RECONFIGURABLE WIRELESS MODEM ADAPTER
First Claim
1. A reconfigurable wireless modem adapter, comprising:
- a control board having at least two interfaces for a respective at least two modems, wherein the control board is configured to communicatively couple to at least one onboard system in a vehicle, and wherein the control board is configured to activate a selected one of at least one modem interfaced to one of the at least two interfaces; and
a radio frequency switch communicatively coupled to the control board via at least the selected one of the at least one modem, wherein the radio frequency switch is configured to communicatively couple at least one antenna on the vehicle to the selected modem,so that when the control board is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system, when the control board activates the selected one of the at least one modem, and when the radio frequency switch is communicatively coupled to the at least one antenna, the at least one antenna is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system via the selected one of the at least one modem.
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Abstract
A reconfigurable wireless modem adapter is provided. The reconfigurable wireless modem adapter includes a control board and a radio frequency switch. The control board has at least two interfaces for a respective at least two modems and is configured to communicatively couple to at least one onboard system in a vehicle. The control board activates a selected modem interfaced to one of the at least two interfaces. The radio frequency switch is communicatively coupled to the control board via the selected one of the at least one modem. The radio frequency switch communicatively couples an antenna to the selected modem. When the control board is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system and activates the selected modem, and when the radio frequency switch is communicatively coupled to the antenna, the antenna is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system via the selected modem.
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20 Claims
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1. A reconfigurable wireless modem adapter, comprising:
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a control board having at least two interfaces for a respective at least two modems, wherein the control board is configured to communicatively couple to at least one onboard system in a vehicle, and wherein the control board is configured to activate a selected one of at least one modem interfaced to one of the at least two interfaces; and a radio frequency switch communicatively coupled to the control board via at least the selected one of the at least one modem, wherein the radio frequency switch is configured to communicatively couple at least one antenna on the vehicle to the selected modem, so that when the control board is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system, when the control board activates the selected one of the at least one modem, and when the radio frequency switch is communicatively coupled to the at least one antenna, the at least one antenna is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system via the selected one of the at least one modem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method to use data services to move data onto and off of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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communicatively coupling an interface of a control board to at least one onboard system on the vehicle; communicatively coupling an antenna on the vehicle to a radio frequency switch; selecting one of at least one data service provider available to the antenna at the control board; configuring a data multiplexer on the control board to activate a selected one of at least one modem based on the selecting of the available data service provider, wherein the control board is communicatively coupled to the radio frequency switch via the at least one modem; and initiating a network acquisitions process based on processing internal to the selected modem. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A reconfigurable-wireless-modem-adapter system, comprising:
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a control board having a plurality of interfaces for a respective plurality of modems, the control board comprising; a data multiplexer, a processor, control logic, and an onboard-system interface to an onboard system; at least two modems attached to a respective at least two of the plurality of interfaces; and a radio frequency switch communicatively coupled to the control board in parallel via the at least two modems and communicatively coupled to at least one antenna, wherein the control logic configures the data multiplexer to activate a selected one of the at least two modems selected by the processor, wherein one of the at least one antenna is communicatively coupled via the selected one of the plurality of modems to an onboard system communicatively coupled to the onboard-system interface. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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