Patent ID: 9037178
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a communication system to communicate with a plurality of base stations, the communication system positioned onboard a vehicle, the base stations positioned at a location, communication occurring while the vehicle is positioned on the ground at the location, the method comprising: determining the respective interval of each timer of a plurality of timers in accordance with a quality of a link between a radio system associated with each timer and one base station of the plurality of base stations, each timer associated with one radio system of a plurality of radio systems, each timer provides a notice in accordance with an expiration of a respective interval; responsive to receiving the notice from any one timer, instructing the radio system associated with the timer that provided the notice to perform a scan to determine a respective data rate of the link between the radio system associated with the timer and each base station of the plurality of base stations; and instructing each radio system to communicate with a particular base station so that the sum of the respective data rates between the radios and the base stations is a maximum.