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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2014
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Ann K. Grimm, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for managing conditional authorities in a vehicle network for a target train, including: generating at least one conditional authority for the target train, the at least one conditional authority comprising authority data related to at least one identifying train; establishing at least one direct or indirect communication link between the target train and the at least one identifying train; determining position data for the at least one identifying train; comparing at least a portion of the position data with at least a portion of the authority data; and based at least partially on the comparison, generating at least one indication that the target train is authorized to proceed. Systems for managing conditional authorities in a vehicle network for a target train are also disclosed.