公开(公告)号：US10932271B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US15736590

申请日：2016-04-22

Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION

Inventor： Hui Xu ,  Zijiang Ma ,  Ling Xu ,  Yutang Xie

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W4/46 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W4/44 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for grouping vehicles in Internet of Vehicles. The method comprises: a designated vehicle within a coverage area of a road-side unit (RSU) satisfying a preset condition receives first indication information of the RSU, the first indication information being set for indicating the designated vehicle to be a vehicle having a management permission to manage a vehicle group to which the designated vehicle pertains; or designated vehicles outside the coverage area of the RSU satisfying a preset condition negotiate to decide a final designated vehicle; the designated vehicle periodically broadcasts a first message set for performing vehicle grouping to the vehicles within the coverage of the RSU and/or outside the coverage of the RSU; the designated vehicle receives a second message in response to the first message; and the designated vehicle groups vehicles that send the second message to a vehicle group.