CONNECTED CAR DATA LINKS AGGREGATOR

摘要

Connected cars are coupled to several communication devices (e.g., embedded devices and/or user equipment (UE) of occupants of the car) having independent data links to a communication network (e.g., cellular network). Peer-to-peer (P2P) protocols can be employed to consolidate and aggregate multiple data links within the car to create an aggregated data link that is shared by the devices. During initialization, a local platform device within the connected car sets up a local tracker and communicates with a backend network device to setup a corresponding remote tracker. The trackers generate virtual data nodes corresponding to the communication devices and facilitate communication between the virtual data nodes and the devices via P2P protocols. Moreover, the P2P protocol technology is overlaid on the application layers of the communication devices without modifications to the devices' hardware and software construction.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
in response to determining that a set of user equipment has registered with a tracker device, facilitating an establishment of a set of respective virtual nodes corresponding to the set of user equipment via a network device,facilitating a first transmission of a first portion of data packets between a first user equipment of the set of user equipment and a first virtual node of the set of respective virtual nodes via a first wireless link of the first user equipment by employing a peer-to-peer protocol, andfacilitating a second transmission of a second portion of the data packets between the first user equipment and the first virtual node via a second wireless link between a second user equipment of the set of user equipment and a second virtual node of the set of respective virtual nodes by employing the peer-to-peer protocol.