US 12,322,221 B1
Adaptive multi-network multi-band vehicle communications
Paul Orecchio, Denver, CO (US); and Ravi Gogna, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,231.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)
CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [B60W 60/001 (2020.02); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:
a first wireless modem;
a second wireless modem;
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving map data representing multiple regions in an environment, wherein the map data comprises preferred wireless network settings to be used by the autonomous vehicle when the autonomous vehicle is in respective individual regions of the multiple regions in the environment, wherein the preferred wireless network settings are associated in the map data with a first region of the multiple regions and indicate a preferred wireless network and a preferred frequency band to be used by the autonomous vehicle when the autonomous vehicle is in the first region;
determining that the autonomous vehicle is within the first region of the multiple regions;
determining, based at least in part on the map data, wireless network settings for the second wireless modem, wherein the wireless network settings for the second wireless modem indicate the preferred wireless network and the preferred frequency band based at least in part on:
the autonomous vehicle being determined to be within the first region, and
the map data associating the first region with the preferred wireless network settings;
setting, based on the wireless network settings for the second wireless modem, the second wireless modem to use the preferred wireless network associated with indicated by the map data to be used by the autonomous vehicle when in the first region;
sending modem capability information indicative of the preferred frequency band to be used by the autonomous vehicle when in the first region to a base station;
receiving vehicle data associated with the autonomous vehicle; and
sending, via the second wireless modem and to the base station and based at least in part on the modem capability information, data based on the vehicle data to a remote computing device.