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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Nicholas Colella, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Allen R. Murray, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Tuan Anh Be, Livonia, MI (US);
Leo James Lanctot, Jr., South Lyon, MI (US);
David Richard Tengler, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle may include a plurality of antennas each associated with a different radio frequency; and a modem including a radio-frequency transceiver and an antenna control processor configured to selectively connect a selected one or more of the plurality of antennas having a radio frequency matching at least one frequency associated with a desired service provider to the transceiver. The vehicle may also determine whether a service-provider-recommended alternate frequency is available, responsive to service provider signal strength being below a predefined signal strength; and if so, direct the modem to switch to an antenna associated with the alternate frequency, and otherwise, cycle to a next available antenna frequency.