Vehicle Wireless Channel Prediction Using On-Route Access Points

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication technologies face low prediction accuracy of frequency channels with less interference due to the acquisition of communication status information at a distance from the target point, leading to significant divergence by the time the vehicle reaches the target point.

Innovation Solution

A wireless communication control device and method that acquires identification information for on-route access points, communicates with them to gather real-time communication status information, and predicts frequency channels with less interference as the vehicle approaches, using inter-vehicle and cellular communication to minimize time lag and information divergence.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If communication status information is acquired at a distance from the target point, then the acquisition can be performed in advance, but the prediction accuracy of frequency channels with less interference decreases due to significant divergence by the time the vehicle reaches the target point

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime for acquiring communication status informationVSAvoidprediction accuracy of frequency channel
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring communication status information from on-route access points before the vehicle reaches the target communication range. The controller acquires identification information of access points along the route and obtains communication status information in advance, then predicts the frequency channel with less interference based on this preliminary data, resolving the contradiction between early acquisition and prediction accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If communication status information is acquired via inter-vehicle communication, then real-time information can be obtained, but the system complexity increases due to coordination requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time communication status informationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses on-route access points as intermediaries to obtain communication status information. Instead of directly coordinating between multiple vehicles, the system leverages existing access points along the route as mediators that provide communication status data, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining real-time information reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If the vehicle acquires communication status information close to the target point, then prediction accuracy improves, but the time available for prediction and channel selection is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracy of frequency channelVSAvoidtime for prediction and channel selection
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The controller acquires communication status information from on-route access points in advance before reaching the target point. This preliminary acquisition allows the system to predict the frequency channel with less interference and complete channel selection before the vehicle enters the target communication range, resolving the contradiction between prediction accuracy and time availability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12432643B2Wireless communication control device, wireless communication device, and wireless communication control method
Publication Date: 2025.09.30 DENSO CORP
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AI summary

By a wireless communication control device that controls a wireless communication device or a wireless communication control method, identification information for identifying the access point of a target network existing on a route of a vehicle is acquired, an on-route access point of the target network on the route is identified, communication status information regarding a communication status in a target communication range to which the vehicle comes close is acquired, and a frequency channel with less interference in wireless communication in the target communication range is predicted.