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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
Method and apparatus related to on-board message repeating for vehicle consist communications system
Eugene A. Smith, Jr., Satellite Beach, FL (US);
David Michael Peltz, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert C. Palanti, Melbourne, FL (US);
Eugene A. Smith, Jr., Satellite Beach, FL (US);
David Michael Peltz, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert C. Palanti, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A communications method for a vehicle consist () comprising a lead () and a remote (A/B/C) powered vehicle, the lead () vehicle comprising first (A) and second (B) antennas each associated with a radio, and the remote vehicle (A/B/C) comprising third (A) and fourth (B) antennas each associated with a radio. The method comprises transmitting an outbound message from the lead () vehicle, receiving the outbound message at the third antenna (A) and supplying a signal to the associated radio for producing a first received signal, and receiving the outbound message at the fourth antenna (B) and supplying a signal to the associated radio for producing a second received signal, determining a first and second signal quality metric for the respective first and second received signals, selecting the first or second received signal for processing by the remote vehicle (A/B/C) in response to the first and second signal quality metrics.