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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert James Foy, Melbourne, FL (US);
David Michael Peltz, Melbourne, FL (US);
Eugene Smith, Melbourne, FL (US);
Steven Andrew Kellner, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian William Schroeck, Melbourne, FL (US);
Keith Gilbertson, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Wolfgang Daum, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A communication system includes a first wireless communication device disposed onboard a vehicle system having two or more propulsion-generating vehicles that are mechanically interconnected with each other. The communication system also includes a controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle system and operatively connected with the first wireless communication device in order to control operations of the device. The controller is configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and an onboard communication mode. When the first wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode, the device is configured to receive remote data signals from a location that is disposed off-board of the vehicle system. When the first wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode, the device is configured to communicate local data signals between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system.