Roadside Unit Positioning for Targeted Vehicle Warnings

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing V2R communication-based driving safety systems broadcast warning messages to all vehicles in a region, causing unnecessary distractions for drivers who do not need them, leading to potential safety concerns and inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

A communication system and method that determine the position of specific vehicles using topology information from neighboring vehicles and road-side units (RSUs), allowing for targeted warning messages to be sent only to vehicles that require them, thereby reducing unnecessary information transmission and enhancing driving safety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If warning messages are broadcast to all vehicles in the region, then all vehicles receive safety information, but drivers experience unnecessary distraction and information overload

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety information deliveryVSAvoiddriver distraction
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by determining the specific position of each mobile node (vehicle) through topology information comparison and selectively delivering warning messages only to vehicles within the affected region. This ensures that safety information is targeted to specific locations rather than broadcast universally, eliminating unnecessary distraction for drivers outside the hazard zone while maintaining reliable safety information delivery to those who need it.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If warning messages are sent to all vehicles, then comprehensive safety coverage is achieved, but transmission efficiency and resource utilization decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety coverageVSAvoidcommunication resource waste
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system determines the position of mobile nodes by comparing topology information and identifies only those vehicles within the affected region. Warning messages are then transmitted selectively to these specific vehicles rather than broadcasting to all vehicles in the network. This localized approach maintains comprehensive safety coverage for affected vehicles while significantly reducing communication resource waste and energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Measurement precision

If position determination is performed for all mobile nodes, then accurate targeting is achieved, but system complexity and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle position accuracyVSAvoidposition determination system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the parameter approach by using topology information (relative position relationships between vehicles and road-side units) rather than absolute position coordinates. By comparing topology information to determine which vehicles are within the affected region, the system achieves accurate position determination for targeting purposes while reducing computational complexity and processing time compared to traditional coordinate-based methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3503066B1Method for determining the position of mobile node and related communication system, road side unit, and vehicle thereof
Publication Date: 2024.04.17 IND TECH RES INST
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AI summary

A method for determining the position of a mobile node applied to a roadside unit (RSU) is provided. The RSU and a plurality of mobile nodes form a communication network of a road. The method includes the steps of: obtaining, by , via at least one sensor, first road information, wherein the first road information provides absolute position distribution information associated with the mobile nodes; receiving, by a communication device, second road information from a first mobile node of the mobile nodes, wherein the second road information provides relative position distribution information associated with the first mobile node and second mobile nodes adjacent to the first mobile node; and determining, by a comparison device, the position of the first mobile node on the road according to the first road information and the second road information.