Patent ID: 8704679

Claim:
A packet processing framework for a vehicle-to-vehicle communication packet processing system wherein processed packets are selectively provided to vehicle-to-vehicle applications, the framework comprising: a neighborhood vehicle tracking module for tracking neighboring vehicles relative to a host vehicle, the neighborhood vehicle tracking module assigning a priority level of neighboring vehicles relative to the host vehicle; an adaptive security processing module for regulating messages streamed to the neighborhood vehicle tracker module that are in accordance with priorities set forth by the neighborhood vehicle tracking module; and wherein the adaptive security processing module selects authentication modes and schedules messages streamed to the neighborhood vehicle tracking module as a function of priorities set forth by the neighborhood vehicle tracking module, as a function of a communication reliability of a transmitting neighboring vehicle, and as a function of a likelihood that a message from the neighboring vehicle is genuine as determined by the adaptive security processing module, and wherein the neighborhood vehicle tracking module outputs processed kinematics and alert information to at least one vehicle-to-vehicle application.