Method and apparatus for vehicle to cloud network traffic scheduling
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBasavaraj TONSHAL, Oleg Yurievitch GUSIKHIN
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to receive a data transfer request including a data transfer constraint. The processor is also configured to receive a vehicle route. The processor is further configured to determine wireless network availability along the route based on known wireless network locations. Additionally, the processor is configured to determine a route window where wireless network availability indicates that a wireless network is available that meets the data transfer constraint and schedule data transfer to occur during the route window.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a data transfer request including a data transfer constraint;
- receive a vehicle route;
- determine wireless network availability along the route based on known wireless network locations;
- determine a route window where wireless network availability indicates that a wireless network is available that meets the data transfer constraint;
- and
- schedule data transfer to occur during the route window.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- responsive to receipt of a data transfer instruction, including a data transfer constraint, and a route, determining a location of one or more known wireless networks overlapping the route;
- determining which of the one or more known wireless networks are usable to provide data transfer, according to the instruction, which also meets the data transfer constraint;
- and
- scheduling data transfer to occur during a period at which a vehicle is projected to be within range, along the route, of at least one of the one or more known wireless networks determined to be usable to provide data transfer and meet the data transfer constraint.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- responsive to receipt of a data transfer instruction, including a data transfer constraint, and a route, determining a location range of a known wireless network overlapping the route, over which data transfer according to the instruction would also meet the constraint;
- determining if a designated primary subflow connection is likely to persist along the route beyond the location range, for sufficient time to complete a transfer if the transfer is not completed while the vehicle travels through the location range;
- and
- responsive to a determined likely persistence of the primary subflow connection, scheduling data transfer to being when the vehicle reaches the location range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.