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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Nikhil N. Neti, Novi, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle, and methods of operating a mobile hotspot at a vehicle including a plurality of mobile hotspots, are disclosed. The method includes detecting an availability of a first one of the mobile hotspot as an access point. The method also includes delaying an availability of a second one of the mobile hotspots as an access point by a period of time after the detection of the availability of the first one of the mobile hotspots. The vehicle may include a plurality of mobile hotspots, each configured to provide wireless connectivity for one or more non-vehicle wireless devices located in the vehicle or within a proximity of the vehicle. In accordance with the method, one of the mobile hotspots may be configured to delay its availability as an access point by a period of time after an availability of at least another one of the mobile hotspots is detected.