Rapid wireless communication for vehicle collision mitigation

Abstract

Autonomous vehicles may avoid collisions, or minimize the harm of an unavoidable collision, with the assistance of a land-based supercomputer. Upon detecting an imminent collision, the vehicle may transmit a wireless message to a land-based access point using high-speed low-latency communication technology. The message may include data about the imminent collision such as the positions and velocities of the vehicles and may demand an uncontested communication channel for fast data transfer. The land-based access point can then transfer the data to a supercomputer configured to analyze the data and calculate a sequence of actions to avoid, or at least minimize, the collision. The recommended sequence of actions can then be transmitted back to the initiating vehicle in a wireless response message. In this way, the full computational power of a supercomputer can be made available to save lives.