Relay Vehicle Selection for V2X Message Coverage

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Solution Overview

Problem

In the Internet of Vehicles, the widespread use of broadcast messages for V2X communication leads to severe interference and redundancy, with vehicles unsure if their messages are successfully transmitted and the network load unknown, and multi-hop transmission not supported, resulting in limited message coverage.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device and wireless communication method that determine and include information about relay vehicles in vehicle-related messages, allowing only designated relay vehicles to forward messages, thereby reducing redundancy and interference, and enabling multi-hop transmission to expand message coverage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If all vehicles forward broadcast messages, then message coverage is expanded, but transmission redundancy and interference increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage coverageVSAvoidinterference and redundancy
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the message forwarding function by introducing a relay vehicle selection mechanism. Instead of all vehicles forwarding messages, only selected relay vehicles (determined by ID comparison and random selection) forward messages. This segmentation reduces the number of forwarding nodes, thereby reducing interference and redundancy while maintaining message coverage through multi-hop transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Speed

If broadcast mode is used for V2X communication, then real-time message transmission is achieved, but network overhead increases and interference worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage transmission speedVSAvoidsignaling overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the message forwarding function from all vehicles and concentrates it on selected relay vehicles only. By taking out the forwarding responsibility from the general vehicle population and assigning it selectively, the system reduces the quantity of signaling overhead and interference-generating transmissions while preserving real-time message delivery capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Area of stationary object

If multi-hop transmission is not supported, then system complexity is reduced, but message coverage is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemessage coverageVSAvoidtransmission mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-selecting relay vehicles and embedding their information in messages before transmission. This allows multi-hop transmission to occur automatically as messages pass through predetermined relay nodes, expanding message coverage without requiring complex real-time routing decisions at each hop, thus managing system complexity effectively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12335839B2Electronic device, wireless communication method and computer-readable storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.06.17 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit and is configured to: determine one or more relay vehicles that must forward a message related to a vehicle; generate the message related to the vehicle, the message comprising information of the one or more relay vehicles; and send the message. By using the electronic device, wireless communication method, and computer-readable storage medium according to the present disclosure, the redundancy of information sending can be reduced while expanding the coverage range of a message so as to save on overhead and reduce interference, thereby optimizing a message sending process in the Internet of Vehicles.