IP Library Granted Patent US 8,891,660
Granted Patent B1
US 8,891,660 · App. 14/185,889 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Onboard activity influenced multi-antenna pairing system for mobile communication platform

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Patent No.
US 8,891,660
App. No.
14/185,889
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system includes a vehicle and logic that performs predictive pairing of multiple antenna of the vehicle with multiple fixed antenna of a port the vehicle is approaching, the predictive pairing performed using data obtained about the multiple fixed antenna obtained via a satellite, the predictive pairing prioritizing maximum spatial diversity in the pairings of the antenna of the vehicle with the fixed antenna.

Claims (19)

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle, and;

nontransitory logic that performs predictive pairing of multiple antenna of the vehicle with multiple fixed antenna of a port the vehicle is approaching, the predictive pairing performed using data obtained about the multiple fixed antenna obtained via a satellite, the predictive pairing influenced by a predicted effect on network bandwidth of device activity on board the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the logic applying a velocity and trajectory of the vehicle to the predictive pairing of the multiple antenna.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the logic applying a known destination or route of the vehicle to the predictive pairing of the multiple antenna.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the predictive pairing applying an aggregate or statistical model of inter-passenger device communication in the pairings of the antenna of the vehicle with the fixed antenna.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the predictive pairing applying an aggregate or statistical model of passenger device utilization of content cached by the vehicle in the pairings of the antenna of the vehicle with the fixed antenna.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the predictive pairing applying information about a presence or predicted presence of other vehicles in an area of the fixed antenna in the pairings of the antenna of the vehicle with the fixed antenna.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the multiple antenna comprising exactly two antenna, one mounted forward and one mounted aft of the vehicle.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the predictive pairing applying a tendency of passenger devices to utilize social media in the pairings of the antenna of the vehicle with the fixed antenna.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the predictive pairing applying information about a departure times of other vehicles from an area of the fixed antenna in the pairings of the antenna of the vehicle with the fixed antenna.

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