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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2010
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Robert Foy, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian Mcmanus, Melbourne, FL (US);
Stephen Smith, Melbourne, FL (US);
John Brand, Melbourne, FL (US);
Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Kevin Kapp, Melbourne, FL (US);
Kaitlyn Hrdlicka, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Robert Foy, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian McManus, Melbourne, FL (US);
Stephen Smith, Melbourne, FL (US);
John Brand, Melbourne, FL (US);
Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Kevin Kapp, Melbourne, FL (US);
Kaitlyn Hrdlicka, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A communication system for a rail vehicle consist includes antenna modules, routing modules, and an arbitration module. The antenna modules are disposed at spaced apart locations and receive a trip profile from an off-board device. The trip profile is related to tractive and/or braking effort supplied by one or more powered units of the rail vehicle consist. The routing modules are disposed on the powered units and are communicatively coupled with the antenna modules. The routing modules are communicatively coupled with a network connection extending along the rail vehicle consist between the powered units. The arbitration module is communicatively coupled with the routing modules by the network connection. The routing modules transmit the received trip profile to the arbitration module. The arbitration module reconstitutes the trip profile into a message that is transmitted to a propulsion subsystem of one or more of the powered units.