Passenger load management based on hotspot utilization
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1. A method of estimating a number of passengers of a vehicle, using characteristics of active wireless communication sessions with a wireless access point of the vehicle, the method comprising:
- maintaining a list comprising, for each active wireless communication session between a corresponding communication device of a user and the wireless access point, a collection of characteristics representative of the respective active wireless communication session;
determining whether at least one condition of performing an estimate of the number of passengers has occurred;
estimating the number of passengers of the vehicle, if the at least one condition has occurred, wherein estimating comprises;
assigning a value of zero to a count of communication devices moving with the vehicle,for each active wireless communication session in the list, analyzing the collection of characteristics by;
determining whether the communication device corresponding to the active communication session is moving with the vehicle, using the corresponding collection of characteristics; and
incrementing the count of communication devices, if the corresponding communication device is determined to be moving with the vehicle, andsetting the estimated number of passengers of the vehicle to be the count of communication devices; and
one or both of reporting the number of passengers of the vehicle to a cloud-based system that manages the wireless access point and adjusting wireless access point availability for the vehicle according to the estimated number of passengers of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things).
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1. A method of estimating a number of passengers of a vehicle, using characteristics of active wireless communication sessions with a wireless access point of the vehicle, the method comprising:
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maintaining a list comprising, for each active wireless communication session between a corresponding communication device of a user and the wireless access point, a collection of characteristics representative of the respective active wireless communication session; determining whether at least one condition of performing an estimate of the number of passengers has occurred; estimating the number of passengers of the vehicle, if the at least one condition has occurred, wherein estimating comprises; assigning a value of zero to a count of communication devices moving with the vehicle, for each active wireless communication session in the list, analyzing the collection of characteristics by; determining whether the communication device corresponding to the active communication session is moving with the vehicle, using the corresponding collection of characteristics; and incrementing the count of communication devices, if the corresponding communication device is determined to be moving with the vehicle, and setting the estimated number of passengers of the vehicle to be the count of communication devices; and one or both of reporting the number of passengers of the vehicle to a cloud-based system that manages the wireless access point and adjusting wireless access point availability for the vehicle according to the estimated number of passengers of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of code sections, each code section having stored thereon a plurality of instructions executable by one or more processors, wherein the execution of the instructions causes the one or more processors to perform a method of estimating a number of passengers of a vehicle, using characteristics of active wireless communication sessions with a wireless access point of the vehicle, the steps of the method comprising:
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maintaining a list comprising, for each active wireless communication session between a corresponding communication device of a user and the wireless access point, a collection of characteristics representative of the respective active wireless communication session; determining whether at least one condition of performing an estimate of the number of passengers has occurred; estimating the number of passengers of the vehicle, if the at least one condition has occurred, wherein estimating comprises; assigning a value of zero to a count of communication devices moving with the vehicle, for each active wireless communication session in the list, analyzing the collection of characteristics by; determining whether the communication device corresponding to the active communication session is moving with the vehicle, using the corresponding collection of characteristics; and incrementing the count of communication devices, if the corresponding communication device is determined to be moving with the vehicle, and setting the estimated number of passengers of the vehicle to be the count of communication devices; and one or both of reporting the number of passengers of the vehicle to a cloud-based system that manages the wireless access point and adjusting wireless access point availability for the vehicle according to the estimated number of passengers of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for estimating a number of passengers of a vehicle, using characteristics of active wireless communication sessions with a wireless access point of the vehicle, the system comprising:
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one or more processors operably coupled to at least one radio frequency communication interface and to storage for storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable to; maintain a list comprising, for each active wireless communication session between a corresponding communication device of a user and the wireless access point, a collection of characteristics representative of the respective active wireless communication session; determine whether at least one condition of performing an estimate of the number of passengers has occurred; estimate the number of passengers of the vehicle, if the at least one condition has occurred, wherein estimating comprises; assigning a value of zero to a count of communication devices moving with the vehicle, for each active wireless communication session in the list, analyzing the collection of characteristics by; determining whether the communication device corresponding to the active communication session is moving with the vehicle, using the corresponding collection of characteristics; and incrementing the count of communication devices, if the corresponding communication device is determined to be moving with the vehicle, and setting the estimated number of passengers of the vehicle to be the count of communication devices; and one or both of reporting the number of passengers of the vehicle to a cloud-based system that manages the wireless access point and adjusting wireless access point availability for the vehicle according to the estimated number of passengers of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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