Patent ID: 8781512

Claim:
A communication system for communicating 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 communication system comprising: a plurality of radio systems; and a link manager; wherein: a first radio system of the plurality of radio systems wirelessly communicates with a first base station of the plurality of base stations at a first data rate; a second radio system of the plurality of radio systems wirelessly communicates with a second base station of the plurality of base stations at a second data rate; the link manager: instructs the first radio system to perform a scan that detects a data rate between the first radio system and each base station of the plurality of base stations; instructs the first radio system to establish wireless communication between the first radio system and the second base station at a third data rate; and instructs the second radio system to establish wireless communication between the second radio system and a third base station of the plurality of base stations at a fourth data rate; the third data rate is greater than the first data rate; and a sum of the first data rate and the second data rate is less than a sum of the third data rate and the fourth data rate.