Connected Car Network Interface Selection Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Connected cars and user equipment (UE) often have independent network connections, leading to scenarios where either the car's or UE's resources are underutilized due to suboptimal selection of network interfaces for network access, resulting in inefficient use of available hardware and services.
Innovation Solution
A processor-based mechanism that evaluates conditions to declare a primary network interface for both connected car and UE, utilizing either the UE's or car's network connection based on factors like data plan, quality, and service preferences, ensuring optimal resource utilization and network access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the connected car uses its own network connection for network access, then the car's independent network connectivity is maintained, but the UE's superior network service may not be utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the network connection capabilities of both the connected car and the UE into a unified network access system. The UE and connected car are paired such that the UE's superior network service can be utilized while maintaining the car's independent connectivity, merging the advantages of both separate connections into a single optimized network access path.
Solution Approach 2:
The connected car's network interface is designed to serve dual purposes: it can independently access the network using the car's own connection, or it can utilize the UE's network connection when paired. This multi-functionality allows the system to adapt to different scenarios and maximize network service quality based on available resources.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the UE's network connection is used for network access, then superior network service is achieved, but the connected car's hardware resources are underutilized
Solution Approach 1:
The network access system dynamically switches between using the connected car's own network connection and utilizing the UE's network connection based on real-time conditions. The system evaluates factors such as network service quality, data plan status, and hardware resource availability to determine the optimal network access path, maximizing both service quality and resource utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors network connection quality, data usage, and resource availability, using this feedback to make intelligent decisions about which network interface to use. This feedback mechanism ensures that the system adapts to changing conditions and optimizes both network service quality and hardware resource utilization.
3Adaptability or versatility
If both connected car and UE establish independent network connections, then network access flexibility is improved, but resource selection complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages the complexity of selecting between multiple network interfaces without requiring manual user intervention. The UE and connected car autonomously evaluate network conditions, data plan status, and resource availability to determine the optimal network access path, simplifying the user experience while maintaining flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a network management mechanism that acts as an intermediary between the connected car's hardware resources and the network service requirements. This intermediary evaluates multiple factors including data plan status, network service quality, and hardware availability to make intelligent routing decisions, reducing the complexity of direct resource selection.
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AI summary
A connected car and an onboard user equipment (UE) may establish independent cellular connections and may also establish a connection between each other. The UE establishes a first cellular link between the UE and a first network, establishes a connection with a connected car, wherein the connected car has a second cellular link between the connected car and a second network, evaluates one or more conditions and declares one of the first cellular link or the connection with the connected car a primary network interface for the UE based on, at least, the one or more conditions.