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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2013
Electro-motive Diesel, Inc., La Grange, IL (US);
Secure Communications Systems Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Mark Alan Fanara, Blue Springs, MO (US);
James Robert Luecke, Buckeye, AZ (US);
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Secure Communications Systems Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for determining communication paths in a trainline communication network utilized by a consist has a processor configured to determine direct data transmission metrics for one locomotive of the consist. The processor receives direct data transmission metrics for the remaining locomotives of the consist and determines indirect data transmission estimates for the one locomotive based on the received direct data transmission metrics. The processor determines communication paths for the one locomotive by comparing the direct data transmission metrics for the one locomotive to the indirect data transmission estimates for the one locomotive.