashmi Prasad, Troy, MI (US);
Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of facilitating wireless charging of an electric vehicle (EV) include the EV performing service discovery and negotiation via a neighborhood aware network (NaN) to determine charging compatibility of a WiFi enabled charging station or another EV with the EV. The method also includes the EV requesting a reservation from the charging station or a charge from the another EV based on determining that the EV is compatible with the charging station or the another EV by broadcasting a request message that includes a packet with the request via the NaN.