Fleet Communication Network
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Abstract
A communication network for a fleet of vehicles is disclosed. The communication network has a first group of the fleet of vehicles having a first level of priority on the network and a second group of the fleet of vehicles having a second level of priority on the network. A first vehicle in the first group is assigned as a supervisor of a second vehicle in the second group.
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40 Claims
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21. A communication network for a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
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a plurality of fleet members including at least a supervisor and a supervisee; and an off-board system configured to transmit messages to, and receive messages from, the plurality of fleet members; wherein the fleet members are configured to; receive a message destined for the supervisee; determine whether the supervisee is within direct communication range; and send the message to the supervisee in response to determining that the supervisee is within direct communication range; in response to determining that the supervisee is not in direct communication range; determine whether the supervisor is in direct communication range; and send the message to the supervisor if it is determined that the supervisor is in direct communication range; and in response to determining that the supervisor is not in direct communication range; identify another fleet member that is within direct communication range; and send the message to the another fleet member. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 40)
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30. A communication method for a network of a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
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assigning at least a supervisor and a supervisee of a plurality of fleet members; receiving, at a fleet member, a message destined for the supervisee; determining, at the fleet member, whether the supervisee is within direct communication range; forwarding the message to the supervisee in response to determining that the supervisee is within direct communication range; in response to determining that the supervisee is not within direct communication range; determining whether the supervisor is in direct communication range; and sending the message to the supervisor in response to determining that the supervisor is within direct communication range; and in response to determining that the supervisor is not within direct communication range; identifying another fleet member that is within direct communication range; and sending the message to the another fleet member that is within direct communication range. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that when executed by a processor causes a computer to perform the following:
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receive a message destined for a supervisee; determine whether the supervisee is within direct communication range; forward the message to the supervisee in response to determining that the supervisee is within direct communication range; in response to determining that the supervisee is not within direct communication range; determine whether the supervisor is in direct communication range; and send the message to the supervisor in response to determining that the supervisor is within direct communication range; and in response to determining that the supervisor is not within direct communication range; identify another fleet member that is within direct communication range; and send the message to the another fleet member that is within direct communication range.
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Specification