METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING A PLURALITY OF TRAFFIC SITUATIONS

The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a plurality of traffic situations and to predict connected services between road users and the communication quality of services between the road users. The method comprises obtaining (110) a plurality of environmental perception models from a plurality of road users and from a plurality of road-side infrastructure entities. The method further comprises generating (120) a combined environmental perception model for a pre-defined area based on the plurality of environmental perception models. The plurality of environmental perception models are fused within the combined environmental perception model. The method further comprises predicting (130) a plurality of traffic situations within the pre-defined area over a plurality of points in time in the future based on the combined environmental perception model. The combined environmental perception model may be exploited in the prediction of connected services between road users. The prediction of connected services may enable the prediction of road user clusters and communication links between the clusters. The prediction of communication links may enable the pre-allocation of resources on the predicted communication links for the predicted connected services based on the predicted traffic situations in the pre-defined area. The pre-allocation of resources may enable the prediction of communication quality of the predicted communication links using predicted channel states on the predicted communication links.