Patent ID: 8019533
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G01C,G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring a data unit between a vehicle and an infrastructure communication network, the inter-vehicle communication network including a plurality of roadside communication devices for relaying data to and from a vehicle traveling along a navigation route, the method comprising the steps of: determining at least a portion of the navigation route the vehicle is traversing; identifying expected roadside communication devices disposed along the navigation route; estimating a respective time period that the vehicle will be within a transmitting range of each respective roadside communication device along the navigation route; and segregating the data message into sub-units of data, each sub-unit to be relayed between the vehicle and a respective roadside communication device, wherein the amount of data contained in a respective sub-unit is based on an amount of data that may be communicated between the vehicle and a respective roadside communication device during the respective time period that the vehicle is within the transmitting range of the respective roadside communication device.