US Patent 11191112 Vehicle communication system

The vehicle communication system includes a management server and an in-vehicle communication device. The management server manages a plurality of access points for communication relay. The in-vehicle communication device is mounted on a vehicle and is capable of wirelessly communicating with the access points. The in-vehicle communication device transmits, for example, travel route information indicating a travel route to a destination of the vehicle to the management server. The management server transmits access point information indicating the access points connectable, to the in-vehicle communication device using the travel route information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device and a congestion level of the access point. The in-vehicle communication device connects to the access point using the access point information transmitted from the management server.