Systems and methods for integrating and exploiting the availability of multiple communication technologies in a network of moving things, for example including a network of autonomous vehicles
AssigneeVeniam, Inc.
InventorsDiogo Lopes, Tiago Condeixa, Ricardo Matos
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Abstract
Systems and methods for integrating and exploiting the availability of multiple communication technologies in a network of moving things, for example including a network of autonomous vehicles. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide for the flexible utilization of one or more communication pathways available to nodes in a vehicle network based, at least in part, on real-time context.
Claims26
A Mobile Access Point (MAP) of a vehicle communication network, the MAP comprising:
- a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio;
- a vehicle communication network radio;
- a cellular communication network radio;
- and
- at least one module comprising a processor and memory, wherein the at least one module is operable to, at least:
- utilize the WLAN radio to provide WLAN communications to one or more first client devices by, at least in part, operating to establish a direct WLAN communication link with each of the one or more first client devices;
- utilize the cellular radio to provide cellular communications to one or more second client devices by, at least in part, operating to establish a direct cellular communication link with each of the one or more second client devices;
- and
- utilize the vehicle communication network radio to communicate the provided WLAN communications and the provided cellular communications through the vehicle communication network.
A Mobile Access Point (MAP) of a vehicle communication network, the MAP comprising:
- a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio;
- a vehicle communication network radio;
- at least one cellular communication network radio;
- and
- at least one module comprising a processor and memory, wherein the at least one module is operable to, at least:
- utilize the WLAN radio to provide WLAN communications to one or more first client devices;
- utilize the vehicle communication network radio to communicate the provided WLAN communications through the vehicle communication network;
- utilize the at least one cellular communication network radio to provide cellular communications to one or more second client devices by, at least in part, operating to establish a direct cellular communication link with each of the one or more second client devices;
- and
- utilize the at least one cellular communication network radio to communicate the provided cellular communications with a base station of a cellular communication network.
A Mobile Access Point (MAP) of a vehicle communication network, the MAP comprising:
- a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio;
- a vehicle communication network radio;
- at least one cellular communication network radio;
- and
- at least one module comprising a processor and memory, wherein the at least one module is operable to, at least:
- utilize the at least one cellular communication network radio to provide cellular communications to one or more client devices by, at least in part, operating to establish a direct cellular communication link with each of the one or more first client devices;
- select a communication network of a plurality of communication networks for communication of the provided cellular communications, the plurality of communication networks comprising a cellular communication network and the vehicle communication network;
- and
- communicate the cellular communications provided to the one or more client devices over the selected communication network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.