Systems and methods of facilitating portable device communications
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1. A method of facilitating communications with a base station, comprising:
- establishing primary communications links between the base station and a plurality of relay nodes, each of the plurality of relay nodes being disposed onboard a different respective one of a plurality of vehicles;
transmitting operational data from the plurality of relay nodes to at least one of the base station and at least another of the plurality of relay nodes, the operational data comprising, for each of the plurality of vehicles having a respective onboard relay node;
an indication of whether the vehicle is parked; and
based at least in part on the indication that the vehicle is parked, an amount of time that the vehicle has been parked;
determining which of the plurality of relay nodes to place in an active state based at least partially on the operational data, based at least in part on the amount of time for which each the plurality of vehicles having a respective onboard relay node has been parked; and
activating at least one of the plurality of relay nodes based on the determining of the relay nodes to be placed in the active state.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating communication with a base station. The system includes a plurality of relay nodes configured to communicate wirelessly via primary communications links with the base station and transmit operational data to the base station and/or at least another of the relay nodes. At least one controller is configured to determine which of the plurality of relay nodes to place in an active state based at least partially on the operational data.
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1. A method of facilitating communications with a base station, comprising:
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establishing primary communications links between the base station and a plurality of relay nodes, each of the plurality of relay nodes being disposed onboard a different respective one of a plurality of vehicles; transmitting operational data from the plurality of relay nodes to at least one of the base station and at least another of the plurality of relay nodes, the operational data comprising, for each of the plurality of vehicles having a respective onboard relay node; an indication of whether the vehicle is parked; and based at least in part on the indication that the vehicle is parked, an amount of time that the vehicle has been parked; determining which of the plurality of relay nodes to place in an active state based at least partially on the operational data, based at least in part on the amount of time for which each the plurality of vehicles having a respective onboard relay node has been parked; and activating at least one of the plurality of relay nodes based on the determining of the relay nodes to be placed in the active state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for facilitating communications with a base station, comprising:
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a plurality of relay nodes configured to communicate wirelessly via primary communications links with the base station and transmit operational data to at least one of the base station and at least one other of said plurality of relay nodes, wherein; each of the plurality of relay nodes is disposed onboard a different respective one of a plurality of vehicles; and the operational data comprises, for each of the plurality of vehicles having a respective onboard relay node; an indication of whether the vehicle is parked; and based at least in part on the indication that the vehicle is parked, an amount of time that the vehicle has been parked; and at least one controller configured to determine which of said plurality of relay nodes to place in an active state based at least partially on the operational data, based at least in part on the amount of time for which each of the plurality of vehicles having a respective onboard relay node has been parked. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle comprising:
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a battery; a relay node electrically connected to said battery for receiving electricity from said battery, said relay node including; at least one antenna; at least one radio electrically connected to said at least one antenna; and a controller in communication with said at least one radio and configured to communicate via a primary communications link with a base station and transmit operational data related to said relay node to the base station, the operational data comprising; an indication of whether the vehicle is parked; and based at least in part on the indication that the vehicle is parked, an amount of time that the vehicle has been parked; wherein the relay node is controlled at least in part based on the amount of time that the vehicle has been parked. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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