Method and system for dedicated short range communication with traffic offload

A computing device for dedicated short range communication with traffic offload, the computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a communications subsystem,
• wherein the computing device is configured to:
• utilize a radio in the communications subsystem for a first category of communications;
• determine that a trigger condition has been met;
• and
• split operation of the radio in the communications subsystem, the splitting comprising utilizing a first portion of the radio for the first category of communications and a second portion of the radio for a second category of communications;
• wherein the splitting comprises one of:
• dividing the radio into a simultaneous dual band radio using a part of the MIMO WLAN radio as the first portion of the radio and using a remainder of the MIMO WLAN radio as the second portion of the radio, when the radio in the communications subsystem is a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) radio;
• or
• using one of the wideband or narrowband channels as the first portion of the radio and using the other of the wideband or narrowband channels as the second portion of the radio, when the radio in the communications subsystem is wireless local area network (WLAN) radio having simultaneous wideband and narrowband channels;
• wherein the computing device is on a vehicle, and wherein the trigger condition comprises any one or combination of:
• a speed of the vehicle falling below a threshold;
• a location of the vehicle;
• a status of operation of the vehicle;
• environmental conditions;
• or application triggers for applications on the computing device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing program code, which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• utilize a radio in a communications subsystem of the computing device for a first category of communications;
• determine that a trigger condition has been met;
• and
• split operation of the radio in the communications subsystem, the splitting comprising utilizing a first portion of the radio for the first category of communications and a second portion of the radio for a second category of communications;
• wherein the splitting comprises one of:
• dividing the radio into a simultaneous dual band radio using a part of the MIMO WLAN radio as the first portion of the radio and using a remainder of the MIMO WLAN radio as the second portion of the radio, when the radio in the communications subsystem is a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) radio;
• or
• using one of the wideband or narrowband channels as the first portion of the radio and using the other of the wideband or narrowband channels as the second portion of the radio, when the radio in the communications subsystem wireless local area network (WLAN) radio having simultaneous wideband and narrowband channels;
• wherein the computing device is on a vehicle, and wherein the trigger condition comprises any one or combination of:
• a speed of the vehicle falling below a threshold;
• a location of the vehicle;
• a status of operation of the vehicle;
• environmental conditions;
• or application triggers for applications on the computing device.