Detection of radio frequency signal transfer anomalies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12255696-B2
Application number	US-202117483965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2021
Priority date	Sep 24, 2021
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

A radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method includes: determining, at a first roadside unit, presence of an anomaly of radio frequency signal transfer within a wireless communication range of the first roadside unit; determining a type of radio frequency signal transfer of the anomaly; and transmitting, from the first roadside unit to another entity, an anomaly indication indicative of the anomaly of radio frequency signal transfer and the type of radio frequency signal transfer of the anomaly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method comprising:
determining, at a first roadside unit, presence of an anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer within a wireless communication range of the first roadside unit based on the first roadside unit receiving radio frequency communication of acceptable quality, if at all, from fewer than a quantity of mobile devices from which radio frequency communication is expected, wherein the wireless radio frequency signal transfer includes a communication signal reception, a satellite positioning system signal reception, or both;
determining, at the first roadside unit, a type of wireless radio frequency signal transfer of the anomaly; and
transmitting, from the first roadside unit to another entity, an anomaly indication indicative of the anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer and the type of wireless radio frequency signal transfer of the anomaly.

2. The radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an anomaly region corresponding to the anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer, wherein the anomaly indication indicates the anomaly region.

3. The radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method of claim 2 , wherein the first roadside unit transmits the anomaly indication to a second roadside unit, or a traffic management center, or a mobile device, or any combination thereof.

4. The radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method of claim 1 , wherein determining the presence of the anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer comprises:
transmitting a radio frequency signal from a first antenna of the first roadside unit;
listening for the radio frequency signal with a second antenna, separate from the first antenna, of the first roadside unit; and
determining absence of adequate reception of the radio frequency signal by the second antenna.

5. The radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the quantity of mobile devices from which radio frequency communication is expected based on one or more indications received by the first roadside unit, or one or more measurements by one or more sensors of the first roadside unit, or a combination thereof.

6. The radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method of claim 5 , wherein determining the quantity of mobile devices comprises:
receiving a communication, at the first roadside unit from a second roadside unit, indicating the quantity of mobile devices; or
analyzing one or more sensor measurements; or

a combination thereof.

7. The radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method of claim 1 , wherein determining the presence of the anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer comprises:
determining a difference between a perceived location, based on one or more sensor measurements by the first roadside unit, of a mobile device and a reported location of the mobile device received from the mobile device; and
determining that the difference between the perceived location of the mobile device and the reported location of the mobile device is greater than a threshold.

8. The radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method of claim 7 , further comprising determining the perceived location of the mobile device by analyzing a sensor measurement taken by the first roadside unit, or by analyzing a signal measurement of a signal received by the first roadside unit from the mobile device, or a combination thereof.

9. The radio frequency signal transfer anomaly notification method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the anomaly is radio frequency jamming, or determining that the anomaly is satellite positioning system spoofing.

10. A first roadside unit comprising:
a transceiver;
at least one sensor;
a memory; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory and configured to:
determine a first quantity of mobile devices from which radio frequency communication of acceptable quality is received;
determine a presence of an anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer within a wireless communication range of the first roadside unit based on the first quantity of mobile devices being less than a second quantity of mobile devices from which radio frequency communication of acceptable quality is expected, wherein the wireless radio frequency signal transfer includes a communication signal reception, a satellite positioning system signal reception, or both;
determine a type of wireless radio frequency signal transfer of the anomaly; and
transmit, to another entity, an anomaly indication indicative of the anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer and the type of wireless radio frequency signal transfer of the anomaly.

11. The first roadside unit of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine an anomaly region corresponding to the anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer, wherein the anomaly indication indicates the anomaly region.

12. The first roadside unit of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit the anomaly indication to a second roadside unit, or a traffic management center, or a mobile device, or any combination thereof.

13. The first roadside unit of claim 10 , wherein to determine the presence of the anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer the processor is further configured to:
transmit a radio frequency signal from a first antenna of the first roadside unit;
listen for the radio frequency signal with a second antenna, separate from the first antenna, of the first roadside unit; and
determine absence of adequate reception of the radio frequency signal by the second antenna.

14. The first roadside unit of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine the second quantity of mobile devices from which radio frequency communication of acceptable quality is expected based on one or more indications received by the first roadside unit, or one or more measurements by one or more sensors of the first roadside unit, or a combination thereof.

15. The first roadside unit of claim 14 , wherein to determine the second quantity of mobile devices the processor is further configured to:
receive a communication, from a second roadside unit, indicating the second quantity of mobile devices; or
analyze one or more sensor measurements; or
a combination thereof.

16. The first roadside unit of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a difference between a perceived location, based on one or more sensor measurements by the first roadside unit, of a mobile device and a reported location of the mobile device received from the mobile device; and
determine the presence of the anomaly of wireless radio frequency signal transfer based on the difference between the perceived location of the mobile device and the reported location of the mobile device being greater than a threshold.

17. The first roadside unit of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the perceived location of the mobile device, and wherein to determine the perceive location of the mobile device the processor is further configured to analyze a sensor measurement taken by the first roadside unit, or a signal measurement of a signal received by the first roadside unit from the mobile device, or a combination thereof.

18. A first roadside unit c

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Shuman Mohammed Ataur Rahman
• Petit Jonathan
• Vassilovski Dan

Classifications

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04W4/44

  for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] · CPC title

• H04B17/354

  Adjacent channel leakage power · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title