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Train and rail yard management system

  • US 10,259,477 B2
  • Filed: 11/26/2014
  • Issued: 04/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A rail yard management system comprising:

  • a rail yard-based mesh network comprising;

    one or more powered wireless gateways deployed in said rail yard as nodes, wherein the one or more powered wireless gateways are configured to transmit a roaming network ID (RNID) associated with the rail yard-based mesh network;

    a railcar-based mesh network comprising at least one railcar equipped with a communication management unit mounted to the at least one railcar and one or more wireless sensor nodes having one or more sensors for sensing an operational parameter of the at least one railcar, wherein the at least one railcar is connected to the rail yard-based mesh network using the RNID, andsaid system configured for performing the functions of;

    (a) logically assembling a train consist comprising the at least one railcar by instructing the at least one railcar to disconnect from the rail yard-based mesh network and join a train-based mesh network associated with the train consist;

    (b) validating assembled train consists; and

    (c) logically disassembling train consists.

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