Base Station Processing Vehicle Control Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle electronics face challenges in adapting to new processing capabilities demanded by evolving applications and services, with conventional solutions failing to provide reliable, secure, and rapid processing capabilities through communication networks, leading to a mismatch between vehicle electronics and processing technology life-cycles.
Innovation Solution
A base station and vehicle control unit system that outsources vehicle control and traffic state information processing to a base station with integrated application processing units, utilizing 3GPP standards like GSM, UMTS, LTE, or 5G for secure and reliable communication, enabling modular design for easy upgrades and error correction, and ensuring secure data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle control information and traffic state information are processed by vehicle electronics permanently integrated in the vehicle, then processing reliability is maintained, but processing capability cannot be adapted to new applications and services during the vehicle's life-cycle
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates processing functions into two segments: vehicle electronics handle data collection and basic processing, while a base station handles complex processing of vehicle control information and traffic state information. This segmentation allows the base station to provide up-to-date processing capabilities without requiring permanent integration in the vehicle, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The base station acts as an intermediary between vehicle electronics and applications/services. It receives information from vehicle electronics, processes it with current processing capabilities, and returns results to the vehicle. This intermediary approach enables adaptability to new applications while maintaining reliability through dedicated processing infrastructure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If processing is outsourced to datacenters connected via communication networks, then processing capability is expanded, but network uncertainties affect availability, reliability, information security, and transmission time
Solution Approach 1:
The base station provides localized processing capability close to the vehicle, rather than distant datacenter processing. This local quality approach reduces network path length and uncertainty while maintaining high processing capability. The base station is strategically positioned to serve specific geographic areas, providing reliable processing with minimal network uncertainty.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional vehicle electronics are designed during the development period, then manufacturing stability is maintained, but they cannot adapt to processing technology renewals with life-cycles of less than 5 years
Solution Approach 1:
Complex processing functions are extracted from the vehicle electronics and relocated to the base station. This extraction allows vehicle electronics to remain simple and stable throughout the vehicle's life-cycle, while the base station handles complex processing with renewed technology. The separation of functions resolves the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a base station 100 for receiving vehicle control information and/or traffic state information from a vehicle control unit 400, preferably connected to the base station 100. The base station comprises a base band unit 101, and at least one interface 102, wherein the base band unit 101 is connected to the at least one interface 102, and wherein the at least one interface 102 is configured to communicate with at least one application processing unit 103 for processing the vehicle control information and/or the traffic state information in the at least one application processing unit 103, and to receive a result of the processing from the at least one application processing unit 103. The base station 100 is further configured to forward the result of the processing to the vehicle control unit 400.