Patent ID: 11902867
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. An apparatus for determining an alternative communication mode for vehicle-to-vehicle communication at a host vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
means for monitoring signals of a primary radio frequency (RF) communication mode used by the host vehicle for vehicle-to-vehicle communication;
means for determining, based at least in part on the monitoring, that a density of vehicles has exceeded a threshold density value;
means for, responsive to the determining that the density of vehicles has exceeded the threshold density value, selecting, from one or more alternative communication modes alternative to the primary RF communication mode, a second RF communication mode with which to send a vehicle-to-vehicle message; and
means for sending, from the host vehicle, the vehicle-to-vehicle message via the second RF communication mode.