US 12,235,116 B2
Autonomous management of wireless connectivity of priority response vehicles
Jean de Dieu Mutangana, Detroit, MI (US); Mohsen Bahrami, Birmingham, MI (US); Hamed Asadi, Troy, MI (US); and James Wilhelm Heaton, Saline, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/823,989.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077319 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 76/50 (2018.01)
CPC G01C 21/3453 (2013.01) [H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 76/50 (2018.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for autonomous management of wireless connectivity of priority response vehicles, comprising:
a plurality of access points to a communications network, the access points configured to provide communications services to priority vehicles and non-priority vehicles;
a self-organizing network (SON) server, in communication with the plurality of access points, programmed to provide self-healing, self-configuration, and self-optimization services to the communications network; and
an enhanced vehicle management system (EVMS) server, in communication with the SON server, configured to
receive locations of the priority vehicles over the communications network,
utilize the SON server to optimize wireless connectivity for the priority vehicles,
receive network quality information from the SON server, and
route the priority vehicles based on the network quality information by performing operations including to:
send a dispatch request to a priority vehicle, requesting the priority vehicle to move from a current location of the priority vehicle to a destination location;
assign a network quality score as weights to each segment of roadway according to the network quality information;
find a lowest cost route accounting for the weights from the current location of the vehicle to the destination location, thereby allowing for the priority vehicle to circumvent areas of poor network quality; and
send the route to the priority vehicle.