In this paper different parking scenarios for autonomous vehicles are considered. For control and monitoring purposes reliable Wi-Fi-based communication between the vehicles and a back-end is needed. It must be ensured that potential QoS requirements of different applications are met and that vehicles do not hit so-called "white spots" without any network connectivity. The network properties are represented and estimated by a Connectivity Map. For this purpose, network and measurement data are continuously collected so that other vehicles can be provided with the newly gained knowledge, which allows the planning of the proposed scenarios. This paper shows potential QoS requirements and discusses the necessary steps for the realization of such a Connectivity Map. In addition to the automated continuous collection of relevant network parameters as a byproduct of vehicular communications, the mapping of the scenarios in terms of floor plans with additional meta-information as well as the representation of connectivity properties are shown. We outline our vision for using the developed Connectivity Map for advanced parking management decisions.
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