siuru smartire systems siemens vdo automotive corp et al

#SIURU SMARTIRE SYSTEMS SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORP ET AL LICENSE#

The handover is done according to the quality of the existing connection with at least an additional parameter like price, capacity, transmission speed and availability. The term «channel» includes in this context different type of mobile communication systems like cellular systems such as GSM or satellite systems. The document WO 96/28947 A1 discloses a communications system for the above quoted purpose with a selection, that is a handover from one channel to another channel. However, in the event the vehicle is outside of the radio range, then some other means may be utilized.Īs the number of types of communication devices available on a police car increase, and as the types of data and the size of data which is to be transmitted to and from the base from the vehicles increases, it would be desirable to have a controlled program for evaluating available communication options and selecting the best.

Vehicle location information has typically been sent over a two-way radio link. In the past, while a police vehicle may be provided with more than one way of communicating, no analysis of the available means of communication has been made. The base will often send dispatch instructions to the vehicle over these same wireless connections.

#SIURU SMARTIRE SYSTEMS SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORP ET AL LICENSE#

At a traffic stop, the police officer may query the base with regard to the license plate, the identity of an individual who is stopped, fingerprints could be scanned and sent, etc. Police officers will often enter their reports into their laptop computer and transmit it to the base, rather than waiting until the end of a shift.

The vehicles are also provided with information such as AVL (automatic vehicle location) information which is sent to the base. As an example, most police vehicles today have a laptop computer for receiving and processing information, and for sending information to the base. Over the past several years, more and more wireless communication between the vehicles and the base has been occurring. Thus, police cars typically have any one of several types of radios which are in two-way communication with the base. The invention relates to improvements in two-way communication between mobile vehicles and a home base.Ī home base, such as a police station, typically must be in two-way communication with each of several vehicles on the road.

The present invention relates to a control system for a mobile communication system according to the preamble of claim 1. Said control (24) is to be mounted on a mobile vehicle (18), and to receive information from a computer (22) on the mobile vehicle.

A control system (24) as set forth in one of the claims 1 to 3, A control system (24) as set forth in claim 1 or 2,Īmong said weighting factors are the size of the message to be sent.Ĥ. The weighting factors include a priority to be assigned to the type of message to be sent.ģ. A control system (24) as set forth in claim 1, The weighting factors include a priority to be assigned to the message to be sent and said prioritization is stored in a table of priority information, which table contains a hierarchy of optimum available communication systems for the particular type of message.Ģ. A control system (24) for a mobile communication system including:Ī control (24) operable to receive messages for transmission through any one of several types of communication systems (26, 28, 32, 33, 34), said control being (24) provided with weighting factors to evaluate the particular message and particular available communication systems (26, 28, 32, 33, 34) in order to select a particular communication system (26, 28, 32, 33, 34) based upon the said weighting factors

Siuru smartire systems siemens vdo automotive corp et al