Methods and apparatus for providing redundant networking capabilities for teleoperations

A vehicle comprising:

• at least one sensor, the at least one sensor configured to capture data associated with the vehicle;
• a plurality of modems, the plurality of modems being associated with a plurality of channels, wherein each modem of the plurality of modems is configured to allow the vehicle to communicate wirelessly with a teleoperations system over an associated channel of the plurality of channels;
• an allocation arrangement, the allocation arrangement configured to allocate a signal that includes the data for transmission to the teleoperations system, wherein the allocation arrangement is configured to allocate the signal by dividing the signal into a first plurality of portions and wherein the plurality of modems is arranged to provide the first plurality of portions to the plurality of channels for transmission to the teleoperations system;
• and
• an assessment arrangement, the assessment arrangement configured to determine when a first modem of the plurality of modems has a performance issue, wherein the allocation arrangement is configured to reallocate the signal when it is determined that the first modem has the performance issue.

A method comprising:

• identifying a first signal to be provided to a teleoperations system by a vehicle;
• dividing the first signal into a first plurality of portions, wherein each portion is associated with a first amount of bandwidth;
• providing the first plurality of portions to a plurality of modems for transmission from the vehicle to the teleoperations system;
• transmitting the first plurality of portions to the teleoperations system using the plurality of modems and a plurality of channels, the plurality of channels being associated with the plurality of modems;
• determining whether a first modem of the plurality of modems has obtained a first acknowledgement from the teleoperations system;
• when it is determined that the first modem has not obtained the first acknowledgement from the teleoperations system, dividing the first signal into a second plurality of portions, wherein a first portion of the second plurality of portions is associated with a second amount of bandwidth and other portions of the second plurality of portions are associated with a third amount of bandwidth, the second amount of bandwidth being less than the third amount of bandwidth;
• and
• transmitting the second plurality of portions to the teleoperations system using the plurality of modems and the plurality of channels, wherein the first portion is transmitted on a first channel of the plurality of channels, the first channel being associated with the first modem.