PROTOCOL CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE SYSTEM
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Abstract
A method and system for converting protocols of messages receive a first wireless message onboard a first vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and one or more additional vehicles. The method and system also determine a first protocol of the first wireless message, determine a different, second protocol used by a control system disposed onboard the first vehicle, change the first wireless message to a different, second message by modifying the first protocol of the first wireless message to the different, second protocol, and communicate the second message to the control system.
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34 Claims
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6. (canceled)
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10. A system comprising:
a communication unit including transceiving circuitry configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and one or more additional vehicles, the communication unit configured to receive a first wireless message and to determine a first protocol of the first wireless message, the communication unit also is configured to determine a different, second protocol used by a control system disposed onboard the first vehicle, to change the first wireless message to a different, second message by modifying the first protocol of the first wireless message to the different, second protocol, and to communicate the second message to the control system, wherein the communication unit is configured to determine the first protocol of the first wireless message by comparing data content of the first wireless message with designated data contents associated with different message protocols and selecting the second protocol from among the different message protocols based on comparing the data content of the first wireless message with the designated data contents associated with the different message protocols. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17)
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15. (canceled)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving a first message at a remote vehicle from a lead vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the lead vehicle remotely controlling movement of the remote vehicle along a route; determining a first protocol of the first message; determining a different, second protocol used by a control system disposed onboard the remote vehicle; changing the first protocol of the first message to the second protocol; and communicating the first message in the second protocol to the control system of the remote vehicle to control the movement of the remote vehicle, wherein, prior to determining the first protocol of the first wireless message received at the remote vehicle, the remote vehicle is configured to communicate one or more wireless messages in one or more other protocols that differ from the first protocol. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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receiving a first wireless message onboard a first vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and one or more additional vehicles; determining a first protocol of the first wireless message; determining a different, second protocol used by a control system disposed onboard the first vehicle; changing the first wireless message to a different, second message by modifying the first protocol of the first wireless message to the different, second protocol; and communicating the second message to the control system, wherein, prior to determining the first protocol of the first wireless message received at the first vehicle, the first vehicle is configured to communicate one or more other wireless messages in one or more other protocols that differ from the first protocol. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system comprising:
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a communication unit including transceiving circuitry configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and one or more additional vehicles, the communication unit configured to receive a first wireless message and to determine a first protocol of the first wireless message, the communication unit also is configured to determine a different, second protocol used by a control system disposed onboard the first vehicle, to change the first wireless message to a different, second message by modifying the first protocol of the first wireless message to the different, second protocol, and to communicate the second message to the control system, wherein, prior to determining the first protocol of the first wireless message received at the first vehicle, the communication unit is configured to communicate one or more other wireless messages to the second vehicle in one or more other protocols that differ from the first protocol, and wherein the communication unit is configured to change a communication configuration of the communication unit responsive to determining the first protocol of the first wireless message received at the first vehicle such that one or more third wireless messages communicated from the communication unit to the second vehicle are communicated in the first protocol. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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30-1. The system of claim 30, wherein the first vehicle and the second vehicle are different types of vehicles.
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