Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for beamform management in vehicular communications
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Application No.: US17005463Application Date: 2020-08-28
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Publication No.: US11375386B2Publication Date: 2022-06-28
- Inventor: Venkata Naga Siva Vikas Vemuri , Andrew J. MacDonald , Scott T Droste , Ashhad Mohammed
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: H04W16/28
- IPC: H04W16/28 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W36/32

Abstract:
A method for beamform management in vehicular communications includes, within a computerized processor, determining a planned route for a vehicle, identifying a plurality of candidate cellular towers with which the vehicle may communicate along the planned route, and determining signal strengths of each of the towers at locations along the route. The method further includes determining a communication plan including identifying locations of each of the towers and segmenting the planned route into portions based upon the determined signal strengths. One of the towers is assigned to communicate with the vehicle for each of the portions based upon the signal strengths. The method further includes utilizing the communication plan to change communication between the vehicle and the towers as the vehicle traverses the route by directing a primary lobe of an antenna beam toward each of the candidate cellular towers in turn according to the communication plan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220070686A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BEAMFORM MANAGEMENT IN VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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