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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Wai Chen, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
John Lee, Howell, NJ (US);
Ratul K. Guha, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Ryokichi Onishi, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Rama Vuyyuru, Somerset, NJ (US);
Wai Chen, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
John Lee, Howell, NJ (US);
Ratul K. Guha, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Ryokichi Onishi, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Rama Vuyyuru, Somerset, NJ (US);
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Toyota Infotechnology Center, U.S.A., Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention offers systems and methods for effective multiple-hop routing, multicasting and media access control for vehicle group communications that employ directional wireless radio technology. Multi-beam optic-wireless media and streamlined operations provide low-overhead communications among vehicles. Systems and methods are provided to maintain a quasi-stationary group of neighboring vehicles, enable high-throughput on-demand switching among multiple vehicles, enable group coding in the vehicle group to achieve higher throughput, and enable dynamic adjustment of link to maintain desirable vehicle group. The proposed solution builds upon the conception of a MAC-free wireless operation and quasi-stationary vehicular switched network to achieve ultra-low-overhead and high-throughput vehicle communications.