Patent ID: 8838383

Claim:
A vehicle antenna unit in a vehicle for participation in vehicle-to-surroundings communication in accordance with the DSRC or ITS-G5 standard, the vehicle antenna unit including: an adhoc network antenna, integrated in the vehicle antenna unit, for sending and receiving data in the region of 5.9 GHz; a satellite antenna, integrated in the vehicle antenna unit, for receiving satellite locating signals; driver elements, integrated in the vehicle antenna unit, which are set up to send and/or receive data using the adhoc network antenna and the satellite antenna; a computation unit, integrated in the vehicle antenna unit, for processing the data; and an interface unit, integrated in the vehicle antenna unit, for interfacing the computation unit to other electronic units in the vehicle, wherein the computation unit is configured to: a) evaluate the satellite locating signals and perform the vehicle-to-surroundings communication without data being exchanged between the computation unit and the other electronic units in the vehicle through the interface unit, and b) evaluate the satellite locating signals and perform the vehicle-to-surroundings communication with data being exchanged between the computation unit and the other electronic units in the vehicle through the interface unit.