Wireless Mesh Network for Automated Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cruise control systems in traditional cars are limited in functionality, primarily allowing speed control with safety features, and do not facilitate efficient wireless communication between movable objects, such as cars, which hinders advanced automated vehicle operations and communication reliability.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a wireless mesh network (MN) system that enables connected movable objects, like cars, to determine optimal movement and location adjustments based on signal interference, terrain, and communication importance, using integrated sensors and computing systems to establish and optimize communication channels, ensuring reliable and efficient data transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional cruise control systems are used for speed control, then basic safety features are provided, but wireless communication efficiency and reliability between movable objects deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mesh network intermediary layer that enables indirect communication between movable objects through intermediate nodes. When direct communication between two objects is blocked or unreliable, data can be routed through other objects in the network, thereby improving communication reliability without requiring complex direct communication hardware in each object.
Solution Approach 2:
The system makes existing movable objects serve multiple functions: they not only perform their primary functions (transportation, etc.) but also act as communication nodes in the mesh network. This allows the system to improve communication reliability using existing hardware and infrastructure without adding significant complexity.
2Reliability
If mesh network optimization is implemented to improve communication quality, then wireless communication reliability improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mesh network system implements self-organizing and self-optimizing capabilities where nodes automatically establish connections, route data, and adapt to changing network conditions without external control. This self-service approach improves communication reliability while minimizing the operational complexity burden on users or external systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where communication quality metrics are continuously monitored and used to dynamically adjust network routing and node behavior. This automatic feedback-driven optimization improves communication reliability without requiring manual intervention or complex external control systems.
3Reliability
If integrated sensors and computing systems are deployed for MN optimization, then communication channel performance improves, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the system to utilize existing sensors and computing resources in movable objects for multiple purposes: both their primary functions and mesh network operations. This multi-functionality approach improves channel performance while avoiding the need for dedicated expensive hardware, thereby controlling manufacturing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the movable objects' own integrated sensors and computing systems to perform self-diagnosis, self-optimization, and self-management of communication channels. This eliminates the need for external expensive monitoring and optimization equipment, improving channel performance while keeping manufacturing costs low.
Data Source
AI summary
Wireless communication via a mesh network of connected movable objects is described. A method includes determining, by a device including a processor, a value of a characteristic of a first movable object of movable objects communicatively coupled to a wireless network, wherein the movable objects are automated vehicles, and wherein the determining the value is based on a likelihood of receipt of a message transmitted from the first movable object to a second movable object of the movable objects. The method also includes generating information usable to move the first movable object in a manner that satisfies a defined condition associated with the value. The information can be strength of a wireless communication channel between the first movable object and a second movable object of the movable objects.