Systems and methods for managing in-vehicle system network connectivity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016142941-A1
Application number	US-201414546280-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	Nov 18, 2014
Publication date	May 19, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing in-vehicle system network connectivity. A media system processor may determine an application requirement of an application running on the media system and an available bandwidth of a cellular communication link of the media system. The processor may receive available cellular communication link bandwidths of one or more mobile devices in communication with the media system. The processor may rank an ability of the media system, the first one or more mobile devices to meet the application requirement based on their respective available bandwidths, select the highest ranked of the media system, and the one or more mobile devices via a short-range communication to receive content for presentation by the media system, and may receive the content for the selected highest ranked of the media system, and the one or more mobile devices.

First claim

1 . A method for managing in-vehicle system network connectivity, comprising:
determining an application requirement of a media application running on a first wireless device in communication with a first communication network over a first communication link; determining a first available bandwidth of the first communication link; receiving in the first wireless device from a second wireless device a second available bandwidth of a second communication link with a second communication network, wherein the second wireless device is in communication with the second communication network over the second communication link and in communication with the first wireless device over a third communication link; ranking an ability of the first wireless device and the second wireless device to meet the application requirement based on the first and second available bandwidths; selecting a highest ranked of the first wireless device and the second wireless device to receive content for presentation by the first wireless device over the respective first or second communication link; and receiving the content from the selected highest ranked of the first wireless device and the second wireless device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the application requirement comprises a quality of service (QoS) requirement including one or more of a minimum required data rate, a maximum permitted data delay, a minimum required throughput, a maximum permitted error rate, and a maximum permitted data loss rate.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a radio access technology capability of each of the first and second wireless devices; and ranking the ability of the first wireless device and the second wireless device to meet the application requirement further based on the radio access technology capability of each of the first and second wireless devices.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining one or more carrier networks available to each of the first and second wireless devices; and ranking the ability of the first and second wireless devices to meet the application requirement further based on the carrier networks available to each of the first and second wireless devices.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a battery level of the second wireless device; and ranking the ability of the first and second wireless devices to meet the application requirement further based on the battery level of the second wireless device.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a received signal level of the first and second communication links; and ranking the ability of the first and second wireless devices to meet the application requirement further based on the received signal level of the first and second communication links.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a connection reliability of each of the first and second communication links; and ranking the ability of the first and second wireless devices to meet the application requirement further based on the connection reliability of each of the first and second communication links.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an application requirement of an application running on the second wireless device; and ranking the ability of the first and second wireless devices to meet the application requirement further based on the application requirement of the application running on the second wireless device.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an anticipated disruption in one of more of the first communication link and the second communication link; and ranking the ability of the first and second wireless devices to meet the application requirement further based on any anticipated disruptions in the one of more of the first and second communication links.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising ranking the ability of the second wireless device to meet the application requirement further based on an amount of time that the second wireless device has established a communication link with the first wireless device in the past.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a current ranking of the first and second wireless devices; receiving a user input regarding the ranking of the first and second wireless devices; and re-ranking the first and second wireless devices based in part on the received user input.

12 . A first wireless device, comprising:
a first transceiver configured to communicate with a first communication network over a first communication link; a second transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with other wireless devices; and a processor coupled to the first and second transceivers, and configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
determining an application requirement of a media application running on the first wireless device;
determining a first available bandwidth of the first communication link;
receiving from a second wireless device a second available bandwidth of a second communication link with a second communication network, wherein the second wireless device is in communication with the second communication network over the second communication link and in communication with the first wireless device over a third communication link;
ranking an ability of the first wireless device and the second wireless device to meet the application requirement based on the first and second available bandwidths;
selecting a highest ranked of the first wireless device and the second wireless device to receive content for presentation by the first wireless device over the respective first or second communication link; and
receiving the content from the selected highest ranked of the first wireless device and the second wireless device.

13 . The first wireless device of claim 12 , wherein the application requirement comprises a quality of service (QoS) requirement including one or more of a minimum required data rate, a maximum permitted data delay, a minimum required throughput, a maximum permitted error rate, and a maximum permitted data loss rate.

14 . The first wireless device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:
determining a radio access technology capability of each of the first and second wireless devices; and ranking the ability of the first wireless device and the second wireless device to meet the application requirement further based on the radio access technology capability of each of the first and second wireless devices.

15 . The first wireless device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:
determining one or more carrier networks available to each of the first and second wireless devices; and ranking the ability of the first and second wireless devices to meet the application requirement further based on the carrier networks available to each of the first and second wireless devices.

16 . The first wireless device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:
determining a battery level of the second wireless device; and ranking the ability of the first and second wireless devices to meet the application requirement further based on the battery level of the second wireless device.

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Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Ganesh Shriram
• Kalla Naveen
• Sharma Sandeep

Classifications

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W76/023

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W28/24 Primary

  Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service] · CPC title

• H04W28/20

  Negotiating bandwidth · CPC title