CPC H04L 5/0064 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1607 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/46 (2018.02)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
identifying a first signal to be provided to a teleoperations system by a vehicle, wherein the first signal includes data, the vehicle configured to operate autonomously or semi-autonomously, the teleoperations system being configured to remotely operate the vehicle;
determining a first amount of bandwidth, the first amount of bandwidth being associated with the first signal;
determining a second amount of bandwidth, the second amount of bandwidth associated with a plurality of modems, the plurality of modems being included on the vehicle to enable the vehicle to communicate with the system, the plurality of modems being associated with a plurality of service providers, wherein the second amount of bandwidth is an approximately total amount of available bandwidth associated with the plurality of modems;
verifying whether the second amount of bandwidth is sufficient to transmit the first signal;
upon verifying that the second amount of bandwidth is sufficient to transmit the first signal, dividing the first signal into a first plurality of portions based at least on the first amount of bandwidth and the second amount bandwidth;
providing the first plurality of portions to the plurality of modems for transmission from the vehicle to the system; and
transmitting the first plurality of portions to the system using the plurality of modems and a plurality of channels, the plurality of channels being associated with the plurality of modems.
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