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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9513630 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2015

Methods and systems for data communications

Applicant:

General Electric Comapny, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Santhanakrishnan Rajendran, Bangalore, IN;

Praful Babuji Vihol, Bangalore, IN;

Dibyajyoti Pati, Bangalore, IN;

Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);

Robert James Foy, Melbourne, FL (US);

David Michael Peltz, Melbourne, FL (US);

Eugene Smith, Melbourne, FL (US);

Steven Andrew Kellner, Melbourne, FL (US);

Brian William Schroeck, Melbourne, FL (US);

Keith Gilbertson, Grain Valley, MO (US);

Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Grain Valley, MO (US);

Wolfgang Daum, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:

John A. Kramer

Global Patent Operation

Primary Examiner:

Ronnie Mancho

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04M 15/28 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); B61L 15/0027 (2013.01); B61L 15/0081 (2013.01); B61L 27/0005 (2013.01); B61L 27/0088 (2013.01); H04M 15/28 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless communication device of a vehicle system includes one or more antennas configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle of the vehicle system, a first modem configured to be disposed onboard the first vehicle and to communicate a first wireless signal to one or more of a second vehicle of the vehicle system or an off-board device using the one or more antennas, and a second modem configured to be disposed onboard the first vehicle and to communicate a second wireless signal to the one or more of the second vehicle or the off-board device using the one or more antennas. The first modem is configured to communicate the first wireless signal via a first type of wireless communication link and the second modem is configured to communicate the second wireless signal via a different, second type of wireless communication link.

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