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Vehicle data services

  • US 20050197748A1
  • Filed: 07/14/2003
  • Published: 09/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle data services communication system for uploading data information to a vehicle, said communication system comprising:

  • an uplink communication path configured for wireless link transmissions, said communication path comprising;

    a primary network operations center (NOC) comprising a data source, wherein said NOC manages configuration control and distribution of data contained in said data source;

    at least one vehicle operatively connected to said primary NOC, wherein said vehicle is an authenticated user authorized to receive data and whose credentials are resident in a user authentication database located in a network data source operatively connected to the NOC;

    one or more primary base stations operatively connected to said primary NOC, wherein said base stations are dynamically assigned or de-assigned to said vehicle or vehicles by said primary NOC;

    a Wide Area Network (WAN) comprising one or more secondary NOCS, wherein said secondary NOCs are operatively connected to said primary NOC;

    a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) comprising one or more base stations, wherein said MAN is operatively connected to said primary NOC and configured to transmit and receive data communications between said vehicle and said primary NOC;

    a vehicle Local Area Network (LAN) comprising one or more vehicle network devices operatively connected to said primary NOC;

    A Person Area Network (PAN) comprising one or more portable network devices operatively connected to said WAN, vehicle LAN or MAN;

    One or more input and output antenna configurations at the vehicle and base station ends of the wireless link, wherein said antenna configuration supports any number of wireless spread spectrum modulation schemes, including MIMO OFOM.

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