Vehicle cabin mobile device detection system

A system comprising:

• sensor groups each corresponding to a different vehicle seating location and including antennas each tuned to a different mobile device RAT frequency;
• and a controller coupled to the sensor groups and configured to detect first and second mobile device RAT frequencies using one of the sensor groups, generate a vehicle and/or mobile device command based on the detected RAT frequencies and the seating location for the one sensor group, and identify, in the seating location for each sensor group, whether a Bluetooth protocol, a WiFi protocol, and a cellular protocol is being used by a mobile device in the seating location using the sensor group for the seating location.

A method comprising:

• by a vehicle controller coupled to in-cabin sensor groups each for a different seating location in the cabin and including antennas each tuned to a different RAT frequency of a mobile device detecting first and second RAT frequencies from a mobile device using one of the sensor groups;
• and generating vehicle and mobile device commands based on the detected RAT frequencies and the seating location for the one sensor group;
• and identifying, in the seating location for each sensor group, whether a Bluetooth protocol, a WiFi protocol, and a cellular protocol is being used by a mobile device in the seating location using the sensor group for the seating location.