Patent ID: 9565625
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A system, comprising a computer including a processor in a first vehicle and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the processor is programmed to: receive, via a radio frequency communications circuit in the first vehicle communicatively coupled with the processor via a wired vehicle network, data mapping one or more predicted signal metrics for each of one or more types of wireless communications within a geographic area; determine an availability of the first vehicle communicating with a second vehicle; select, for the first vehicle travelling along a planned path within the geographic area, based on one or more optimization targets, a respective one of the types of communications to be used respectively for each of one or more areas along the planned path, the types of communications including the first vehicle communicating with the second vehicle; and activate the selected type of communications when the first vehicle is within the respective area.