Vehicle Platooning Link Stability Measurement Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current vehicle platooning communication systems face challenges in ensuring high reliability and low latency due to stringent requirements for link management, particularly in advanced driving modes like Vehicle Platooning, Semi-automated Driving, and Full-automated Driving, where accurate and rapid information exchange is critical for safety and efficiency.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus and method for wireless communications that includes processing circuitry to confirm network structures and determine link stability measurement configurations, enabling quick and accurate measurement of link stability and triggering corresponding events, as well as generating sensing configurations for coordinated sensing among vehicle platooning members to improve communication reliability and latency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If link stability measurement configuration is implemented for vehicle platooning, then communication reliability is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the vehicle platooning system into multiple units (head vehicle unit and member vehicle units) with distinct functions. The head vehicle unit confirms network structure and determines link stability measurement configuration, while member vehicle units perform measurements and trigger events. This segmentation distributes complexity across multiple components rather than concentrating it in a single device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The head vehicle unit performs preliminary actions by confirming the network structure and determining the link stability measurement configuration before the member vehicle units execute the measurements. This preliminary configuration step establishes the framework for reliable communication without requiring each vehicle to independently determine the measurement parameters.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of time

If link stability measurement and event triggering is implemented, then communication latency is reduced, but measurement precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication latencyVSAvoidlink stability measurement precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The member vehicle units autonomously perform link stability measurements and independently trigger corresponding events based on measurement results without requiring continuous centralized control. This self-service approach reduces latency by enabling decentralized, real-time responses to link stability changes while maintaining measurement precision through standardized measurement procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If network structure confirmation and link stability measurement configuration is performed, then communication reliability is improved, but information processing overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication reliabilityVSAvoidinformation processing overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by having the head vehicle unit perform network structure confirmation and configuration determination, while member vehicle units perform localized link stability measurements. Each unit processes information relevant to its specific function and location in the network, reducing overall information processing overhead while maintaining communication reliability through distributed intelligence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10863336B2Electronic device and method for wireless communication
Publication Date: 2020.12.08 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

Provided are an electronic device and method for wireless transmission. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit configured to confirm a network structure of a motorcade and determine a link stability measurement configuration corresponding to the network structure, wherein the link stability measurement configuration is used for a receiving-end apparatus of a link to determine the stability of the link according to a receiving state of a transmitted content.