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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Rafia Inam, Västerås, SE;
Elena Fersman, Stockholm, SE;
Athanasios Karapantelakis, Stockholm, SE;
Konstantinos Vandikas, Solna, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Method performed by a communication device () to determine whether to allow a first vehicle () to overtake a vehicle platoon (). The platoon () comprises two or more second vehicles (). The communication device obtains () information about the first vehicle (), when the first vehicle () is within a first distance () behind the platoon (). The communication device then determines () whether to allow the first vehicle () to overtake the platoon () based on the obtained information. The communication device then provides (), based on a result of the determining (), a first indication to at least one of: a) a first radio node () in the first vehicle (), and b) a second radio node () in one of the second vehicles () in the platoon. A method performed by the first () and the second () radio nodes is also disclosed. Publ.