IP Library Granted Patent US 11,985,073
Granted Patent B2
US 11,985,073 · App. 17/948,461 · Granted May 14, 2024

Multi-level video processing within a vehicular communication network

Inventors: Nariman Yousefi (Dana Point, CA); Yongbum Kim (Los Altos Hills, CA); John Walley (Ladera Ranch, CA); Xeumin Chen (Rancho Santa Fe, CA); Wael W. Diab (San Francisco, CA); Nicholas Ilyadis (Merrimack, NH)
Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
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Patent No.
US 11,985,073
App. No.
17/948,461
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for controlling power distribution within a vehicular communication network, including a power source equipment comprising a first port in communication with a network node module of a device, and a Power over Ethernet (POE) management module. The POE management module is configured to enable POE to the device via the first port, monitor a current draw of the device, determine whether the current draw of the device exceeds a threshold, and disable POE to the device, responsive to determining that the current draw exceeds the threshold.

Claims (43)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a packet in a vehicle communications network;

determining a mode for the packet;

providing the packet by concurrent transmission via a cable and a wireless link if the mode is a link aggregation mode or a hot standby mode and a cable failure is not detected; and

providing the packet by wireless transmission via the wireless link only if the mode is the link aggregation mode or the hot standby mode and the cable failure is detected.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the packet is received via a wireless egress unit.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the packet is received via a wired egress unit.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing the packet by wired transmission via the cable if the mode is not a wireless control mode, the hot standby mode, or the link aggregation mode.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing the packet by wireless transmission via the wireless link only if the mode is a wireless control mode.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

providing the packet by wired transmission via the cable if the mode is not the wireless control mode, the hot standby mode, or the link aggregation mode.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

setting up a new wired link after providing the packet by wireless transmission via the wireless link if the mode is the hot standby mode and the cable failure is detected.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

setting up a new hot standby link after providing the packet by wireless transmission via the wireless link if the mode is the link aggregation mode and the cable failure is detected.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing operations are performed in a bridge circuit.

10. A circuit, comprising:

an ingress unit configured to receive a packet communicated in a vehicle communications network; and

a processor configured to:

determine a mode for the packet;

provide the packet by concurrent transmission via a cable and a wireless link if the mode is a link aggregation mode or a hot standby mode and a cable failure is not detected; and

provide the packet by wireless transmission via the wireless link only if the mode is the link aggregation mode or the hot standby mode and the cable failure is detected.

11. The circuit of claim 10 , wherein the packet is received from a wireless egress unit and the circuit is a bridge circuit.

12. The circuit of claim 10 , wherein the packet is received from a wired egress unit.

13. The circuit of claim 10 , wherein the packet is received from a wired egress unit and wireless egress unit.

14. The circuit of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to:

provide the packet by wired transmission via the cable if the mode is not a wireless control mode, the hot standby mode, or the link aggregation mode; and

provide the packet by wireless transmission via the wireless link only if the mode is the wireless control mode.

15. The circuit of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to:

provide the packet by wired transmission via the cable if the mode is not a wireless control mode, the hot standby mode, or the link aggregation mode.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving a packet in a vehicle communications network;

determining a mode for the packet;

providing the packet by concurrent transmission via a cable and a wireless link if the mode is a first mode or a second mode and a cable failure is not detected; and

providing the packet by wireless transmission via the wireless link only if the mode is the first mode or the second mode and the cable failure is detected.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first mode is a link aggregation mode and the second mode is a hot standby mode.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

providing the packet by wired transmission via the cable if the mode is not a wireless control mode, the first mode, or the second mode.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

providing the packet by wireless transmission via the wireless link only if the mode is a wireless control mode.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the providing operations are performed in a bridge circuit.

Continuity (6)
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