Patent ID: 8326359

Claim:
A reconfigurable wireless modem adapter, comprising: a control board having at least two interfaces for a respective at least two dissimilar modems, wherein the control board is configured to communicatively couple to at least one onboard system in a vehicle, and wherein the control board is configured to activate a selected one of the at least two dissimilar modems interfaced to one of the at least two interfaces; and a radio frequency switch communicatively coupled to the control board via at least the selected one of the at least two dissimilar modems, wherein the radio frequency switch is configured to communicatively couple at least one antenna on the vehicle to the selected modem, so that when the control board is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system, when the control board activates the selected one of the at least two dissimilar modems, and when the radio frequency switch is communicatively coupled to the at least one antenna, the at least one antenna is communicatively coupled to the at least one onboard system via the selected one of the at least two dissimilar modems, wherein control logic receives the information indicative of the selected one of the at least two dissimilar modems and configures a data multiplexer based on the received information to activate the selected one of the at least two dissimilar modems.