Patent ID: 9689697
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G01C

Claim:
1. A method for operating a navigation system of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of: receiving an input by an input device of the navigation system, a destination being indicated by way of the input; determining at least one conceivable route from a starting position to the destination by an arithmetic device of the navigation system based on filed map data; receiving, by the arithmetic device, network coverage map data from a first wireless communication network; determining, by the arithmetic device for at least one route section of the at least one conceivable route, a parameter of a second wireless communication network based on the received network coverage map data, wherein the second wireless communication network is independent of the first wireless communication network; and displaying the parameter of the second wireless communication network on a display of the navigation system in a map representation; establishing a communication connection by way of a communication device of the motor vehicle to the second wireless communication network, independently of the first wireless communication network, during a navigation to the destination along a selected navigation route; detecting, by way of the navigation system, the established communication connection to the second wireless communication network; checking, by the arithmetic device, the parameter of the second wireless communication network on a route section situated ahead, wherein checking the parameter occurs after and in response to detecting the established communication connection; and displaying, on the display, information based on the detection and the parameter of the second communication network on the route section situated ahead.