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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2008
Wolfgang Daum, Erie, PA (US);
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian D. Lawry, Erie, PA (US);
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Lees Summit, MI (US);
Wolfgang Daum, Erie, PA (US);
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian D. Lawry, Erie, PA (US);
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Lees Summit, MI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for communicating on a train that has at least two locomotives, the method including determining when a primary communication path ceases to be available for a specific subsystem of the train, identifying at least one auxiliary communication path to transmit information for the specific subsystem, configuring a message for the specific subsystem which complies with a message format of the at least one auxiliary communication path, and transmitting the message on the at least one auxiliary communication path. A system and a computer software code are further disclosed for providing a communication system for a powered system.