Wireless Networks for Vehicles

• US 20110261802A1
• Filed: 07/01/2011
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Limited (Marvell Technology Group Limited)
• Original Assignee: Anil Gercekci, Avinash Ghirnikar
• Inventors: Ghirnikar, Avinash, Gercekci, Anil
• Granted Patent: US 8,605,696 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Vehicles having corresponding methods comprise a media source to provide digital data; a first wireless network station comprising a first transmitter to wirelessly transmit first packets of the digital data; a second wireless network station comprising a first receiver to wirelessly receive the first packets of the digital data; and a media player to reproduce media based on the first packets of the digital data wirelessly received by the second wireless network station.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a media source to provide digital data;

a first wireless network station comprising a first transmitter to wirelessly transmit first packets of the digital data;

a second wireless network station comprising a first receiver to wirelessly receive the first packets of the digital data; and

a media player to reproduce media based on the first packets of the digital data wirelessly received by the second wireless network station.