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US 2020/0007278 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for dynamic carrier aggregation control
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey William WIRTANEN, Yihai ZHANG, Muhammad Khaledul ISLAM
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to receive a data transfer request using a vehicle connectivity option. The processor is also configured to determine whether the request should be fulfilled using carrier aggregation, based on at least a power level powering the connectivity option. The processor is further configured to fulfil the request using or not using carrier aggregation, based at least in part on the results of the carrier aggregation determination.
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A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a data transfer request requesting use of a vehicle connectivity option;
- determine whether the request is to be fulfilled using carrier aggregation, based on at least a power remaining in a power source powering the connectivity option, responsive to receiving the request;
- and
- fulfil the request using carrier aggregation, based at least in part on the results of the carrier aggregation determination resulting in a determination that sufficient power remains;
- fulfil the request using a single carrier, based at least on part in the results of the carrier aggregation determination resulting in a determination that insufficient power remains;
- responsive to determining that insufficient power remains, determine whether a secondary characteristic exists that qualifies the request for a predefined aggregation decision;
- and
- fulfil the request based on the results of the predefined aggregation decision if the aggregation decision indicates a different aggregation usage than the carrier aggregation determination.
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A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a data transfer request;
- determine that a request characteristic corresponds to at least one predefined aggregation characteristic that indicates that requests having that characteristic are to be fulfilled using carrier aggregation;
- and
- fulfil the request based on the aggregation indicated by the predefined aggregation characteristic, regardless of a power supply level associated with a vehicle connectivity option used to fulfil the request.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a data transfer request;
- determine that carrier aggregation is appropriate for handling the request, based at least on environmental data predefined as impacting request completion likelihood corresponding to one or more predefined conditions for using carrier aggregation;
- and
- responsive to the determination, process the request using carrier aggregation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.