A wireless communication system using cells to provide wireless access to services, comprising a first base station installed on board a public transportation vehicle to provide a moving cell, and a second base station installed at a stop at which users enter or leave the vehicle, to provide a fixed cell. A central controller guides handovers of users entering or leaving the vehicle. The first and second base stations to provide data concerning users to the central controller, and the central controller, over many journeys of the vehicle, gathers profile data of users based on the data provided by the base stations. As the vehicle approaches a stop, the central controller makes predictions about users likely to enter and leave the vehicle, and, provides guidance to the first and second base stations for performing handovers.

A device may receive, via a first interface, vehicle information associated with a plurality of vehicle communication networks. The device may provide, via a second interface, a first subset of the vehicle information to a telematics device. The second interface may include an on-board diagnostics interface. The first subset of the vehicle information may be associated with one or more vehicle communication networks, of the plurality of vehicle communication networks, with which the telematics device is configured to communicate. The device may provide, via a third interface, a second subset of the vehicle information to the telematics device. The telematics device may provide the vehicle information to another device. The third interface may include a wireless interface.

A method including receiving, at a server, vessel AIS information, said AIS information including at least a vessel identifier and a vessel location. Querying a location data store in response to the vessel location, said location data store including port location information. Determining, in response to said querying, whether the vessel is in a port area or port approach area and iteratively receiving, additional AIS information which may be stored as structured data. And calculating port performance metrics in response to the location information, and transmitting those performance metrics through a network.

A system, device, and method for tracking and monitoring mobile phone usage to deter and prevent such usage and for generating an audible alarm and/or visual alarm to maintain compliance are disclosed. The system comprises a device and software on a user's mobile phone to monitor the mobile phone's usage and to prevent and/or interfere with certain of its functions while a vehicle is being operated. The device is capable of producing an audible alarm and/or visual alarm and recording information about the different states of the device, which can be transmitted to the mobile phone software. The device, in combination with the mobile phone software, can record information about certain behaviors the user engages in on the mobile phone while operating a vehicle. The system, device, and method include generating an audible alarm and/or visual alarm when the user is not complying with certain prescribed protocols.

Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for present methods and systems for managing mobility of users in a dynamically configurable communication network of moving things comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things).

A system to inhibiting mobile device function has a mobile device having one or more sensors in communication with at least one processor, wherein at least one of the sensors is an accelerometer, wherein the one or more sensors receive data, and wherein the one or more sensors instruct the at least one processor to inhibit one or more mobile device functions based on the received data. Further, a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the one or more sensors identify a location of the mobile device relative to the vehicle.

Devices, computer-readable media, and methods are disclosed for assigning a service to a vehicle-based mobile node. For example, a processor deployed in a communication network may receive a request for the service from a mobile endpoint device, determine a route of the mobile endpoint device, determine a route of the vehicle-based mobile node, and assign the service to the vehicle-based mobile node when the route of the mobile endpoint device and the route of the vehicle-based mobile node coincide.

An automobile intelligent control instrument and an intelligent management system based on Internet of Things and belongs to an automobile instrument includes: a master controller of the automobile intelligent control instrument terminal based on the Internet of Things, wherein the master controller of the automobile intelligent control instrument terminal based on the Internet of Things is respectively accessed to many function modules inside an automobile and is further accessed to an information safety management module. The information safety management module is accessed to a signal base station, which is accessed to a remote control terminal. The master controller of the automobile intelligent control instrument terminal based on the Internet of Things transmits various data and control commands to the remote control terminal through the information safety management module and a mobile communication module.

Embodiments of the invention relate to methods for providing information relevant to using a public transportation system (PTS), the method comprising: receiving data relevant to the PTS responsive to a first user while the first user is using the PTS; and providing data relevant to the PTS to at least one of the first and a second user responsive to the received data. The received data may relate to at least one of physically relevant features and socially relevant features of the PTS. Providing data relevant to the PTS may comprise displaying information on a map comprising at least one icon indicative of a PTS vehicle and at a route of travel.

The relation between realization effort for a positioning system on the one hand and positioning accuracy on the other hand is improved by using, for determining the position of a mobile portable device, two sensors within the device, namely one sensor for detecting the movement of the mobile portable device as well as one sensor for detecting the approximation of the mobile portable device to one or several reference beacons, wherein, from a knowledge of a position of the one or several reference beacons by means of data provided by the sensor detecting the movement, the position of the mobile portable device relative to the one or several reference beacons is calculated.