Patent ID: 8380190
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for location-based tuning for a mobile wireless platform, the method comprising: a computer assigning a first channel, for communication with one or more stationary wireless devices on a route being traveled by the mobile wireless platform, to one or more mobile wireless devices on the mobile wireless platform in accordance with historic data for a location and a time of day; the computer determining a location of the mobile wireless platform on the route being traveled by the mobile wireless platform, wherein the location is a portion of the route in which one or more of a plurality of wireless networks in a wireless environment along the route are functional and in which one or more channels cause interference with the mobile wireless platform; the computer receiving, from a forward sensing receiver located on the mobile wireless platform, sensor data within a boundary limit of the forward sensing receiver regarding the one or more wireless networks and the one or more channels, and in response, the computer changing the first channel to a second channel; and the computer, receiving a command from an external sensor at the location, and in response, the computer changing the second channel to a third channel.