METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMIT POWER OF AN ACTIVE VEHICLE SURROUND SENSOR

A method is provided for controlling a transmit power of at least one active vehicle surround sensor of a vehicle driven in an at least partially automated manner, at least one automated driving function of the vehicle being implemented on the basis of surroundings data acquired by the active vehicle surround sensor and/or on the basis of data received from an infrastructure. The method includes: receiving at least one first message from an infrastructure; generating, depending on information in the received first message, control signals for reducing the transmit power of an active vehicle surround sensor, and outputting the control signals; verifying, on the basis of surroundings conditions, whether the transmit power of the active vehicle surround sensor can be increased again; generating, depending on the verification, control signals for increasing the transmit power of the active vehicle surround sensor, and outputting the control signals.