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Wireless time pulse distribution for autonomous vehicles

Grant US12580724B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC

Inventors

Joseph Brassard

Abstract

Systems and techniques are provided for an autonomous vehicle (AV) to select a mobile network. An example method can include establishing a connection between the AV and a mobile device associated with a passenger of the AV; identifying, using the connection, a first mobile network associated with the mobile device; determining that the first mobile network associated with the mobile device is different than a second mobile network associated with the AV; determining, based on a first network indicator associated with the first mobile network and a second network indicator associated with the second mobile network, that the first mobile network is preferable to the second mobile network; and initiating a mobile connection between the AV and the first mobile network.

CPC Classifications

H04L 7/0091 G04R 20/04

Filing Date

2024-01-02

Application No.

18402392

Claims

18