Methods and systems are provided for optimal and adaptive urban scanning using self-organized fleets of autonomous vehicles. A mobile access point (MAP) may obtain, while operating within a communication network comprising one or more mobile access points (MAPs) and one or more fixed access points (FAPs), sensory information relating to an infrastructure utilized by the MAPs. The MAP may store the sensory information, may determine when access to a central entity, configured for managing the infrastructure and/or the communication network, is available via at least one fixed access point (FAP), and when access to the central entity is available, communicate the obtained sensory information. The MAP may include on-board sensors for directly obtaining at least some of the sensory information. The MAP may obtain at least some of the sensory information from fixed sensors deployed within or near the infrastructure. The MAP may comprise an autonomous vehicle (AV).

Systems and methods are provided for cloud-based data-driven Wi-Fi connectivity management in a network of moving things.

Disclosed in the present disclosure is a method for provisioning a Bluetooth Mesh network, used for provisioning a plurality of non-provisioned devices, so as to add the plurality of non-provisioned devices to the Bluetooth Mesh network. The method includes: provisioning, by a top provisioner, surrounding non-provisioned devices of the top provisioner, so as to add the surrounding devices to the Bluetooth Mesh network as nodes; selecting, by a top provisioner, the one or more newly added nodes to be configured as one or more temporary provisioners; provisioning, by each of the one or more temporary provisioners, surrounding non-provisioned devices, so as to add the surrounding devices to the Bluetooth Mesh network as nodes; and completing, by the top provisioner and each of the one or more temporary provisioners, the provisioning of the plurality of non-provisioned devices. The method of the present disclosure may greatly improve the average provisioning speed of device, and ensure the unified allocation of key network information and the compatibility of provisioning on the premise of ensuring the provisioning security of the Bluetooth Mesh network.

A network of a new configuration is flexibly constructed while maintaining a stable operation in the network. A management device includes: a detection unit that detects a new function unit as a function unit to be newly added to a network including one or a plurality of on-vehicle function units; a generation unit that acquires function unit information of the new function unit detected by the detection unit and function unit information of the on-vehicle function unit, and generates, based on the respective pieces of function unit information, configuration information of a new network that is the network in which the new function unit is further included; and an acquisition unit that acquires, from a database in a storage device, feasibility information indicating feasibility of the new network and corresponding to the configuration information generated by the generation unit.

In one embodiment, a gateway to a Layer-3 network forms a first Layer-2 tunnel between the gateway and a first wireless access point (AP) that communicates wirelessly with a first mobile node of a mobile system (MS) via a first wireless connection. The gateway generates a mapping that associates an onboard device of the MS with the first AP and an identifier for the MS, based on traffic conveyed via the first Layer-2 tunnel and associated with the onboard device, the traffic comprising a header that indicates the identifier for the MS. The gateway receives, from a second AP, an indication that the MS is roaming from the first wireless connection to a second wireless connection, the indication including the identifier for the MS. The gateway updates the mapping to associate the onboard device of the MS with a second AP, based on the indication that the MS is roaming.

Provided is a processing system to effectuate sensor processing of obstacle information for use in autonomous driving. The apparatus includes a communication module that receives sensor data collected by multiple sensors disposed to capture sensor data in a specified region to detect the obstacles. Additionally, a health status detection modules, in the system, determine the health status of the system and the sensors based on information from the sensors and a communication latency between the communication module and the sensors. The system also includes a sensor processing module to process the sensor data to identify anomalies in the data due to harsh conditions to eliminate any erroneous data.

A method and apparatus for managing node failures in a mesh network is provided. In an example method for, a trigger is sent to a target node to return test data. The test data received from the target node is analyzed. The target node is classified as valid if the test data is within expected parameters.

Apparatuses and methods for obtaining and providing hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information. A method for providing HARQ-ACK information includes receiving a configuration for a slot offset value and receiving a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) over a number of sub-channels in a first slot. The PSSCH includes a transport block (TB). The method includes determining a second slot as an earliest slot with resources for transmission of a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) that is after the first slot by a number of slots equal to the slot offset value. The PSFCH includes the HARQ-ACK information that is in response to reception of the TB. The method further includes transmitting the PSFCH in the second slot.

An electronic device that is configured to schedule transmission of data to at least one other electronic device via sidelink resources in a wireless communication network; identify that the scheduled transmission of the data is preempted by another transmission occurring within at least a part of the sidelink resources; and control transmission of the data to at least one other electronic device based on the identifying.

A communication apparatus includes a control unit that separately defines, for unicast and for groupcast, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process number and a New Data Indicator (NDI) used for sidelink HARQ processing; and a transmitting unit that transmits sidelink control information including the HARQ process number and the NDI defined for the unicast, or including the HARQ process number and the NDI defined for the groupcast.