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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2024
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0025 (2020.02); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method including the receipt of a marshaling request, the identification of a channel load threshold, the determination of whether a vehicle of one or more vehicles satisfies a distribution-related criterion, and the assignment of the vehicle to a road-side unit of a plurality of road-side units. The assignment is based on at least a determination that a communication load of the road-side unit is below the channel load threshold.