Patent ID: 8274405

Claim:
A method of managing a Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) network in a vehicle having a primary DSRC system, the method comprising: detecting a secondary DSRC system that is operating in proximity to the vehicle; transmitting a suppression notice from the primary DSRC system to the secondary DSRC system in response to detecting the secondary DSRC system, where the suppression notice conveys an instruction to the secondary DSRC system to suspend DSRC transmissions of the secondary DSRC system, wherein the suppression notice comprises a time period after which the secondary DSRC system is permitted to resume DSRC transmissions; and suspending, at the secondary DSRC system in response to the instruction conveyed in the suppression notice, DSRC transmissions of the secondary DSRC system; wherein suspending, at the secondary DSRC system in response to the instruction conveyed in the suppression notice, DSRC transmissions of the secondary DSRC system, comprises: causing the secondary DSRC system to enter a suspended operational state in response to the instruction conveyed in the suppression notice, wherein the secondary DSRC system suspends DSRC operations of the secondary DSRC system and does not transmit DSRC transmissions during the suspended operational state to prevent interference with DSRC transmissions of the primary DSRC system.