Identity-Based Vehicle Addressing for Unknown Driver Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to facilitate communication between vehicle drivers who are unknown to each other and do not have known specific identifiers within a wireless communication network, such as telephone numbers or IP addresses.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle processes vehicle-identifying data from neighboring vehicles, generates a transmission carrying this data to a remote server, which determines a specific identifier for the target vehicle, and routes the communication accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional identifier-based communication is used, then communication reliability is improved, but communication accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote server as an intermediary that maintains a mapping between vehicle-identifying data and communication network addresses. This mediator enables indirect communication routing, allowing vehicles to communicate without direct knowledge of each other's identifiers while maintaining reliable delivery through the server's address resolution service.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to the communication addressing system by introducing vehicle-identifying data (such as vehicle position, vehicle type, or other broadcast identifiers) as a separate addressing layer alongside traditional communication network addresses. This multi-dimensional addressing enables vehicles to be identified and reached through multiple possible keys rather than requiring direct identifier knowledge.
2Productivity
If direct identifier knowledge is required, then communication efficiency is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the identifier resolution complexity from the vehicle communication systems and relocates it to a remote server. Vehicles only need to broadcast and process simple vehicle-identifying data, while the complex task of maintaining and querying the mapping between identifiers and communication addresses is handled externally by the server, reducing on-vehicle system complexity.
3Reliability
If discovery process is required, then communication security is improved, but communication time deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by having vehicles continuously broadcast their vehicle-identifying data and having the remote server pre-establish the mapping between identifiers and communication addresses. This preliminary publication of identification information eliminates the need for time-consuming discovery processes when communication is needed, as the addressing information is already available in the network.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for identity-based addressing of wireless network communication between vehicle drivers. A first vehicle may receive and process a set of first transmissions from a set of second vehicles, each first transmission carrying vehicle-identifying data, such as GNSS positions. A user interface of the first vehicle may present a map or other visual representation of the set of second vehicles, and may detect a selection of one of the second vehicles. The first vehicle may then generate and send a second transmission carrying the vehicle-identifying data of the selected second vehicle, and may generate and send a set of third transmissions carrying data for a communication (such as a text, e-mail, or audio or video communication) to the selected second vehicle.