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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Oliver Lei, Windsor, CA;
Allen R. Murray, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); H04W 52/38 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0295 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 52/383 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle comprises a processor, programmed to responsive to detecting a fleet within a predefined range, join the fleet via a wireless connection, and optimize network configuration of the fleet by activating a first network technology on the vehicle, deactivating a second network technology, and commanding at least one vehicle of the fleet via the wireless connection to deactivate the first network technology.