Abstract: A FrontHaul Multiplexer (FHM) for relaying communications between a signal processing device and a plurality of radio devices includes a storage unit that stores a table in which device identification information of each of the plurality of radio devices is associated with beam identification information assigned to the radio device; a scheduling information reception unit that receives, from the signal processing device, scheduling information of a user terminal performing radio communications with the plurality of radio devices; a determination unit that acquires from the table the device identification information associated with the beam identification information of uplink included in the scheduling information and then determines from the acquired device identification information the radio device in charge of the user terminal; and a transmission unit that transmits to the signal processing device an uplink signal transmitted from the determined radio device.

Abstract: Described herein is a system for drone defense, comprising at least one jammer and at least one radio detector, wherein the jammer is set up to send an interference signal over a frequency range, and the radio detector is set up to detect a radio control signal of a drone, the frequency range of the interference signal comprises a carrier frequency of the radio control signal or a GPS signal, wherein the jammer is configured to temporarily interrupt the interference signal and the radio detector is configured to receive the interference signal, detect the interruptions and detect the radio control signal of the drone within the interruptions of the interference signal.

Abstract: A method is provided. In some examples, the method includes receiving, at a sequencer circuit of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a first request to perform a first conversion. In addition, the method includes determining, by the sequencer circuit, that the ADC is not busy. The method further includes responsive to determining that the ADC is not busy, and by the sequencer circuit, causing the ADC to perform the first conversion. The method also includes receiving, at the sequencer circuit, a second request to perform a second conversion. The method includes determining, by the sequencer circuit, that the ADC is busy and, responsive to determining that the ADC is busy, and by the sequencer circuit, waiting to cause the ADC to perform the second conversion.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence engine is trained via a historical data set derived from communication events to and from mobile platforms under various environmental conditions. The artificial intelligence engine makes dynamic predictions about optimum available communications assets and settings over the entire available frequency spectrum. The artificial intelligence engine may determine and store a quality metric associated with each prediction. Such stored data is used to refine the artificial intelligence engine’s predictive algorithms. The artificial intelligence engine is trained via analysis of linear and / or nonlinear equations, including partial differential equations, associating various factors to potential communication channels.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improved geolocation in a low power wide area network are disclosed. One example method may include receiving an instruction to determine a geolocation of an end in a low power wide area network. An instruction may be transmitted to the end node for the end node to transmit a high-energy geolocation signal at a power of about 0.5 Watt to about 1 Watt. The end node may transmit the high-energy geolocation signal and a plurality of gateways of the low power wide area network may receive the high-energy geolocation signal. A plurality of receipt times may be identified. Each receipt time may be indicative of the time at which the high-energy geolocation signal was received by the respective gateway of the plurality of gateways. Based at least in part on the plurality of receipt times, a geolocation of the end node may be determined.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE) may receive, on a downlink channel, a configuration defining a search space for a downlink control channel. The UE may receive, on the downlink channel, a message including an indication of occupied control resources within the search space. Based on the indication, the UE may monitor a modified version of the search space for a downlink control information (DCI) block. The UE may receive, on the downlink control channel, the DCI block based on the monitoring.

Abstract: A handheld countermeasure device is disclosed herein. The device can include a hand-held form factor body. The device can include disruption components, a directional antenna, and a processor. The disruption components can be configured to generate a disruptive signal. The directional antenna can be configured to emit the disruptive signal. The processor can be configured to determine a position of the handheld countermeasure device based on a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal. The processor can be configured to load a device profile for the handheld countermeasure device based on the position of the handheld countermeasure device.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for identifying indications of an attack on a cellular network. The method includes one or more processors scanning a geographic area of a cellular network, wherein the geographic area includes a plurality of transceivers of the cellular network. The method further includes identifying a symptom that impacts a transceiver of the cellular network based at least in part on connectivity between a computing device and the plurality transceivers of the cellular network. The method further includes performing one or more assessments on the transceiver of the cellular network impacted by the symptom. The method further includes determining whether the symptom of the cellular network is associated with an attack on the cellular network based at least in part on the one or more assessments.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting, localizing, and classifying RF signals via probability analysis in the decision space include receiving a wideband IQ sample stream and performing a probability analysis to isolate noise from the magnitude spectrum. Derived probability information is used for RF detection and localization. The probability analysis is a Bayesian probability analysis and the detection and localization algorithm is a modified “you only look once” (YOLO) algorithm.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficient deployment of nodes in a network includes obtaining first data that indicates first locations of nodes in a network and terrain data that indicates height of terrain at terrain locations. The method further includes determining an exploration region for a first node and dividing the exploration region into subregions. The method further includes determining a proxy location for each subregion that is a location corresponding to a characteristic of the terrain data in the subregion. The method further includes determining a value of a parameter that indicates a contribution of the first node at each proxy location to network fitness. The method further includes assigning a second location to the first node based on the determined parameter value at each proxy location. The method further includes relocating the first node from the first location to the second location.

Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method may include classifying feedback received for a first downlink transmission over a shared radio frequency spectrum band; identifying an interference parameter for a subsequent downlink transmission; and scheduling the subsequent downlink transmission based at least in part on feedback classified in a feedback category associated with the identified interference parameter for the subsequent downlink transmission. The feedback may be classified in one of a plurality of feedback categories, and the classifying may be based at least in part on an interference parameter for the first downlink transmission. A second method may include identifying an interference parameter for a first downlink transmission received over a shared radio frequency spectrum band; generating feedback for the first downlink transmission; and sending, to a base station, the feedback along with an indication of the interference parameter.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for identifying one or more authorized signal characteristic associated with at least one authorized RF signal, receiving at least one incoming RF signal having one or more incoming signal characteristic, identifying the one or more incoming signal characteristic, determining a presence of the unauthorized RF device based on at least one of the one or more authorized signal characteristic or the one or more incoming signal characteristic, and activating an alarm in response to determining the presence of the unauthorized RF device.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a novel system and method to detect and estimate the time-frequency span of wireless signals present in a wideband RF spectrum. In preferred embodiments, the Faster RCNN deep learning architecture is used to detect the presence of wireless transmitters from the spectrogram images plotted by searching for rectangular shapes of any size, then localize the time and frequency information from the output of the FRCNN deep learning architecture.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for producing nulls in a wideband jamming signal at specific frequency bands. A nulling signal is determined, either as a modification to one or more of the combined signals, or a separately determined nulling signal generated by combine a separate set of signals. The nulling signal is produced via feedback based on the output of the wideband jamming signal. Alternatively, a trained neural network outputs a nulling signal based on the wideband jamming signal and a desired availability band.

Abstract: A method in a wireless device comprises monitoring one or more aspects of signaling with a network for abnormal signals indicative of network jamming. The method comprises detecting, based on the monitored one or more aspects of signaling with the network, one or more abnormal signals indicative of network jamming.

Abstract: A communications system and methods for covert communications are provided. A first transmitter that transmits an information carrying signal to a target receiver, a second transmitter and a third transmitter transmit jamming signals to the target receiver, such that the information carrying signals and the jamming signals are interleaved when received by the target receiver The information carrying signals and the jamming signals can be at least partially overlapping by an eavesdropper.

Abstract: A wireless communication device and a dynamic anti-interference method for the same are provided. The device includes at least two wireless communication circuits. When the method operates in the wireless communication device, the device monitors activities of every wireless communication circuit through a clear channel assessment method for acquiring signal strength of every wireless communication circuit. The assessment allows the device to perform a corresponding anti-interference measure for each of the wireless communication circuits. For example, when the device acknowledges that a second wireless communication circuit of the device starts to work as a first wireless communication circuit transmits or receives signals, the device controls a receiver or a transmitter of the second wireless communication circuit to perform an anti-interference measure such as a gain control for a receiver or power adjustment for a transmitter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a communication device (8) for wirelessly communicating with a sensor (4). The communication device (8) comprises a receiver for receiving signals, an amplifier for amplifying the received signals, a transmitter for transmitting signals, and a controller. The controller is operable in a first mode in which signal strength values are determined over time, which are indicative of a strength of an amplified received signal, and in a second mode in which signal transmission and reception are controlled based on the determined signal strength values. The determined signal strength values can be indicative of, for instance, a saturation of the amplifier caused by a transmission operation of another, neighboring communication device such that, by considering the determined signal strength values, the transmission carried out by the communication device (8) can be synchronized with the corresponding operation of the neighboring communication device. This can lead to reduced disturbances.

Abstract: An analog tamper-detection apparatus (ATAMP) for onboard analysis of a target device includes a plurality of antennas, each antenna of the plurality of antennas disposed within the target device and being electrically isolated from components of the target device. The ATAMP device further includes radio frequency (RF) front-end (RFFE) transmitter circuitry coupled to the plurality of antennas, the RFFE transmitter circuitry configured to illuminate the target device with a plurality of electromagnetic signals emitted via the plurality of antennas, to generate a plurality of mixed RF signals. The ATAMP device further includes RFFE receiver circuitry configured to receive emissions from the target device based on the mixed RF signals, and processing circuitry configured to perform subsequent analysis and evaluation of the target device based on the received emissions. The processing circuitry further generates a notification of the subsequent analysis and evaluation.

Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying occupied areas of a radio frequency (RF) spectrum, identifying areas within that RF spectrum that are unusable for further transmissions, and identifying areas within that RF spectrum that are occupied but that may nonetheless be available for additional RF transmissions are provided. Implementation of the method then systems can include the use of multiple deep neural networks (DNNs), such as convolutional neural networks (CNN's), that are provided with inputs in the form of RF spectrograms. Embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to cognitive radios or other configurable communication devices, including but not limited to multiple inputs multiple output (MIMO) devices and 5G communication system devices.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, systems, and machine-readable mediums for a dynamic shield system of cellular signals for an antenna of an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. An example method may include receiving a navigation route for an unmanned aerial vehicle to execute during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle and determining an orientation of a radio signal shield for an antenna of the unmanned aerial vehicle using ground level signal propagation information of radio signals for a network and the navigation route, wherein the radio signal shield prevents the radio signals from being received by the antenna from directions based on the orientation. The method may further include adjusting the radio signal shield using the orientation and communicating with a cellular base station of the network using the antenna.

Abstract: A portable countermeasure device is provided comprising one or more directional antennae, one or more disruption components and at least one activator. The portable countermeasure device further comprises a body having a dual-grip configuration, with the directional antennae are affixed to a removable plate on a front portion of the body. The one or more disruption components may be internally mounted within the device body. The dual-grip configuration allows an operator to use his body to steady and support the device while maintaining the antenna on target. The second grip is positioned adjacent the first grip, with the first grip angled toward the rear of the device and the second grip angled toward the front of the device. The portable countermeasure device is aimed at a specific drone, the activator is engaged, and disruptive signals are directed toward the drone, disrupting the control, navigation, and other signals to and from the drone.

Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for providing a storage service for mobile nodes in a roadway area. A method may include a vehicle communicatively coupled to a mobile node via a non-infrastructure network, wherein the vehicle and the mobile node are present in a roadway area which is partitioned into a plurality of roadway regions which are predetermined and known to the vehicle and the mobile node. The method may include transmitting, by the vehicle via the non-infrastructure network, a wireless message to the mobile node, wherein the wireless message includes content including one or more of an instance of spatial key data describing a particular roadway region of the roadway environment and an identifier of a value stored in a memory present in the particular roadway region described by the spatial data. The method may include receiving, by the mobile node via the non-infrastructure network, the wireless message.

Abstract: A method for sensor provisioning in a wireless sensor network includes determining, at a gateway, that no neighboring gateway is present; in response to no neighboring gateway present, measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors; based on the measured signal strengths, identifying a sensor from the plurality of sensors to be paired with the gateway; and in response to identifying the sensor, pairing the gateway and the sensor to enable a secured connection between the gateway and the sensor.

Abstract: Examples associated with interference generation are described. One example system includes a personal digital assistant. A listening device in the system may receive voice input to control the personal digital assistant. An interference generator integrated with the listening device may generate a noise pattern to prevent the listening device from receiving voice input. An interface for the interference generator may allow a user to activate and deactivate the interference generator and provide a visual indicator describing whether the interference generator is active.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radio frequency communication and jamming device configured for physically secured friendly radio frequency communication and for jamming hostile radio frequency communication, the radio frequency communication and jamming device including: an antenna arrangement having a transmission section for transmitting outgoing signals and a receiving section for receiving incoming signals; a receiver device configured for extracting an incoming information signal from the incoming signals received via the receiving section of the antenna arrangement in a receiving frequency band; a jamming generator configured for generating at least one jamming signal for jamming at least one jamming frequency band, wherein the jamming signal is transmitted as one of the outgoing signals via the transmission section, wherein the at least one jamming frequency band includes the receiving frequency band; and a self-interference cancellation device configured for cancelling portions of the at least one jamming signal in t

Abstract: Embodiments for a method and apparatus are described for non-linear noise cancelation and in phase quadrature (I/Q) modulation error correction. The embodiments include receiving a signal, the signal including a plurality of data segments. A first data segment in the received signal is demodulated and decoded to produce a recovered segment of a bitstream. At least one correction factor is applied to a first demodulation support element and a second demodulation support element during demodulation of a second data segment in the received signal. The correction factor is determined based on the received first data segment and a representation of the first data segment reconstructed from the recovered segment of the bitstream.

Abstract: A jamming device includes a periodic signal generating circuit configured to generate a periodic signal, a noise generating circuit configured to generate a noise signal, and a sweep-signal generating circuit coupled to the periodic signal generating circuit and the noise generating circuit. The sweep-signal generating circuit is configured to generate a frequency-sweep signal based on the periodic signal and the noise signal.

Abstract: A method of alerting a user to information includes receiving a notification while a portable electronic device is in communication with a second electronic device, queuing the notification, terminating the communication between the portable electronic device and the second electronic device, and playing an audible alert of the notification after terminating the communication.

Abstract: A call setup method and associated apparatus discloses sending a first message to a network device, wherein the first message is used by the electronic device to request to set up an outgoing call; receiving a second message sent by the network device, wherein the second message is used by the electronic device to set up an incoming call; caching the second message when the electronic device is in a call initiation state; releasing the outgoing call based on an indication message received from the network device and setting up the incoming call.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a traffic analysis service receives payload data from packets sent by a sensor tag in a network. The service forms a payload signature for the sensor tag, based on the payload data. The payload signature is indicative of one or more bytes in the payload that vary across the packets. The service identifies a portion of the payload data as potentially including a sensor measurement, based on the payload signature. The service uses a machine learning classifier to assign a sensor measurement type to the identified portion of the payload data.

Abstract: A method for jamming airborne SAR radar implemented by a jamming device includes at least two cooperating units surrounding an area on the ground to be protected, at least two units providing a radar-detection function and at least one unit providing a radar-jamming function, each unit being interlinked by a two-way data link and being synchronized by a common clock, the method comprises a step of identifying the signals received and whether the received signals correspond to SAR signals; a step of characterizing the received SAR signal over a short duration; a step of computing a filter adapted to the signal; a step of carrying out pulse compression of the signal; a step of iteratively periodically characterizing the signal over a long duration; a step of computing the jamming signals to be transmitted; a step of transmitting the jamming signals.

Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a protected, multi-hop, extensible channel of wireless communication using IoT devices are disclosed. A plurality of IoT devices may relay, via hardware and/or software embedded in each device, wireless messages from one device to another. The IoT devices may form a chain, each IoT device within wireless communication range of at least one other IoT device. The chain may be extended by adding IoT devices to the chain. A message may hop from one IoT device in the chain to the next, and may ultimately be transmitted across the full span of the chain. Hardware and/or software in each IoT device may emit an electromagnetic masking signal at each hop. The masking signal may introduce electromagnetic noise into the environment and protect the message from interception.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device, includes: a receiver configured to receive a first frame a transmitter address of which is an address of a first wireless communication device and a receiver address of which is an address of the wireless communication device; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second frame generated using a first address process in response to receipt of the first frame. The first address process is a process to set a first value in a first region in a receiver address field of the second frame. The first value is a value different from values settable in first regions in addresses of the first wireless communication device and another wireless communication device capable of receiving the second frame.

Abstract: An assembly of a standard RFID/NFC element and a scrambling element for outputting wireless noise in response to a wireless request signal from a terminal, such as NFC, RFID or the like. The scrambling element has a noise generating circuit and an antenna for receiving the request signal and outputting a voltage. The scrambling element further comprises a voltage increasing element receiving the voltage from the antenna and feeding a higher voltage to the circuit to have the circuit start operation faster than the circuit of the standard RFID/NFC element.

Abstract: Two ambient backscatter modulation methods and embodiments are disclosed, pseudo FSK and shifted BPSK. Embodiments of a receiver of signals for those modulations are also disclosed. Both methods disclosed allow for frequency-based networking of multiple backscatter devices when signals from an ambient, modulated radio frequency (RF) source are used for illumination. Disclosed method and apparatus exploit the inherent variation of the ambient modulated illuminating signal and offers performance improvement. Aspects of the disclosed invention also provide methods for passive jamming of full duplex transceivers and methods for assisting RF source localization.

Abstract: A method for monitoring mobile communication and generating alerts associated with targeted content. A monitored user's mobile communication device forwards an incoming or outgoing communication to a monitoring user's mobile communication device. The monitored user's or monitoring user's mobile communication device generates an alert if it is determined that the incoming or outgoing communication contains targeted content, and an alert is provided on the monitoring user's mobile communication device.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method for repelling a detectable drone, whose flight control and/or whose drone flight path can be influenced by repulsion measures, wherein a repulsion space is defined as a part of the airspace, and wherein the flight control and/or the drone flight path of a drone located in the repulsion space is influenced.

Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)-based photonic radar architecture is disclosed. The WDM-based photonic radar incorporates a WDM photonic input of N component wavelengths modulated by an IF-LFM input signal and its 90-degree phased counterpart. The modulated WDM photonic signal is split one branch sent to a photodetector for generation of an RF outbound signal and transmission of the signal, which is reflected by a target and received as an RF echo signal after a time delay. The other branch has each component wavelength time-adjusted by a second time delay for each wavelength. The resulting time-delayed WDM photonic signal is modulated again based on the received RF echo signal and split into wavelength selective channels. Filters in each channel extract two adjacent photonic signals converted to RF output signals by photodetectors. RF filters select a single RF signal for processing based on the closest difference between the two time delays.

Abstract: Various embodiments are presented for providing customized and adaptive massaging in vehicle seats. A method for providing customized and adaptive massaging in vehicle seats is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving profile information associated with an occupant of a seat of a vehicle; receiving a current driving mode of the vehicle, selecting a massage setting for the seat based on the profile information and the current driving mode, and massaging the occupant of the seat based on the massage setting.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for managing predetermined functions on a mobile device within a moving vehicle, the mobile device having an operating system (OS) that includes an event API installed therein that is configured for two-way communication with an external control device, the control device being installed within the vehicle and further configured to communicate with a software application installed and running in memory resident on the mobile device. In response to initiation of a predetermined function on the mobile device, a notification message is transmitted by the event API to the control device. The control device then communicates with the software application to determine a desired action for the mobile device to take with respect to the predetermined function. The control device then instructs the mobile device on the action to take on the predetermined function by transmitting an action message to the event API.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, systems, and machine-readable mediums for a dynamic shield system of cellular signals for an antenna of an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. An example method may include receiving a navigation route for an unmanned aerial vehicle to execute during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle and determining an orientation of a radio signal shield for an antenna of the unmanned aerial vehicle using ground level signal propagation information of radio signals for a network and the navigation route, wherein the radio signal shield prevents the radio signals from being received by the antenna from directions based on the orientation. The method may further include adjusting the radio signal shield using the orientation and communicating with a cellular base station of the network using the antenna.

Abstract: A method of adjusting a link in a wireless communication system is described. The method includes monitoring a communication channel by a network device in a wireless local area network. The method also includes detecting a signal identified as being transmitted by an unmanned aerial vehicle on the communication channel. The method further includes transmitting a signal with a duty cycle having a predetermined value in the communication channel and monitoring a received signal strength indicator of the signal identified from the unmanned aerial vehicle. In some embodiments, the transmitted signal includes one or more of an interference signal, a de-authentication frame, and a disassociation frame.

Abstract: A method and system of reliably detecting a reactive jamming attack and estimating the jammer's listening interval for exploitation by a communication system comprises channelizing one or more signals of interest (SOI), channelizing one or more signals of unknown origin (SUO), identifying frequency support patterns for the SOI and SUO using Bayes thresholds, comparing SOI and SUO detection map histories, and determining a percent match, where a match percentage above a specified minimum indicates a reactive attack. Edge detection can be used to enhance jammer support. Embodiments further detect reactive jammer adaptation to changes in the SOI's frequency support. Embodiments include detectors that are insensitive to jammer modulation and/or signal type. A jammer reaction delay and/or size and periodicity of receive window can be detected. Embodiments determine if a jammer is copying and retransmitting the SOI's waveform(s), and/or if the jammer is anticipatory.

Abstract: Provided is an on-board communication system that can prevent a communication line from being occupied due to repetitive transmission of an unauthorized message. The on-board communication system includes a plurality of interconnected ECUs and a monitoring device including: a determination processing unit to determine whether a message is an authorized message; a discard processing unit to perform processing for discarding an unauthorized message; a storage unit to store the ID of the discarded message; and a notification processing unit to perform processing for outputting, an ACK signal indicating that the reception of the message is complete. The discard processing unit does not discard a message with the same ID as that stored in the storage unit. Each of the ECUs stores the ID added to a message subjected to the discard processing, and prohibits processing of a message with the same ID as that stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A method for sensor provisioning in a wireless sensor network includes determining, at a gateway, that no neighboring gateway is present; in response to no neighboring gateway present, measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors; based on the measured signal strengths, identifying a sensor from the plurality of sensors to be paired with the gateway; and in response to identifying the sensor, pairing the gateway and the sensor to enable a secured connection between the gateway and the sensor.

Abstract: A wireless terminal having a user interface comprising: i) a cellular transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular network and to receive therefrom an incoming text message from a calling party; ii) a personal area network PAN transceiver configured to communicate with a vehicle PAN transceiver associated with a vehicle; iii) a controller configured to determine when the vehicle is moving and to place the wireless terminal in a DRIVE mode. During DRIVE mode, the controller detects receipt of the incoming text message by the cellular transceiver and is further configured to prevent the text message from being displayed to the driver on the user interface of the wireless terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to live support integration in a virtual machine based development environment. According to one embodiment, a method generally includes obtaining, by a virtual machine in the virtual machine based development environment, a token from a secure location. In some embodiments, upon determining, that the token is authentic, the virtual machine determines system configuration information relating to the virtual machine. In certain embodiments, the virtual machine establishes a communication channel with a remote support device using the token. The establishing may comprise transmitting, by the virtual machine, the system configuration information to the remote support device and enabling two-way communication between the virtual machine and the remote support device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a jamming device for jamming a frequency hopping signal, the jamming device comprising at least one receiving antenna configured to receive signals in the signal spectrum of the frequency hopping signal, an emission detection unit configured to detect relevant emissions in the received signals that pertain to the frequency hopping signal, and an effectivity analysis unit configured to determine and output the effectivity of the emission detection unit based on the number of detected relevant emissions and an expected number of relevant emissions of the frequency hopping signal. Further, the present invention provides a respective jamming method.

Abstract: A vehicle safety function is installed and operative in the vehicle electronics. The vehicle function is implemented via a texting-safety logic inside the vehicle electronics. The texting-safety logic when the vehicle exceeds a threshold speed outputs an RF signal with a texting-safety code. The texting-safety code is picked up by a smart phone in the vehicle to alert the driver about the danger of texting and/or disable the texting feature in the phone while the vehicle is being driven.