SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS IN A VEHICLE CONSIST
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a state of one or more operational devices in a second group of operational devices, wherein the second group of operational devices are coupled with a second router disposed onboard a second vehicular unit of a vehicle consist;
registering at least one of the operational devices in the second group with the second router based on the state that is determined;
transmitting a data message from at least one operational device in a first group of operational devices to the second router via a first router and a communication pathway of the vehicle consist, wherein the first group of operational devices is coupled with the first router disposed onboard a first vehicular unit of the vehicle consist, and wherein the operational devices in the first and second groups are configured to perform one or more functions of the respective first vehicular unit and second vehicular unit, the first and second routers connected with each other by the communication pathway; and
communicating the data message to the at least one of the operational devices in the second group that are registered with the second router.
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Abstract
A method includes determining a state of operational devices in a second group coupled with a second router onboard a second vehicular unit of a vehicle consist, registering an operational device in the second group based on the determined state, and transmitting a data message from an operational device in a first group of operational devices to the second router via a first router and a communication pathway of the vehicle consist. The first group is coupled with the first router onboard a first vehicular unit. The operational devices in the first and second groups perform functions of the respective first vehicular unit and second vehicular unit. The first and second routers are connected with each other by the communication pathway. The method also includes communicating the data message to the at least one of the operational devices in the second group that are registered with the second router.
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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a state of one or more operational devices in a second group of operational devices, wherein the second group of operational devices are coupled with a second router disposed onboard a second vehicular unit of a vehicle consist; registering at least one of the operational devices in the second group with the second router based on the state that is determined; transmitting a data message from at least one operational device in a first group of operational devices to the second router via a first router and a communication pathway of the vehicle consist, wherein the first group of operational devices is coupled with the first router disposed onboard a first vehicular unit of the vehicle consist, and wherein the operational devices in the first and second groups are configured to perform one or more functions of the respective first vehicular unit and second vehicular unit, the first and second routers connected with each other by the communication pathway; and communicating the data message to the at least one of the operational devices in the second group that are registered with the second router. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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determining a state of an operational device that is coupled with a first router disposed onboard a first vehicular unit of a vehicle consist, the operational device configured to perform one or more functions of the first vehicular unit, the first router connected with a second router disposed onboard a second vehicular unit of the vehicle consist by a communication pathway of the vehicle consist; registering the operational device with the first router when the state indicates that the operational device can perform the one or more functions; receiving a data message at the first router from the second router via the communication pathway; and communicating the data message to the operational device when the operational device is registered with the first router. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a first router configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicular unit of a vehicle consist and to be coupled with an operational device that is configured to perform one or more functions of the first vehicular unit, the first router configured to be connected with a second router disposed onboard a second vehicular unit of the vehicle consist by a communication pathway of the vehicle consist; wherein the first router is configured to obtain a state of the operational device, register the operational device when the state indicates that the operational device can perform the one or more functions, receive a data message from the second router via the communication pathway, and communicate the data message to the operational device when the operational device is registered. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method comprising:
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determining a state of a first operational device disposed onboard a first vehicular unit of a vehicle consist, the state indicative of at least one of a health of the first operational device, a status of the first operational unit, or a capability of the first operational unit to perform one or more functions of the first vehicular unit; reporting the state of the first operational device to a first router that is connected with the first operational device, the first router communicatively coupled with a second router disposed on a second vehicular unit of the vehicle consist by a communication pathway; and at the first operational device, receiving a data message that is communicated from the second router to the first router when the first operational device is registered with the first router, the first operational device being registered based on the state of the first operational device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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