METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A MINIMUM INTER-VEHICULAR DISTANCE FOR A PLATOON, VEHICLE, TRAFFIC CONTROL ENTITY

Embodiments provide a vehicle, a traffic control entity, a method, a computer program, and an apparatus for determining a minimum inter-vehicular distance for a platoon. The method (10) for determining a minimum inter-vehicular distance for a platoon of vehicles comprises obtaining (12) information related to a predicted quality of service, pQoS, of communication links between the vehicles of the platoon; a speed of the vehicles of the platoon; and one or more maximum decelerations of the vehicles of the platoon. The method (10) further comprises using (14) a functional relationship between the pQoS, the speed, the one or more maximum decelerations, and an inter-vehicular distance to determine the minimum inter-vehicular distance.