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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2023
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Padam Dhoj Swar, Clarksburg, MD (US);
Carl L. Haas, Walkersville, MD (US);
Brian Kurz, Thurmont, MD (US);
Richard S. Klemanski, Walkersville, MD (US);
Daniel Mcgee, Alexandria, VA (US);
James Cowan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A communication system may include communication devices configured to be onboard vehicles in a multi-vehicle system. Each of the communication devices may operate in a lead mode, a repeater mode, or a trail mode. The communication devices operating in the lead mode may transmit a command signal to control movement of the multi-vehicle system. The communication devices operating in the repeater mode may re-transmit the command signal received from the one or more communication devices operating in the lead mode. The communication devices operating in the trail mode may receive the command signal received from the one or more communication devices operating in the lead mode or in the repeater mode. Each of the communication devices may be remotely switched between the lead mode or the trail mode to the repeater mode.