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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2024
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Michael Jordan Kilkenny, Peoria, IL (US);
Matthew Lee Boggs, Metamora, IL (US);
Daniel Mark Jessup, Thorney, GB;
Keith Nicholas Troisi, Dunlap, IL (US);
Michael David Smith, Huntingdon, GB;
Jared James Brodbeck, Metamora, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a ring communication network, including providing a management device having a first processor, a first memory, a first communicator, and a computer program stored in the first memory and capable of running on the first processor; providing a network device having a network processor, a network memory, and a network communicator; disposing an auxiliary memory in the network device; organizing the management device and the network device to form the ring communication network; determining a location of the auxiliary memory in the ring communication network; and assigning a transmission direction such that a transmission distance between the management device and the auxiliary memory is minimized.