Systems and methods for reducing power consumption in vehicle communication systems
AssigneesDENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
InventorsHiroaki Shibata, Koji Shinoda
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Abstract
A vehicle communication system includes a connection quality module and a channel scan frequency module. The connection quality module determines that a vehicle is out-of-range (OOR) from a host when a connection quality between the vehicle and the host is below a predetermined connection quality threshold. The channel scan frequency module controls a frequency of attempts by the vehicle to connect to the host when the vehicle is OOR based on at least one of whether an engine is on and a movement rate of the vehicle.
Claims20
A vehicle communication system, comprising:
- a connection quality module that determines that a vehicle is out-of-range (OOR) from a host when a connection quality between the vehicle and the host is below a predetermined connection quality threshold;
- and
- a channel scan frequency module that controls a frequency of attempts by the vehicle to connect to the host when the vehicle is OOR based on at least one of whether an engine is on and a movement rate of the vehicle.
A method for connecting a vehicle to a host, comprising:
- determining that the vehicle is out-of-range (OOR) from the host when a connection quality between the vehicle and the host is below a predetermined connection quality threshold;
- and
- controlling a frequency of attempts by the vehicle to connect to the host when the vehicle is OOR based on at least one of whether an engine is on and a movement rate of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.