Network Sensor Sharing for V2X Obstructed Hazard Warnings

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication systems lack the ability to effectively share sensor data among vehicles to provide situational awareness of potential road dangers that are obstructed from view, leading to reduced safety and efficiency in traffic scenarios.

Innovation Solution

A network entity, such as a multi-access edge computing (MEC) device, collects sensor data from various sources and generates advisory messages to warn vehicles of potential dangers by transmitting them to recipient vehicles using I2V interfaces, enhancing situational awareness through network-based sensor sharing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If vehicles rely on their own sensors for detection, then device complexity is reduced, but situational awareness of obstructed dangers is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesituational awarenessVSAvoidsensor sharing system
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The network entity acts as an intermediary that collects sensor data from multiple vehicles, processes it to identify obstructed dangers, and delivers advisory information to vehicles that cannot directly observe these dangers. This mediator approach enables information sharing without requiring direct vehicle-to-vehicle sensor coupling, resolving the contradiction between improved situational awareness and system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If vehicles use direct sensor sharing among themselves, then response time is reduced, but system reliability is compromised due to lack of centralized processing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection accuracyVSAvoidadvisory message delivery
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The network entity performs preliminary processing of sensor data by identifying potential dangers and generating advisory messages in advance. This preliminary action enables the system to have pre-prepared safety information ready for immediate transmission when needed, balancing centralized processing reliability with rapid response requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If all vehicles share sensor data with all other vehicles, then situational awareness is improved, but network traffic increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesensor data availabilityVSAvoidnetwork bandwidth
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The network entity extracts only the essential safety-critical information from raw sensor data, identifying specific dangers and generating targeted advisory messages. This extraction approach filters out redundant information and transmits only necessary safety alerts, reducing network traffic while maintaining complete sensor data availability for situational awareness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12573299B2Network based sensor sharing for communications systems
Publication Date: 2026.03.10 QUALCOMM INC
  • US12573299B2 patent drawing
  • US12573299B2 patent drawing
  • US12573299B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Systems and techniques are described for providing an enhanced vehicle-to-everything (V2X) see-though use case. For example, a method for wireless communication at a network entity may include receiving, at the network entity, sensor data from one or more devices, the sensor data comprising at least one of sensing measurements associated with one or more objects in an environment or information associated with a respective device of the one or more devices. The method may include generating, at the network entity, one or more advisory messages for one or more recipient vehicles based on at least a portion of the sensor data. The method may further include transmitting, from the network entity, the one or more advisory messages to the one or more recipient vehicles.