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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2004
Hiroyuki Kubotani, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Arata, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuhiro Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A roadside apparatus is connected to a roadside network and an in-vehicle apparatus which carries out wireless data transfer with the roadside apparatus, and it is equipped with a specifying unit for specifying an in-vehicle apparatus by associating an IP address which was assigned with respect to each in-vehicle apparatus, and an in-vehicle apparatus identifier other than an IP address. By this configuration, between the roadside apparatus and the in-vehicle apparatus, enabled is data communication which utilized an IP series communication protocol for specifying an in-vehicle apparatus by use of an IP address which was assigned with respect to each in-vehicle apparatus, and a non-IP series communication protocol for specifying an in-vehicle apparatus by use of LID.