System, apparatus, and method for remote antenna compensator

An apparatus for enabling wireless communication for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• a wireless protocol controller, and
• a remote active antenna assembly including the wireless protocol controller and being configured to:
• receive first information for the vehicle for transmission to at least one surrounding vehicle or an infrastructure external to the vehicle over a cable from at least one controller;
• wirelessly transmit, via a remote antenna element, the first information to the at least one surrounding vehicle or the infrastructure;
• wirelessly receive, via the remote antenna element, second information from the at least one surrounding vehicle or the infrastructure external to the vehicle;
• transmit the second information to the at least one controller over the cable;
• perform diagnostics on the remote antenna element;
• and
• wirelessly transmit third information corresponding to the diagnostics of the remote antenna element to the at least one controller to provide operational status of the remote antenna element,
• wherein the remote active antenna assembly includes a power amplifier configured to amplify the first information for transmission to the at least one surrounding vehicle or the infrastructure external to the vehicle, and
• wherein the remote active antenna assembly is further configured to provide a measured temperature of the power amplifier and to wirelessly transmit the measured temperature of the power amplifier to the at least one controller to compare the measured temperature of the power amplifier to a predetermined temperature value and to decrease a signal strength of data to be transmitted from the vehicle in the event the measured temperature of the power amplifier exceeds the predetermined temperature value.

A computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that is programmed to enable wireless communication for a vehicle, the computer-program product comprising instructions to:

• receive first information for the vehicle for transmission to at least one surrounding vehicle or an infrastructure external to the vehicle over a cable from at least one controller;
• wirelessly transmit the first information to the at least one surrounding vehicle or the infrastructure;
• wirelessly receive, via a remote active antenna, second information from the at least one surrounding vehicle or the infrastructure external to the vehicle;
• generate a signal strength indicator indicative of a signal strength of a wireless transmission of the first information to the at least one surrounding vehicle or the infrastructure external to the vehicle;
• wirelessly transmit the signal strength indicator to at least one controller to one of increase or decrease the signal strength of data to be transmitted from vehicle;
• provide a measured temperature of a power amplifier that transmit the first information to the at least one surrounding vehicle or the infrastructure;
• and
• wirelessly transmit the measured temperature of the power amplifier to the at least one controller to decrease the signal strength of data to be transmitted from the vehicle in the event the measured temperature of the power amplifier exceeds a predetermined temperature value.