Method for operating a communication network comprising a plurality of motor vehicles, and motor vehicle

US11055933B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Jan Buchholz · Ergolding, DE
• Sebastian Engel · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 8, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/65
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for operating a communication network comprising a plurality of motor vehicles, wherein the motor vehicles each have a sensor device having at least one environmental sensor, wherein at least one motor vehicle, when a malfunction of an environmental sensor is found by its sensor device, transmits the status data describing the malfunction and including position data of the motor vehicle to at least one external evaluation device for determining interference area information describing an interference area for environmental sensors of the motor vehicles.