Communication apparatus and computer readable medium
A communication apparatus determines a transmission mode to specify a priority order of a plurality of types of vehicle information for each traveling section, based on each transmission speed in one or more traveling sections. The communication apparatus selects a transmission mode at a position where a vehicle is traveling, from among transmission modes in each traveling section. The communication apparatus transmits the plurality of types of vehicle information in accordance with the priority order specified in the selected transmission mode.
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry
to determine beforehand, based on each transmission speed in one or more traveling sections, a congestion state in each of the one or more traveling sections, and a positional relation between each of the one or more traveling sections and an adjustment section, a transmission mode to specify a priority order of a plurality of types of vehicle information, for each of the one or more traveling sections;
to select a transmission mode at a position where a vehicle is traveling at present, from the transmission mode in each of the one or more traveling sections determined beforehand, and
to transmit the plurality of types of vehicle information in accordance with the priority order specified in the selected transmission mode,
wherein the adjustment section is a section having an adjustment section length, being adjacent to a traveling section where a transmission speed is smaller than a reference speed.
2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing circuitry determines
a transmission mode of a traveling section where the transmission speed is equal to or more than a reference speed, where a congestion does not exist, and at least a part of which is included in the adjustment section, as an acceleration mode,
and wherein the acceleration mode is a transmission mode wherein a first type of vehicle information is preferentially transmitted, a second type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of a communication volume in a pertinent traveling section, and a third type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range after the second type of vehicle information has been transmitted.
3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing circuitry relays transmission speed information to a car navigation device, and
acquires route information including a transmission speed in each of the one or more traveling sections from the car navigation device.
4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry acquires route information including a transmission speed in each of the one or more traveling sections, from a car navigation device to receive transmission speed information via a wireless communication device.
5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing circuitry relays congestion information to a car navigation device;
acquires the congestion state from the car navigation device, and
determines a congestion state in each of the one or more traveling sections based on the congestion information.
6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing circuitry acquires, from a car navigation device to receive congestion information via a wireless communication device, the congestion information, and
determines a congestion state in each of the one or more traveling sections based on the congestion information.
7. A communication apparatus for which a history table indicating a low-rate section where a transmission speed is smaller than a reference speed is used, the communication apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry
to determine beforehand, based on each transmission speed in one or more traveling sections, a congestion state in each of the one or more traveling sections, and a positional relation between an adjustment section having an adjustment section length, being adjacent to the low-rate section indicated in the history table, and each of the one or more traveling sections, a transmission mode to specify a priority order of a plurality of types of vehicle information, for each of the one or more traveling sections;
to select a transmission mode at a position where a vehicle is traveling at present, from the transmission mode in each of the one or more traveling sections determined beforehand, and
to transmit the plurality of types of vehicle information in accordance with the priority order specified in the transmission mode selected.
8. The communication apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the processing circuitry determines
from among the one or more traveling sections other than the traveling section corresponding to the low-rate section, a transmission mode in a traveling section where a transmission speed is equal to or more than a reference speed, where a congestion does not exist, and at least a part of which is included in an adjustment section, as an acceleration mode,
and wherein the acceleration mode is a transmission mode wherein a first type of vehicle information is preferentially transmitted, a second type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of a communication volume in a pertinent traveling section, and a third type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range after the second type of vehicle information has been transmitted.
9. A communication apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry
to determine beforehand, based on each transmission speed in one or more traveling sections, a congestion state in each of the one or more traveling sections, and a positional relation between each of the one or more traveling sections and an adjustment section, a transmission mode to specify a priority order of a plurality of types of vehicle information, for each of the one or more traveling sections;
to select a transmission mode at a position where a vehicle is traveling at present, from the transmission mode in each of the one or more traveling sections determined beforehand, and
to transmit the plurality of types of vehicle information in accordance with the priority order specified in the transmission mode selected,
wherein the processing circuitry determines the transmission mode in each of the one or more traveling sections as any of a first transmission mode, a second transmission mode and a third transmission mode,
and wherein the first transmission mode is a transmission mode wherein a first type of vehicle information is preferentially transmitted, a third type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of a communication volume in a pertinent traveling section, and a second type of vehicle information is not transmitted,
the second transmission mode is a transmission mode wherein the first type of vehicle information is preferentially transmitted, the second type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of a standard volume smaller than the communication volume in the pertinent traveling section, and the third type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of the communication volume in the pertinent traveling section,
the third transmission mode is a transmission mode wherein the first type of vehicle information is preferentially transmitted, the second type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of the communication volume in the pertinent traveling section, and the third type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range after the second type of vehicle information has been transmitted, and
the adjustment section is a section having an adjustment section length, being adjacent to a traveling section in the first transmission mode.
10. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the processing circuitry determines:
a transmission mode in a traveling section where the transmission speed is smaller than a reference speed as the first transmission mode;
a transmission mode in a traveling section where the transmission speed is equal to or more than the reference speed, and where a congestion exists, as the second transmission mode;
a transmission mode of a traveling section where the transmission speed is equal to or more than the reference speed, where a congestion does not exist, and at least a part of which is included in an adjustment section, as the third transmission mode, and
a transmission mode of a traveling section where the transmission speed is equal to or more than the reference speed, where a congestion does not exist, and even at least a part of which is not included in the adjustment section, as the second transmission mode.
11. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the processing circuitry transmits the second type of vehicle information that has occurred before the vehicle enters a traveling section in the first transmission mode in a first adjustment section immediately before the traveling section in the first transmission mode, and transmits the second type of vehicle information that has occurred while the vehicle travels through the traveling section in the first transmission mode in a second adjustment section immediately behind the traveling section in the first transmission mode without transmitting the same in the traveling section in the first transmission mode.
12. A communication apparatus for which a history table indicating a low-rate section where a transmission speed is smaller than a reference speed is used, the communication apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry
to determine beforehand, based on each transmission speed in one or more traveling sections, a congestion state in each of the one or more traveling sections, and a positional relation between an adjustment section having an adjustment section length, being adjacent to the low-rate section indicated in the history table, and each of the one or more traveling sections, a transmission mode to specify a priority order of a plurality of types of vehicle information, for each of the one or more traveling sections;
to select a transmission mode at a position where a vehicle is traveling at present, from the transmission mode in each of the one or more traveling sections determined beforehand, and
to transmit the plurality of types of vehicle information in accordance with the priority order specified in the transmission mode selected,
wherein
the processing circuitry determines the transmission mode in each of the one or more traveling sections as any of a first transmission mode, a second transmission mode and a third transmission mode,
and wherein
the first transmission mode is a transmission mode wherein a first type of vehicle information is preferentially transmitted, a third type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of a communication volume in a pertinent traveling section, and a second type of vehicle information is not transmitted,
the second transmission mode is a transmission mode wherein the first type of vehicle information is preferentially transmitted, the second type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of a standard volume smaller than the communication volume in the pertinent traveling section, and the third type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of the communication volume in the pertinent traveling section, and
the third transmission mode is a transmission mode wherein the first type of vehicle information is preferentially transmitted, the second type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range of the communication volume in the pertinent traveling section, and the third type of vehicle information is transmitted in a remaining range after the second type of vehicle information has been transmitted.
13. The communication apparatus according to claim 12 ,
wherein the processing circuitry judges whether each of the one or more traveling sections is a section corresponding to the low-rate section based on the history table, determines a transmission mode in a traveling section corresponding to the low-rate section as the first transmission mode regardless of a transmission speed and a congestion state, and judges a transmission mode in a traveling section other than the traveling section corresponding to the low-rate section based on the transmission speed and the congestion state.
14. The communication apparatus according to claim 13 ,
wherein the processing circuitry determines:
from among the one or more traveling sections other than the traveling section corresponding to the low-rate section, a transmission mode in a traveling section where a transmission speed is smaller than a reference speed, as the first transmission mode;
from among the one or more traveling sections other than the traveling section corresponding to the low-rate section, a transmission mode in a traveling section where a transmission speed is equal to or more than the reference speed, and where a congestion exists, as the second transmission mode;
from among the one or more traveling sections other than the traveling section corresponding to the low-rate section, a transmission mode in a traveling section where a transmission speed is equal to or more than the reference speed, where a congestion does not exist, and at least a part of which is included in the adjustment section, as the third transmission mode, and
from among the one or more traveling sections other than the traveling section corresponding to the low-rate section, a transmission mode in a traveling section where a transmission speed is equal to or more than the reference speed, where a congestion does not exist, and even at least a part of which is not included in the adjustment section, as the second transmission mode.
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a communication program to make a computer execute:
a mode determination process to determine beforehand, based on each transmission speed of one or more traveling sections, a congestion state in each of the one or more traveling sections, and a positional relation between each of the one or more traveling sections and an adjustment section, a transmission mode to specify a priority order of a plurality of types of vehicle information for each of the one or more traveling sections;
a mode selection process to select a transmission mode at a position where a vehicle is traveling at present, from the transmission mode in each of the one or more traveling sections determined beforehand, and
a transmission process to transmit the plurality of types of vehicle information in accordance with the priority order specified in the transmission mode selected,
wherein the adjustment section is a section having an adjustment section length, being adjacent to a traveling section where a transmission speed is smaller than a reference speed.
16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a communication program for which a history table indicating a low-rate section where a transmission speed is smaller than a reference speed is used, the communication program to make a computer execute:
a mode determination process to determine beforehand, based on each transmission speed of one or more traveling sections, a congestion state in each of the one or more traveling sections, and a positional relation between an adjustment section having an adjustment section length, being adjacent to the low-rate section indicated in the history table, and each of the one or more traveling sections, a transmission mode to specify a priority order of a plurality of types of vehicle information for each of the one or more traveling sections;
a mode selection process to select a transmission mode at a position where a vehicle is traveling at present, from the transmission mode in each of the one or more traveling sections determined beforehand, and
a transmission process to transmit the plurality of types of vehicle information in accordance with the priority order specified in the transmission mode selected.