Modifying a vehicular radio based on a schedule of point-to-point vehicular communications
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In some embodiments, the communication unit 145 may include multiple V2X radios 143, including a first V2X radio (e.g., a non-mmWave radio) used for transmitting and receiving non-mmWave messages and a second V2X radio (e.g., a mmWave radio) used for transmitting and receiving mmWave messages.
In some embodiments, the GPS unit 170 is a conventional GPS unit of the first endpoint 101. For example, the GPS unit 170 may include hardware that wirelessly communicates with a GPS satellite to retrieve data that describes a geographic location of the first endpoint 101. For example, the GPS unit 170 retrieves GPS data describing the geographic location of the first endpoint 101 from one or more GPS satellites. In some embodiments, the GPS unit 170 is a DSRC-compliant GPS unit of the first endpoint 101 that is operable to provide GPS data describing the geographic location of the first endpoint 101 with lane-level accuracy.
The sensor set 182 includes one or more sensors that are operable to measure a roadway environment outside of the first endpoint 101. For example, the sensor set 182 may include one or more sensors that record one or more physical characteristics of the roadway environment that is proximate to the first endpoint 101. The memory 127 may store sensor data that describes the one or more physical characteristics recorded by the sensor set 182. The roadway environment outside of the first endpoint 101 may include the second endpoint 103 and the third endpoint 104, and so, one or more of the sensors of the sensor set 182 may record sensor data that describes information about the second endpoint 103 and the third endpoint 104.
