Method and apparatus for a smart vehicle gateway with connection context aware radio communication management and multi-radio technology
An information handling system operating as a smart vehicle gateway and includes a wireless adapter for communicating with a wireless link and a storage device for storing a spatial-temporal user profile comprising wireless device usage trend data for a location in or near a predicted smart vehicle gateway path during a future time interval for a smart vehicle gateway. The smart vehicle gateway may operate to establish a wireless link on one of several WWAN link options as a home network via a programmable eSIM. The information handling system further includes positional detector and an application processor that determines a trajectory estimation during a future time interval.
1. An information handling system functioning as a smart vehicle gateway comprising:
a local wireless adapter to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of wireless devices proximate to a vehicle;
a wireless adapter to communicate with a wireless link and provide connectivity for the plurality of wireless devices proximate to the vehicle;
a storage device to store a spatial-temporal user profile comprising wireless device usage trend data for a plurality of locations where the smart vehicle gateway has operated;
a positional detector to detect a location of the smart vehicle gateway;
an application processor to correlate the wireless device usage trend data for a first location in or near a predicted smart vehicle gateway path during a future time interval;
the application processor to determine a list of optimal wireless service carriers and available wireless protocols at the first location based on a mobile wireless traffic report with a spatial-temporal radio frequency profile indicating signal quality for the plurality of wireless links and the wireless device usage trend data for the first location along the predicted smart vehicle gateway path during the future time interval;
the application processor to select an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) for one of the optimal wireless links from an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) programmable to switch between multiple available wireless service carriers; and
the wireless adapter to switch to a selected optimal wireless link on a wireless service carrier corresponding to the selected IMSI.
2. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 1 further comprising:
the application processor selects a second IMSI for a second optimal wireless link determined for a second location;
the application processor to reprogram the eSIM to the second IMSI upon the smart vehicle gateway reaching the second location; and
the wireless adapter to switch to the second selected optimal wireless link on the wireless service carrier corresponding to the second selected IMSI.
3. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 1 further comprising:
the application processor determines a list of optimal wireless service carriers and available wireless protocols across a plurality of locations along the predicted smart vehicle gateway path;
the application processor selects an IMSI for a selected optimal wireless service carrier for the plurality of locations along the predicted smart vehicle gateway path; and
the wireless adapter to switch to the selected optimal wireless link for the plurality of locations along the predicted smart vehicle gateway path.
4. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 1 further comprising:
the application processor to select a second IMSI for a second optimal wireless link at the first location along the predicted smart vehicle gateway path via a second eSIM programmable to switch between multiple available wireless service carriers;
a second wireless adapter to establish the second selected optimal wireless link on a second carrier corresponding to the second selected IMSI.
5. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 3 further comprising:
the application processor to select a second IMSI for a second optimal wireless link for the plurality of locations along the predicted smart vehicle gateway path via a second eSIM programmable to switch between multiple available wireless service carriers;
a second wireless adapter to establish the second selected optimal wireless link on a second carrier corresponding to the second selected IMSI.
6. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 1 further comprising:
a local wireless adapter to wirelessly communicate with a plurality internet of things (IoT) sensors associated with a vehicle.
7. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 1 , wherein the application processor selects the IMSI for one of the optimal wireless links based on a lowest cost per gigabyte from among the optimal wireless service carriers.
8. A computer implemented method comprising:
storing a spatial-temporal user profile comprising wireless device usage trend data for a plurality of locations where a smart vehicle gateway has operated;
determining, via an application processor executing code instructions, a list of optimal wireless service carriers and available wireless protocols across a plurality of locations along a predicted smart vehicle gateway path during a future time interval based on a mobile wireless traffic report with a spatial-temporal radio frequency profile indicating signal quality for the plurality of wireless links and the wireless device usage trend data for the location and for a plurality of wireless devices proximate to local wireless adapter in a vehicle; and
transmitting a request based on the list of optimal wireless service carriers for screened optimal international mobile subscriber identities (IMSIs) from a pool of IMSIs available at a network broker system.
9. The computer implemented method of claim 8 further comprising:
selecting, for reprogramming an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM), an optimal IMSI corresponding to a wireless service carrier for one of the optimal wireless links.
10. The computer implemented method of claim 8 further comprising:
switching, via a wireless adapter, to a selected optimal wireless link corresponding to an optimal IMSI for an eSIM.
11. The computer implemented method of claim 8 further comprising:
wirelessly communicating, via a local wireless adapter of the smart vehicle gateway, with a plurality of information handling systems within a vehicle.
12. The computer implemented method of claim 11 , wherein determining the list of optimal wireless service carriers and available wireless protocols across the plurality of locations along the predicted smart vehicle gateway path is further based on wireless device usage trend data including spatial-temporal user profiles for the plurality of information handling systems within the vehicle.
13. The computer implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the application processor selects an optimal IMSI and switches a corresponding wireless link to a selected optimal wireless link based on communication data types to be received from a plurality of IoT sensors within a vehicle communicating with the smart vehicle gateway.
14. The computer implemented method of claim 10 further comprising:
establishing a second selected optimal wireless link on a second wireless service carrier corresponding to a second IMSI activated via a second eSIM.
15. An information handling system functioning as a smart vehicle gateway comprising:
a wireless adapter to communicate with a wireless link;
a storage device to store a spatial-temporal user profile comprising wireless device usage trend data for a plurality of locations where the smart vehicle gateway has operated;
a positional detector to detect a location of the smart vehicle gateway;
an application processor to determine a list of optimal wireless service carriers and available wireless protocols across a plurality of locations along a predicted smart vehicle gateway path during a future time interval based on a mobile wireless traffic report with a spatial-temporal radio frequency profile indicating signal quality for the plurality of wireless links and the wireless device usage trend data along the predicted smart vehicle gateway path;
the application processor to select an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) for one of the optimal wireless links at an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) programmable to switch between multiple available wireless service carriers; and
the wireless adapter to switch to a selected optimal wireless link on a wireless service carrier corresponding to the selected IMSI.
16. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 15 , wherein the optimal wireless service carriers and available wireless protocols are those that meet a minimum threshold of signal quality at the plurality of locations along the predicted smart vehicle gateway path corresponding to expected communication types according to the wireless device usage trend data.
17. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 15 further comprising:
the wireless adapter to establish a second selected optimal wireless link.
18. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 15 further comprising:
the application processor to select a second IMSI for a second optimal wireless link via a second eSIM programmable to switch between multiple available wireless service carriers; and
the wireless adapter to establish the second selected optimal wireless link on a second carrier corresponding to the second selected IMSI.
19. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 15 further comprising:
the local wireless adapter to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of internet of things (IoT) sensors associated with the vehicle.
20. The smart vehicle gateway of claim 15 , wherein the application processor receives a reduced number of IMSIs screened from a pool IMSIs at a network broker system based on the list of optimal wireless service carriers and for use with the eSIM.