Network cloud load distribution for an electric vehicle application
A method and device are provided to monitor a wireless link state for an electric-powered vehicle, and comparing the wireless link state with a wireless-link trigger condition. When the wireless link state compares favorably with the wireless-link trigger condition, a thick-client application request may be transmitted based on the wireless-link trigger condition. A thick-client application load is received in response, and the thin-client application is transitioned to a thick-client application.
1. A method comprising:
monitoring a wireless link state for an electric-powered vehicle;
comparing the wireless link state with a wireless-link trigger condition;
when the wireless link state compares favorably with the wireless-link trigger condition:
transmitting, via a wireless link, a thick-client application request based on the wireless-link trigger condition;
receiving, in response, a thick-client application load; and
transitioning a thin-client application to a thick-client application.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
disabling the wireless link of the electric-powered vehicle.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
while the wireless link state compares favorably with the wireless-link trigger condition, maintaining the disabling of the wireless link of the electric-powered vehicle.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless-link trigger condition includes a wireless-link signal degradation condition.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless-link trigger condition includes an a priori no-service condition.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless-link trigger condition includes excessive wireless-link service cost condition.
7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the disabling the wireless link of the electric-powered vehicle further comprises:
sending a user confirmation request; and
receiving in response a user acknowledgment.
8. A method for managing a client application load of an electric vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving a principal set of client applications data based on frequency-of-use data;
loading a thin-client image for each of the principal set of client applications to produce a principal set of thin-client applications;
monitoring a wireless link state;
comparing the wireless link state with a wireless-link trigger condition;
when the wireless link state compares favorably with the wireless-link trigger condition:
transmitting a thick-client application request;
receiving, in response, a thick-client application load for the each of the principal set of thin-client applications; and
transitioning the thin-client application of the each of the principal set of thin-client applications to a respective thick-client application.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
disabling the wireless link of the electric-powered vehicle.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
while the wireless link state compares favorably with the wireless-link trigger condition, maintaining the disabling of the wireless link of the electric-powered vehicle.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless-link trigger condition includes a wireless-link signal degradation condition.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless-link trigger condition includes an a priori no-service condition.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless-link trigger condition includes excessive wireless-link service cost condition.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the disabling the wireless link of the electric-powered vehicle further comprises:
sending a user confirmation request; and
receiving in response a user confirmation.
15. A client application load management unit for an electric vehicle comprising:
a communication interface to service communication with a vehicle network and an external network;
a processor communicably coupled to the communication interface; and
memory communicably coupled to the processor and storing:
an electric-vehicle client application load module including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
produce frequency-of-use data;
receive, in response to the frequency-of-use data, principal set of client applications data that functions to identify the principal set of thin-client applications for an electric vehicle; and
load a thin-client image for each of a principal set of thin-client applications; and
a wireless link module including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
monitor a wireless link state for an electric-powered vehicle;
compare the wireless link state with a wireless-link trigger condition;
when the wireless link state compares favorably with the wireless-link trigger condition:
transmit, via a wireless link, a thick-client application request;
receive, in response, a thick-client application image for the each of the principal set of client applications; and
transition the thin-client application of the each of the principal set of thin-client applications to produce a respective thick-client application.
16. The client application load management unit of claim 15 , further comprising:
disabling the wireless link of the electric-powered vehicle.
17. The client application load management unit of claim 16 , further comprising:
while the wireless link state compares favorably with the wireless-link trigger condition, maintaining the disabling of the wireless link of the electric-powered vehicle.
18. The client application load management unit of claim 15 , wherein the wireless-link trigger condition includes a wireless-link signal degradation condition.
19. The client application load management unit of claim 15 , wherein the wireless-link trigger condition includes an a priori no-service condition.
20. The client application load management unit of claim 15 , wherein the wireless-link trigger condition includes excessive wireless-link service cost condition.