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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Aziz Makkiya, Troy, MI (US);
David Anthony Hatton, Berkley, MI (US);
Leonid Mikhailovich Kurochkin, Saint Petersburg, RU;
Sergei Gennadevich Popov, Saint Petersburg, RU;
Vadim Valerievich Glazunov, Saint Petersburg, RU;
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kurochkin, Saint Petersburg, RU;
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a computer including a processor. The processor is programmed to receive data mapping one or more predicted signal metrics for each of one or more types of wireless communications within a geographic area. Based on optimization targets, the processor is programmed to select, for a vehicle travelling along a planned path within the geographic area, a respective type of communications to be used respectively for each area along the planned path. The processor is further programmed to activate the selected type of communications when the vehicle is within the respective area.