Patent ID: 9258173
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B60L,B60R,G06F,G07C,G08G,H04B,H04L,H04N,H04W,Y02D,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A wireless communication network operable in an automotive vehicle comprises: a plurality of wireless network node modules in the automotive vehicle; and a network manager in the automotive vehicle operable to coordinate wireless communication of a plurality of packets among the plurality of wireless network node modules based on a wireless channel mapping, wherein the wireless channel mapping includes: a permanent allocation of at least one channel of a set of channels for one or more of the plurality of packets when a source or a destination of the one or more of the plurality of packets is a safety critical automotive vehicle device; a non-permanent allocation of at least one channel of the set of channels for the one or more of the plurality of packets when the source or the destination of the one or more of the plurality of packets is a non-safety critical automotive vehicle device; and an allocation of the set of channels in a cellular pattern among a plurality of regions within the wireless communication network of the automotive vehicle to reduce channel interference from overlapping channel use in different ones of the plurality of regions within the wireless communication network of the automotive vehicle.