US 11,706,754 B2
Methods and systems for scheduling mmWave communications among connected vehicles
Hongsheng Lu, San Jose, CA (US); Chenyuan He, Jiangsu (CN); Bin Cheng, New York, NY (US); and Takayuki Shimizu, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/235,320.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338214 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/50 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/535 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a processor configured to:
transmit a mmWave beacon signal during a probe phase of a first period;
receive one or more mmWave beacon signals from one or more vehicles;
generate a mmWave communication intention message for another period that is after the first period based on the received one or more mmWave beacon signals, the mmWave communication intention message indicating that the vehicle intends to communicate with one of the one or more vehicles over mmWave during the another period; and
broadcast, during the first period, a packet including a mmWave transmission schedule for the another period generated based on the mmWave communication intention message.