Patent ID: 11922815
Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for managing data traffic of customers and self-driving vehicles, wherein the customers and the self-driving vehicles are connected to a mobile communication network, comprising:
receiving a transport request by a requesting customer;
processing the received transport request and identifying, among the self-driving vehicles, a compliant vehicle that is compliant with the transport request;
identifying a compliant route, compliant with the transport request, to be taken by the identified compliant vehicle from a starting position to one or more target positions set out in the transport request,
controlling the compliant vehicle to autonomously perform a transport service via the identified compliant route according to said transport request, and
during said transport service, jointly arranging radio resources of the mobile communication network for both (1) the customers, which are physically distinct from the self-driving vehicles, for a service other than the transport service and (2) the self-driving vehicles connected to the mobile communication network according to information about the mobile communication network, information about the compliant vehicle, and information about a radio state in the mobile communication network, wherein
said identifying a compliant vehicle, said identifying a compliant route, and said controlling the compliant vehicle to autonomously perform a transport service are based on said information about the mobile communication network, said information about the compliant vehicle, and said information about a radio state in the mobile communication network between the customers, between the vehicles, and between the customers and the vehicles, and
said identifying a compliant route further comprises:
checking the presence of perturbing events and an impact thereof on the identified compliant route, and
identifying a further compliant route alternative to the compliant route if, as a result of the perturbing events, the identified compliant route is no longer compliant with the transport request.