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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Lonnie J Devier, Kobe, JP;
N Keith Lay, Cranberry, PA (US);
Satish M Shetty, Murrysville, PA (US);
Adam J Gudat, Edelstein, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A communications system and method for fleets of earthworking machines. The system and method includes a global communications level for communicating over long range distances, at least one site communications level for communicating over medium range distances, and at least one theater communications level for communicating over short range distances. The system and method also includes at least one local communications level for communicating between earthworking machines, and a fleet manager for coordinating communications of the earthworking machines as a function of at least one of the global communications level, the site communications level, the theater communications level, and the local communications level.