Switched link-based vehicular network architecture and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9245446
APP PUB NO 20120327840A1
SERIAL NO

13167135

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A multiple hop communications method among a plurality of moving vehicles. Each moving vehicles has a plurality of unidirectional radio. The method comprises receiving an incoming packet at one of the plurality of unidirectional radios, determining if there is an active link between each of the plurality of unidirectional radios and an unidirectional radio of a neighbor vehicle, relaying the incoming packet to the plurality of unidirectional radios having an active link and transmitting the incoming packet as an outgoing packet from at least one of the plurality of unidirectional radios. If more than one packet is received, the packets can be encoded using group coding before send the packets out as an outgoing packet.

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  • TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;TOYOTA INFOTECHNOLOGY CENTER, U.S.A., INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Wai Basking Ridge, US 50 1954
Fukuyama, Junichiro Union, US 9 91
Guha, Ratul Kendall Park, US 6 38
Lee, John Howell, US 256 5848
Vuyyuru, Rama Somerset, US 16 255

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