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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Mary Fuller, Stanford, CA (US);
Hedley Rainnie, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric Janofsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mary Fuller, Stanford, CA (US);
Hedley Rainnie, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric Janofsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A network device including a wireless network transceiver, a wireless telephone transceiver, and a control module. The wireless network transceiver and the wireless telephone transceiver are associated with a vehicle and transmit and receive data packets over first and second wireless communication channels, respectively. The control module selects the wireless network transceiver or the wireless telephone transceiver for transmitting and receiving user data based on one of bandwidth quality data, signal strength data, and hop count data associated with the first wireless communication channel. The control module selects an operating mode of one of the wireless network transceiver and the wireless telephone transceiver based on a usage signal. The usage signal is generated based on at least one of a park/neutral switch associated with a drivetrain of the vehicle, a vehicle speed signal generated by a speedometer of the vehicle, and an ignition switch of the vehicle.