Autonomous vehicle communication configuration system

1. An autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:

a communication system to communicate with a backend system;

a sensor system to generate sensor data representing an operational environment of the AV;

acceleration, braking, and steering systems; and

a control system to execute an instruction set, causing the control system to:

process the sensor data to (i) perform a localization operation to determine a location and an orientation of the AV within a given region, and (ii) autonomously operate the acceleration, braking, and steering systems throughout the given region;

access a network resource map to determine one or more specified network nodes based on the location and the orientation of the AV within the given region, the network resource map indicating network sources throughout the given region, wherein the network resource map is stored locally in a memory resource of the AV or stored remotely and is accessible by the control system via one or more networks; and

based on the determined location and orientation of the AV, implement a set of configuration commands to configure the communication system to connect with the one or more specified network nodes to transmit and receive data with the backend system.

2. The AV of claim 1 , wherein the executed instruction set further causes the control system to:

perform one or more ray tracing operations to identify the one or more specified network nodes; and

generate the set of configuration commands based on the one or more ray tracing operations.

3. The AV of claim 1 , wherein the executed instruction set further causes the control system to:

transmit localization data, corresponding to the location and the orientation of the AV, to the backend system; and

receive the set of configuration commands from the backend system;

wherein the backend system utilizes the localization data to determine the set of configuration commands for the AV based on the network resource map indicating network sources throughout the given region.

4. The AV of claim 3 , wherein the executed instruction set causes the control system to dynamically perform the localization operation, transmit the localization data to the backend system, receive respective sets of configuration commands from the backend system, and implement the respective sets of configuration commands to configure the communication system as the AV travels throughout the given region.

5. The AV of claim 3 , wherein the executed instruction set causes the control system to periodically perform the localization operation, transmit the localization data to the backend system, receive respective sets of configuration commands from the backend system, and implement the respective sets of configuration commands to configure the communication system as the AV travels throughout the given region.

6. The AV of claim 1 , wherein the executed instruction set causes the control system to implement the set of configuration commands to configure the communication system by beam steering a radiation pattern of the communication system, while autonomously operating the acceleration, braking, and steering systems throughout the given region, to communicate with the backend system via the one or more specified network nodes.

7. The AV of claim 1 , wherein the one or more specified network nodes correspond to one or more of a 900 MHz unlicensed, a 3G, a 4G, a 4G LTE, a WiFi, a WiMax, a WiGig, or a dedicated short-range communications protocol.

8. A control system for an autonomous vehicle (AV), the control system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing an instruction set that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the control system to:

process sensor data from a sensor system of the AV to (i) perform a localization operation to determine a location and an orientation of the AV within a given region, and (ii) autonomously operate acceleration, braking, and steering systems of the AV throughout the given region;

access a network resource map to determine one or more specified network nodes based on the location and the orientation of the AV within the given region, the network resource map indicating network sources throughout the given region, wherein the network resource map is stored locally in a memory resource of the AV or stored remotely and is accessible by the control system via one or more networks; and

based on the determined location and orientation of the AV, implement a set of configuration commands to configure a communication system of the AV to connected with the one or more specified network nodes to transmit and receive data with a backend system.

9. The control system of claim 8 , wherein the executed instruction set further causes the control system to:

perform one or more ray tracing operations to identify the one or more specified network nodes; and

generate the set of configuration commands based on the one or more ray tracing operations.

10. The control system of claim 8 , wherein the executed instruction set further causes the control system to:

transmit localization data, corresponding to the location and the orientation of the AV, to the backend system; and

receive the set of configuration commands from the backend system;

wherein the backend system utilizes the localization data to determine the set of configuration commands for the AV based on the network resource map indicating network sources throughout the given region.

11. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the executed instruction set causes the control system to dynamically perform the localization operation, transmit the localization data to the backend system, receive respective sets of configuration commands from the backend system, and implement the respective sets of configuration commands to configure the communication system as the AV travels throughout the given region.

12. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the executed instruction set causes the control system to periodically perform the localization operation, transmit the localization data to the backend system, receive respective sets of configuration commands from the backend system, and implement the respective sets of configuration commands to configure the communication system as the AV travels throughout the given region.

13. The control system of claim 8 , wherein the executed instruction set causes the control system to implement the set of configuration commands to configure the communication system by beam steering a radiation pattern of the communication system, while autonomously operating the acceleration, braking, and steering systems throughout the given region, to communicate with the backend system via the one or more specified network nodes.

14. A computer-implemented method of operating an autonomous vehicle (AV), the method being performed by one or more processors of a control system of the AV and comprising:

processing sensor data from a sensor system of the AV to (i) perform a localization operation to determine a location and an orientation of the AV within a given region, and (ii) autonomously operate acceleration, braking, and steering systems of the AV throughout the given region;

access a network resource map to determine one or more specified network nodes based on the location and the orientation of the AV within the given region, the network resource map indicating network sources throughout the given region, wherein the network resource map is stored locally in a memory resource of the AV or stored remotely and is accessible by the control system via one or more networks; and

based on the determined location and orientation of the AV, implementing a set of configuration commands to configure a communication system of the AV to connect with one or more specified network nodes to transmit and receive data with a backend system.