Vehicle communications management
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsOliver Lei, Tuan Anh Be, Allen R. Murray, Noorulla Mohammed, David Joseph Orris, Vladyslav Slyusar, Alex Michael Heilala
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing communications equipment of a vehicle. The vehicle includes a first modem and a second modem coupled to the first modem. Responsive to the second modem wireless receiving first data for the first modem when the vehicle is in an inactive state, the first modem is in an off state, and the second modem is in a low power state, the vehicle is configured to wake the first modem from the off state, and process the first data via the first modem.
Claims17
A vehicle comprising:
- a first modem;
- and
- a second modem coupled to the first modem,
- wherein the vehicle is configured to,
- responsive to the vehicle entering an active state, place the first modem and the second modem into a full powerstate,
- responsive to the second modem wirelessly receiving first data for the first modem when the vehicle is in an inactive state, the first modem being in an off state, and the second modem being in a low power state, wake the first modem from the off state, and process the first data via the first modem,
- responsive to the vehicle entering the inactive state, identify a first network connection level for the first modem, and identify a second network connection level for the second modem, and
- responsive to determining that the second network connection level is greater than the first network connection level, place the first modem into the off state, and place the second modem into the low power state.
A vehicle comprising:
- a first modem;
- a second modem coupled to the first modem,
- a modem controller coupled to the first modem and the second modem, and
- responsive to the second modem wirelessly receiving first data for the first modem when the vehicle is in an inactive state, the first modem being in an off state, and the second modem being in a low power state, the vehicle is configured to wake the first modem from the off state, and process the first data via the first modem, and
- responsive to the second modem wirelessly receiving the first data for the first modem when the vehicle is in the inactive state, the first modem being in the off state, the second modem being in the low power state, receiving the first data from the second modem and determining that the first data is for the first modem, the modem controller is configured to, wake the first modem, and transmit the first data to the first modem for processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.