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Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,448 · App. 18/102,192 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Hiroko Kato (Kariya, JP); Tadao Suzuki (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
H04W4/46
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Patent No.
US 12,598,448
App. No.
18/102,192
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed by a communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes calculating ( 400, 530 ) a generation interval and transmit power of a basic safety message used for Vehicle-to-Vehicle, V2V, safety communication, based on a channel busy ratio which is a ratio of time during which a channel is busy and on vehicle density within a predetermined range, and transmitting ( 500 ), based on the generation interval and the transmit power, the basic safety message over a PC5 reference point specified in a technical specification of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP.

Claims (28)

1 . A method performed by a communication apparatus of a vehicle, comprising:

calculating a k-th smoothed vehicle density from a k-th vehicle density within a predetermined range, a weight coefficient for smoothing, and a k−1-th smoothed vehicle density;

calculating a generation interval of a basic safety message used for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) safety communication, based on the k-th smoothed vehicle density; and

transmitting, based on the generation interval, a channel busy ratio, a priority of a packet and an occupancy limit of channel resources, the basic safety message to another communication apparatus of another vehicle over a PC5 reference point specified in a technical specification of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP (3GPP);

wherein the generation interval is equal to an integral multiple of a subframe used for communication over the PC5 reference point.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the occupancy limit is determined based on the channel busy ratio.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the priority is a ProSe per-packet priority (PPPP).

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the generation interval is calculated using the vehicle density, a coefficient related to the vehicle density, and a maximum of the generation interval.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein

the coefficient related to the vehicle density is 25, and

the generation interval ranges from 100 to 600 milliseconds.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising calculating the vehicle density based on one or more basic safety messages received from one or more vehicles.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the higher the vehicle density is, the longer the generation interval is.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the generation interval is 100 milliseconds when the vehicle density is 25 or less.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising adjusting transmission timings for time synchronization using time information obtained by reception of Global Navigation Satellite System, GNSS, signals.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the communication apparatus is one of a vehicle-mounted apparatus mounted on the vehicle, a communication module that can be mounted on the vehicle-mounted apparatus, or the vehicle.

11 . A communication apparatus of a vehicle comprising:

a memory storing a program; and

one or more processors configured to execute the program to:

calculate a k-th smoothed vehicle density from a k-th vehicle density within a predetermined range, a weight coefficient for smoothing, and k−1-th smoothed vehicle density;

calculate a generation interval of a basic safety message used for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) safety communication, based on the k-th smoothed vehicle density; and

transmit, based on the generation interval, a channel busy ratio, a priority of a packet and an occupancy limit of channel resources, the basic safety message to another communication apparatus of another vehicle over a PC5 reference point specified in a technical specification of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP);

wherein the generation interval is equal to an integral multiple of a subframe used for communication over the PC5 reference point.

12 . A non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute operations comprising:

calculating a k-th smoothed vehicle density from a k-th vehicle density within a predetermined range, a weight coefficient for smoothing, and a k−1-th smoothed vehicle density;

calculating a generation interval of a basic safety message used for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) safety communication, based on the k-th smoothed vehicle density; and

transmitting, based on the generation interval, a channel busy ratio, a priority of a packet and an occupancy limit of channel resources, the basic safety message to another communication apparatus of another vehicle over a PC5 reference point specified in a technical specification of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP);

wherein the generation interval is equal to an integral multiple of a subframe used for communication over the PC5 reference point.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2023
From: KATO, HIROKO; SUZUKI, TADAO
To: DENSO CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020029320 · Jul 30, 2020
Related Publication 20230171573A1 · Jun 1, 2023
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