Patent ID: 8928468
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G08G,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A method for line-of-sight-independent data transmission in a car-to-car or a car-to-infrastructure communication system, comprising the steps of: transmitting electromagnetic radiation having encoded data from a transmitter located in a first vehicle or in a traffic infrastructure object; providing a reflector system in form of a square pyramid or a cube, said square pyramid or cube having at least three passive reflector elements arranged such that the reflector elements form outside surfaces of the square pyramid or the cube and configured to at least partially reflect the transmitted electromagnetic radiation incident on the outside surfaces; arranging the reflector system with respect to traffic routes that intersect at right angles so that edges of the pyramid or the cube point in a direction of the traffic routes and the transmitted electromagnetic radiation arrives at a receiver located in a second vehicle or in the traffic infrastructure object; and receiving the reflected electromagnetic radiation having the encoded data with the receiver.