Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for multi-network communication in vehicular networks
- Patent Title (中): 车载网络中多网通信的方法和装置
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Application No.: US15004670Application Date: 2016-01-22
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Publication No.: US09439121B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Susana Isabel Barreto De Miranda Sargento , André Amorim De Faria Cardote , João Francisco Cordeiro De Oliveira Barros , Ricardo Jorge Magalhães De Matos , Filipe Manuel Almeida Neves , Jorge Filipe Dias , Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira
- Applicant: UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO , INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES , VENIAM, UNIPESSOAL LDA
- Applicant Address: PT Aveiro PT Aveiro PT Oporto
- Assignee: UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO,INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÖES,VENIAM, UNIPESSOAL LDA
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO,INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÖES,VENIAM, UNIPESSOAL LDA
- Current Assignee Address: PT Aveiro PT Aveiro PT Oporto
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- Priority: PT107104 20130805
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W36/14 ; H04W36/30 ; H04W36/32 ; H04W84/22 ; H04W84/00 ; H04W88/10 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W84/04

Abstract:
Wireless network data router for a vehicle, and operating method thereof, comprising: a multi-connection interface for wireless access in vehicular environments, herewith WAVE; a wireless local area network, herewith Wi-Fi, interface; a mobile network data interface; a downlink data connection for the vehicle and/or users in the vehicle and its vicinity; a data processing unit for routing data between said interfaces; wherein the data processing unit is configured to: calculate a score for each reachable network on the WAVE, Wi-Fi and mobile network interfaces; switch the uplink connection of the wireless network data router to the reachable network with the best score. Also a wireless network data router for vehicles for connecting vehicles to the Internet through a multi-network device, said router being a mobile router suitable to form a mesh network of connected vehicles, wherein the router is arranged for using parked cars for redistributing Wi-Fi signal from fixed hotspots.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160150451A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-NETWORK COMMUNICATION IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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