Patent ID: 7813843

Claim:
A method comprising: dynamically detecting the presence of a first node associated with a first vehicle utilizing a roadside apparatus, the roadside apparatus to communicate with nodes associated with vehicles in a transportation communications network, the vehicle nodes being in neighborhood range of the roadside apparatus; dynamically detecting the presence of a second node associated with a second vehicle; establishing a mobile Internet Protocol (IP) network between the roadside apparatus and the first node, and extending the mobile IP network to the second node; receiving from the first node event data of events associated with the first vehicle over the mobile IP network in real-time, and receiving from the second node, over the mobile IP network in real-time, event data associated with the second vehicle; and transmitting, in response to the event data received from the vehicle nodes, real-time command data to any vehicle node forming part of the mobile IP network, to control vehicle subsystems associated with the vehicle, thereby to control the motion of vehicle.