Reconfigurable network infrastructure for collaborative automated driving

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11070988-B2
Application number	US-201715858927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2017
Priority date	Dec 29, 2017
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

Various systems and methods for a reconfigurable roadside network. Current traffic data of a road segment is received from sensors. A traffic scenario is identified based on current the traffic data. Key performance indicators are determined for the traffic scenario. The roadside network is modified based on the key performance indicators.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for modifying a roadside network, the system comprising:
processing circuitry to:
access a roadside network configuration;
map a first number of sensors of a plurality of sensors and a first number of antennas of a plurality of antennas to a first central processing unit (CPU) according to the roadside network configuration,
the plurality of sensors distributed along a road at an inter-sensor spacing and configured to detect traffic traveling on the road,
the inter-sensor spacing providing overlapping areas of coverage of sensor along the inter-sensor spacing, the first number of antennas configured to receive signals from the first number of sensors,
the plurality of antennas distributed along the road at an inter-antenna spacing, the inter-antenna spacing providing overlapping areas of coverage of antennas along the inter-antenna spacing,
the first CPU selected from a plurality of CPUs distributed along the road at an inter-CPU spacing, and
the inter-CPU spacing based on the inter-antenna spacing, the inter-sensor spacing, and capabilities of the plurality of CPUs;

map a second number of sensors of the plurality of sensors and a second number of antennas of the plurality of antennas to a second CPU according to the roadside network configuration, the second CPU selected from the plurality of CPUs distributed along the road at the inter-CPU spacing;
receive, from the plurality of sensors, current traffic data of a road segment;
identify a traffic scenario based on the current traffic data;
determine key performance indicators for the traffic scenario;
determine the roadside network configuration does not meet the determined key performance indicators; and
in response to determining that the roadside network configuration does not meet the determined key performance indicators:
remap, using a first switch, the first number of sensors from the first CPU to the second CPU based on the roadside network configuration; or
remap, using a second switch, the first number of antennas from the first CPU to the second CPU based on the roadside network configuration.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the traffic data comprises traffic density of the road segment and traffic flow of the road segment.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
measure historical traffic data over a period of time; and
compute traffic scenario boundaries of a plurality of traffic scenarios based on the historical traffic data.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine key performance indicators for each of the plurality of traffic scenarios.

5. The system of claim 4 , further comprising a data store to store the traffic scenario boundaries and the key performance indicators for each of the plurality of traffic scenarios.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein to determine the traffic scenario the processing circuitry is configured to:
compare the traffic density of the historical traffic data to density threshold values based on vehicle speeds from the historical traffic data; and
compare the traffic flow of the historical traffic data to flow threshold values based on the vehicle speeds from the historical traffic data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the key performance indicators comprise minimum forward visibility range and backward visibility range.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
optimize a first roadside network configuration for a target key performance indicator;
determine the first roadside network configuration meets minimum values for the target key performance indicator; and
store the first roadside network configuration.

9. A machine-implemented method for modifying a roadside network, the method comprising:
accessing a roadside network configuration;
mapping a first number of sensors of a plurality of sensors and a first number of antennas of a plurality of antennas to a first central processing unit (CPU) according to the roadside network configuration,
the plurality of sensors distributed along a road at an inter-sensor spacing and configured to detect traffic traveling on the road,
the inter-sensor spacing providing overlapping areas of coverage of sensor along the inter-sensor spacing, the first number of antennas configured to receive signals from the first number of sensors,
the plurality of antennas distributed along the road at an inter-antenna spacing, the inter-antenna spacing providing overlapping areas of coverage of antennas along the inter-antenna spacing,
the first CPU selected from a plurality of CPUs distributed along the road at an inter-CPU spacing, and
the inter-CPU spacing based on the inter-antenna spacing, the inter-sensor spacing, and capabilities of the plurality of CPUs;

mapping a second number of sensors of the plurality of sensors and a second number of antennas of the plurality of antennas to a second CPU according to the roadside network configuration, the second CPU selected from the plurality of CPUs distributed along the road at the inter-CPU spacing;
receiving, from the plurality of sensors, current traffic data of a road segment;
identifying a traffic scenario based on the current traffic data;
determining key performance indicators for the traffic scenario;
determining the roadside network configuration does not meet the determined key performance indicators; and
in response to determining that the roadside network configuration does not meet the determined key performance indicators:
remapping, using a first switch, the first number of sensors from the first central processing unit to the second central processing unit based on the roadside network configuration; or
remapping, using a second switch, the first number of antennas from the first central processing unit to the second central processing unit based on the roadside network configuration.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the traffic data comprises traffic density of the road segment and traffic flow of the road segment.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
measuring historical traffic data over a period of time; and
computing traffic scenario boundaries of a plurality of traffic scenarios based on the historical traffic data.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining key performance indicators for each of the plurality of traffic scenarios.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising storing the traffic scenario boundaries and the key performance indicators for each of the plurality of traffic scenarios.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining the traffic scenario comprises:
comparing the traffic density of the historical traffic data to density threshold values based on vehicle speeds from the historical traffic data; and
comparing the traffic flow of the historical traffic data to flow threshold values based on the vehicle speeds from the historical traffic data.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the key performance indicators comprise minimum forward visibility range and backward visibility range.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
optimizing a first roadside network configuration for a target key performance indicator;
determining the first roadside network configuration meets minimum values for the target key performance indicator; and
storing the first roadside network configuration.

17. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, including instructions, which when exec

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Rosales Rafael
• Makowitz Rainer
• Graefe Ralf
• Kelly Mark
• Nolan Keith

Classifications

• H04L41/0816

  the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04W4/50

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title

• H04L41/5009

  Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF] · CPC title

• H04L41/5025

  by proactively reacting to service quality change, e.g. by reconfiguration after service quality degradation or upgrade · CPC title