Patent ID: 9439205
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of optimizing a wireless network connection in a transportation vehicle, comprising steps of: establishing a mobile wireless network connection between an onboard computing device placed in the transportation vehicle and a mobile device on a first wireless channel; identifying by the onboard computing device a blackout area in a route along which the transportation vehicle travels, the blackout area having significant wireless interference to the mobile wireless network connection on the first wireless channel; determining by the onboard computing device a second wireless channel for the mobile wireless network connection, the mobile wireless network connection on the second wireless channel experiencing less wireless interference in the blackout area than the mobile wireless network connection on the first wireless channel; and switching by the onboard computing device the mobile wireless network connection to the second wireless channel, before the transportation vehicle reaches the blackout area.