System, vehicle, network component, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a transportation vehicle and a network component

Abstract

A system, a transportation vehicle, a network component, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a transportation vehicle and a network component. The method for a transportation vehicle to determine a route section includes operating the transportation vehicle in an automated driving mode and determining an exceptional traffic situation. The method also includes transmitting information related to the exceptional traffic situation to a network component using a mobile communication system and receiving information related to driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation from the network component.

1 . An apparatus for a transportation vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
 one or more interfaces configured to communicate in a mobile communication system; and   a control module configured to control the one or more interfaces, wherein the control module is further configured to determine a route section for use in operating the transportation vehicle in an automated driving mode to avoid an exceptional traffic situation, wherein the control module is configured to determine the exceptional traffic situation, transmit information related to the exceptional traffic situation to a network component using a mobile communication system, and receive information related to driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation from the network component,   wherein the received information related to driving instructions comprises an instruction to manually operate the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, whereby the route section is determined based on the manual operation of the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, and, thereafter, information related to the route section determined based on the manual operation of the transportation vehicle is transmitted to the network component.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the information related to driving instructions further comprises tele-operating the transportation vehicle along the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the information related to driving instructions further comprises information on the route section from the network component and wherein the method comprises automatically operating the transportation vehicle along the route section. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein information related to an environmental model of the transportation vehicle is received by the apparatus in addition to the information related to the exceptional traffic situation. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein information related to transportation vehicle data and video data is transmitted to the network component in addition to the information related to the exceptional traffic situation. 
     
     
         6 . A transportation vehicle including the apparatus of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         7 . An apparatus for a network component, the apparatus comprising:
 one or more interfaces configured to communicate in a mobile communication system; and   a control module configured to control the one or more interfaces, wherein the control module is further configured to enable the network component to determine a route section for a transportation vehicle to overcome an exceptional traffic situation,   wherein the control module receives information related to the exceptional traffic situation from the transportation vehicle using the mobile communication system, obtains information related to driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation, and transmits information related to the driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation to the transportation vehicle, and   wherein the driving instructions comprise instructions for a user of the transportation vehicle to manually operate the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, wherein information related to the route section is stored in a storage by the apparatus.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the information related to the driving instructions comprises retrieved previously stored information related to the route section from storage. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the information related to the driving instructions comprises tele-operating the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, and/or wherein the method further comprises receiving information related to an environmental model of the transportation vehicle from the transportation vehicle, and wherein the obtaining of the information related to the driving instructions comprises determining information related to the route section based on the information related to the environmental model of the transportation vehicle, wherein the method further comprises storing information related to the route section in a storage. 
     
     
         10 . A network component comprising the apparatus of  claim 7 . 
     
     
         11 . A method for a transportation vehicle to determine a route section, the method comprising:
 operating the transportation vehicle in an automated driving mode;   determining an exceptional traffic situation;   transmitting information related to the exceptional traffic situation to a network component using a mobile communication system; and   receiving information related to driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation from the network component,   wherein the received information related to driving instructions comprises an instruction to manually operate the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, whereby the route section is determined based on the manual operation of the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, and, thereafter, the method further comprises transmitting information related to the route section determined based on the manual operation of the transportation vehicle to the network component.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the information related to driving instructions further comprises tele-operating the transportation vehicle along the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the information related to driving instructions further comprises information on the route section from the network component and wherein the method comprises automatically operating the transportation vehicle along the route section. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising providing information related to an environmental model of the transportation vehicle in addition to the information related to the exceptional traffic situation. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising providing information related to transportation vehicle data and video data to the network component in addition to the information related to the exceptional traffic situation. 
     
     
         16 . A method for a network component to determine a route section for a transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
 receiving information related to an exceptional traffic situation from the transportation vehicle using a mobile communication system;   obtaining information related to driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation; and   transmitting information related to the driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation to the transportation vehicle,   wherein the driving instructions comprise instructions for a user of the transportation vehicle to manually operate the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, and   wherein the method further comprises storing information related to the route section in a storage.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the obtaining of the information related to the driving instructions comprises retrieving previously stored information related to the route section from a storage. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the obtaining of the information related to the driving instructions comprises tele-operating the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, and/or wherein the method further comprises receiving information related to an environmental model of the transportation vehicle from the transportation vehicle, and wherein the obtaining of the information related to the driving instructions comprises determining information related to the route section based on the information related to the environmental model of the transportation vehicle, wherein the method further comprises storing information related to the route section in a storage. 
     
     
         19 . A computer program having a program code for performing a method for a transportation vehicle to determine a route section when the computer program is executed on a computer, a processor, or a programmable hardware component, the method comprising:
 operating the transportation vehicle in an automated driving mode;   determining an exceptional traffic situation;   transmitting information related to the exceptional traffic situation to a network component using a mobile communication system; and   receiving information related to driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation from the network component,   wherein the received information related to driving instructions comprises an instruction to manually operate the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, whereby the route section is determined based on the manual operation of the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, and, thereafter, the method further comprises transmitting information related to the route section determined based on the manual operation of the transportation vehicle to the network component.   
     
     
         20 . A computer program having a program code for performing a method for a network component to determine a route section for a transportation vehicle when the computer program is executed on a computer, a processor, or a programmable hardware component, the method comprising:
 receiving information related to an exceptional traffic situation from the transportation vehicle using a mobile communication system;   obtaining information related to driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation; and   transmitting information related to the driving instructions for the route section to overcome the exceptional traffic situation to the transportation vehicle,   wherein the driving instructions comprise instructions for a user of the transportation vehicle to manually operate the transportation vehicle out of the exceptional traffic situation, and   wherein the method further comprises storing information related to the route section in a storage.