Adaptive Bonded Communication Link for Vehicle Data Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data communication solutions for mobile applications on vehicles face reliability and bandwidth issues due to reliance on single connections, which are often unavailable or insufficient, especially in dynamic environments like buses, trains, and airplanes, leading to inconsistent and unreliable service.
Innovation Solution
A device and method that form an adaptive bonded communication link using multiple communication links to aggregate throughput, adapting in real-time to changing data communication requirements and characteristics as the vehicle moves, incorporating a processor, memory, and various communication interfaces, including RF interfaces, to ensure reliable and efficient data transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a single connection is used for data communication, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability and bandwidth are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple communication links (cellular, Wi-Fi, satellite) into a single bonded communication link. The bonding controller aggregates these separate links to provide unified data communication service, thereby improving reliability and bandwidth without requiring the end device to manage multiple independent connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The bonding controller acts as an intermediary between the multiple communication interfaces and the data communication system. It manages the complexity of multiple links internally while presenting a single simplified interface to the user device, resolving the contradiction between reliability and complexity.
2Productivity
If multiple communication links are used to aggregate throughput, then bandwidth and reliability improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple communication links are merged into a single bonded link that provides aggregated throughput. The bonding controller combines cellular, Wi-Fi, and satellite links to deliver higher data rates while managing the complexity centrally, allowing productivity improvement without proportional increase in user-facing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bonding controller provides multi-functional capability by managing multiple types of communication interfaces (cellular, Wi-Fi, satellite) through a single unified system. This universal approach enables the system to leverage diverse communication technologies for improved throughput without requiring separate management systems for each interface type.
3Adaptability or versatility
If communication links are fixed, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to changing network conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bonded communication link is designed to be dynamic rather than fixed. The bonding controller continuously monitors network conditions and dynamically adjusts the configuration of the bonded link, adding or removing component links based on current availability and performance, thereby achieving adaptability while centralizing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the bonding controller continuously monitors the status and performance of individual communication links. Based on this feedback, the controller automatically adjusts the bonded link configuration to maintain optimal performance, achieving adaptability through automated feedback-driven management rather than complex manual configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
Devices, systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for data communication to and from a vehicle. A device is provided that includes memory storing processor-executable instructions; and at least one processor in communication with the memory that executes the stored instructions to: receive, from at least one user on the vehicle, at least one request for data communication; identify a plurality of communication links available at a current location of the moving vehicle; form an adaptive bonded communication link using the plurality of communication links to aggregate throughput across the plurality of communication links for the requested data communication, wherein the adaptive bonded communication link is configured to adapt to data communication requirements for the requested data communication and to data communication characteristics of the plurality of communication links as the vehicle moves. Corresponding methods, computer system products, uses, and computer-readable media are also provided.