Method of controlling data communication between a vehicle and heterogeneous wireless networks

A vehicle comprising:

• a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver operable to track a travel time, a travel duration, and a travel route;
• a network controller coupled to the GPS receiver for receiving data from the GPS related to the travel time, travel duration, and the travel route, wherein the network controller is operable to:
• identify a known route based upon the data received from the GPS receiver related to the travel time, travel duration, and the travel route;
• detect a signal duration and a signal strength for each of a plurality of wireless networks available for data communication with the vehicle when moving along the identified known route;
• identify which one of the plurality of wireless networks available for data communication with the vehicle along the identified known route provides the longest signal duration for the vehicle moving along the identified known route;
• connect data communication from the vehicle moving along a current route to the available wireless network identified as providing the longest signal duration for the vehicle when moving along the identified known route, when the current route is the same as the known route;
• and
• connecting data communication from the vehicle moving along the current route to the available wireless network having the highest signal strength when the current route is not the same as the known route.