Patent ID: 9723473
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: broadcasting, by a first communication device, a service discovery message describing an availability of the first communication device to provide a millimeter wave communication service that includes providing a set of high-definition three-dimensional maps and local sensor information via millimeter wave communication, wherein the service discovery message is broadcasted via dedicated short range communication (DSRC), wherein the first communication device is a first onboard communication device included in a first vehicle; receiving, by the first communication device, a first handshake message transmitted by a second onboard communication device included in a second vehicle, wherein the first handshake message describes a request to receive the millimeter wave communication service from the first communication device and wherein the first handshake message is received via DSRC and includes DSRC data describing an initial location of the second vehicle at a specified time and one or more of a speed of the second vehicle at the specified time and a bearing of the second vehicle at the specified time; transmitting, by the first communication device, a second handshake message acknowledging receipt of the first handshake message, wherein the second handshake message is transmitted via DSRC; analyzing, by the first communication device, the DSRC data to determine a future location of the second vehicle at a future time, wherein the analyzing includes estimating the future location based on the initial location of the second vehicle at the specified time and one or more of the speed of the second vehicle at the specified time and the bearing of the second vehicle at the specified time; sweeping, by the first communication device, a beam of a first millimeter wave communication unit of the first communication device so that the beam is aligned with the future location of a second millimeter wave communication unit of the second vehicle; and providing, by the first communication device, the millimeter wave communication service to the second vehicle, wherein the millimeter wave communication service includes the first vehicle providing digital data to the second vehicle describing (1) the set of high-definition three-dimensional maps and (2) the local sensor information including a description of a physical environment which is not viewable by the second vehicle.