Method for maintaining vital guideway operation in high-demand areas
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1. A method associated with a transportation system, the method comprising:
- classifying a first state of the transportation system based on whether an operational constraint of the transportation system is violated while the transportation system operates in the first state, resulting in a classification of the first state;
assigning a priority to a first message, wherein the priority is based on an importance of the first message relative to the classification of the first state, and wherein the priority depends on one of;
i. the likelihood that the transportation system will transition into a second state when (1) a delivery of the first message is unsuccessful or delayed and (2) a delivery of a second message is successful and timely, andii. the likelihood that the transportation system will remain in the first state when (1) the delivery of the first message is unsuccessful or delayed and (2) the delivery of the second message is successful and timely; and
transmitting the first message in accordance with the assigned priority, wherein messages having a relatively higher priority are transmitted via a first channel and messages having a relatively lower priority are transmitted via a second channel.
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Abstract
A method for reducing delays in the receipt of high priority information in a transportation system is disclosed.
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18 Claims
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1. A method associated with a transportation system, the method comprising:
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classifying a first state of the transportation system based on whether an operational constraint of the transportation system is violated while the transportation system operates in the first state, resulting in a classification of the first state; assigning a priority to a first message, wherein the priority is based on an importance of the first message relative to the classification of the first state, and wherein the priority depends on one of; i. the likelihood that the transportation system will transition into a second state when (1) a delivery of the first message is unsuccessful or delayed and (2) a delivery of a second message is successful and timely, and ii. the likelihood that the transportation system will remain in the first state when (1) the delivery of the first message is unsuccessful or delayed and (2) the delivery of the second message is successful and timely; and transmitting the first message in accordance with the assigned priority, wherein messages having a relatively higher priority are transmitted via a first channel and messages having a relatively lower priority are transmitted via a second channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13)
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6. A method comprising:
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classifying a first state of a transportation system based on whether a first operational constraint of the transportation system is violated while the transportation system operates in the first state; classifying a second state of the transportation system based on whether a second operational constraint of the transportation system is violated while the transportation system operates in the second state; assigning a priority to a first message based on the content of a second message, wherein the priority depends on one of; i. the likelihood that a transportation system will transition into the first state when (1) a delivery of the first message is unsuccessful or delayed and (2) a delivery of the second message is successful and timely, and ii. the likelihood that the transportation system will remain in the second state when (1) the delivery of the first message is unsuccessful or delayed and (2) the delivery of the second message is successful and timely; and transmitting the first message in accordance with the assigned priority, wherein; i. the first message is transmitted via a first channel when it is assigned a relatively high priority, and ii. the first message is transmitted via a second channel when it is assigned a relatively low priority. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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14. A transportation system comprising:
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a plurality of system-components; and a central control that comprises; (A) a first channel that is configured to carry higher priority messages, and (B) a second channel that is configured to carry lower priority messages, and (C) a control unit that is configured to send and receive messages to and from each of the plurality of system-components, and (D) a message dispatcher that is configured to; (i) receive each message from the control unit along with an instruction to dispatch the message to a specified system-component, and (ii) classify the current state of the transportation system based on whether a first operational constraint of the transportation system is violated while the transportation system operates in a first state, and (iii) assign a priority to a first message that depends on one of;
(a) the likelihood that the transportation system will transition into a second state when (1) a delivery of the first message is unsuccessful or delayed and (2) a delivery of a second message is successful and timely, and (b) the likelihood that the transportation system will remain in the first state when (1) the delivery of the first message is unsuccessful or delayed and (2) the delivery of the second message is successful and timely, and(iv) transmit the first message to the specified system-component via one of the first channel and the second channel according to the assigned priority. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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