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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Eugene Smith, Melbourne, FL (US);
Nick David Nagrodsky, Melbourne, FL (US);
William Cherrick Schoonmaker, Melbourne, FL (US);
Todd William Goodermuth, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes obtaining data relating to operation of a first vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and a second vehicle communicatively coupled with each other by a communication channel. The first vehicle includes a first electronic component performing functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method also includes communicating the first data over the communication channel from the first vehicle to a second electronic component disposed onboard the second vehicle responsive to the first electronic component being unable to perform the one or more functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method further includes performing the functions of the first electronic component with the second electronic component using the first data that is received from the first vehicle.