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Message management protocol persistent geocast routing

US8410956B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateAug 16, 2007
Grant dateApr 2, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/189
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing a protocol to maintain a persistent warning message in a region of interest. The protocol begins its operation when a hazardous condition is detected by a vehicle. The detecting vehicle uses a multi-hop geocast broadcasting process to transmit a warning message to other vehicles in the region of interest. When the vehicles in the region of interest receive the warning message, they are prevented from re-broadcasting the message for a first predetermined period of time. After the first predetermined period of time has expired, a contentious timing process is used to determine which of those vehicles will re-broadcast the message to other vehicles entering the region of interest. This process of re-broadcasting continues until a second predetermined period of time expires at which time the message is not re-broadcast.

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