Method and apparatus for collecting and propagating information relating to traffic conditions

摘要

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for processing traffic information. Traffic related conditions at a plurality of vehicles are detected. A set of traffic data packets using the traffic related conditions detected at the plurality of vehicles is produced in which a time stamp and a location stamp are assigned to each of the set of traffic data packets. Data traffic packets are passed between vehicles in which packets within the set of traffic data packets having an expired time stamp are no longer passed between the vehicles.