Communication retry method over digital wireless systems

• US 7,171,226 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2002
• Issued: 01/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Fraser, Ronald W., Crocker, Dwayne A.
• Primary Examiner(s): APPIAH, CHARLES NANA
• Application Number:
  US10/299,920
• Publication Number:
  US 20040198366A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,533 Days
• Field of Search: 455/510, 455/502, 455/435, 455/434, 455/414.1, 455/435.1, 455/435.2, 455/95, 455/452.1, 455/455, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/452.2, 455/450, 455/451, 370/324, 370/331, 370/350, 370/335, 370/428, 370/469
• US Class Current: 455/510
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment

Abstract

The invention provides a method of reestablishing wireless communications for a mobile vehicle. After a communication link failure on a first communication link is detected, it is determined whether to reconnect on the first communication link based on at least one communication condition factor, and then an attempt is made to establish a second communication link based on the communication condition factor determination.

Claims

1. A method for reestablishing wireless communications from a mobile vehicle to a call center, the method comprising:

receiving a trigger;

initiating a first communication attempt over a first communication link with a call center based on the trigger;

detecting a communication link failure;

determining at least one communication condition factor based on the failure;

determining at least one link failure type based on the failure;

determining whether to reconnect with the call center over the first communication link or a second communication link based on the at least one communication condition factor and at least one link failure type; and

initiating a second communication attempt over either the first communication link or second communication link based on the determination.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one communication condition factor is selected from a group consisting of a criticality assessment of information to be communicated, an assessment of a type of data communicated, a call basis, a delay impact assessment, a reconnect attempt elapsed time, velocity of the vehicle, location of the vehicle based an a GPS determination and a geophysical database, and a reconnect attempt elapsed number.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one communication condition factor is selected from a group consisting of an availability of digital coverage and an availability of analog coverage.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the lint failure type is a bit-error rate failure.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the trigger is responsive to an event selected from the group consisting of a global positioning system update request, airbag deployment, and emergency assistance.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the trigger is responsive to an event selected from The group consisting of a user request for enrollment services, navigation assistance, directory assistance, business or residential assistance and communications assistance.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the link failure type is a frame-error rate failure.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the link failure type is a critical data transmission failure.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein die link failure type is an interim data transmission failure.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the link failure type is a voice transmission failure.

17. The medium of claim 1 wherein the link failure type is a frame-error rate failure.

11. A computer-readable medium having a computer program stored thereon to reestablish wireless communications for a mobile vehicle, the computer program comprising:

computer readable code for receiving a trigger;

computer readable code for initiating a first communication attempt over a first communication link with a call center based on the trigger;

computer readable code for detecting a communication link failure;

computer readable code for determining at least one communication condition factor based on the failure;

computer readable code for determining at least one link failure type based on the failure;

computer readable code for determining whether to reconnect with the call center over the first communication link or a second communication link based on the at least one communication condition factor and at least one link failure type; and

computer readable code for initiating a second communication attempt over either the first communication link or second communication link based on the determination.

12. The medium of claim 11 wherein the at least one communication condition factor is selected from a group consisting of a criticality assessment of information to be communicated, an assessment of a type of data communicated, a call basis, a delay impact assessment, a reconnect attempt elapsed time, velocity of the vehicle, location of the vehicle based on a GPS determination and a geophysical database, and a reconnect attempt elapsed number.

13. The medium of claim 11 wherein the at least one communication condition factor is selected from a group consisting of an availability of digital coverage and an availability of analog coverage.

14. The medium of claim 11 wherein the link failure type is a bit-error rate failure.

15. The medium of claim 11 wherein the trigger is responsive to an event selected from the group consisting of a global positioning system update request, airbag deployment, and emergency assistance.

16. The medium of claim 11 wherein the trigger is responsive to an event selected from the group consisting of a user request for enrollment services, navigation assistance, directory assistance, business or residential assistance and communications assistance.

18. The medium of claim 11 wherein the link failure type is a critical data transmission failure.

19. The medium of claim 11 wherein the link failure type is an interim data transmission failure.

20. The medium of claim 11 wherein the link failure type is a voice transmission failure.

21. A system to reestablish wireless communications for a mobile vehicle, comprising:

means for receiving a trigger;

means for initiating a first communication attempt over a first communication link with a call center based on the trigger;

means for detecting a communication link failure;

means for determining at least one communication condition factor based on the failure;

means for determining at least one link failure type based on the failure;

means for determining whether to reconnect with the call center over the first communication link or a second communication link based on the at least one communication condition factor and at least one link failure type; and

means for initiating a second communication attempt over either the first communication link or second communication link based on the determination.