System and method for determining order of vehicles
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1. A system comprising:
- a first communication module configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle consist, the first communication module configured to communicate individual messages that are targeted for communication with respective individual second vehicles of the vehicle consist; and
a first ordering determination module configured to be disposed onboard the first vehicle of the vehicle consist, the first ordering determination module configured to determine an order of the first vehicle and one or more of the second vehicles in the consist using a signal to noise ratio of the individual messages; and
a control module configured to operate the vehicle consist using the determined order.
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Abstract
A system includes a first communication module and a first ordering determination module. The first communication module is configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle consist and to communicate individual messages that are targeted for communication with respective individual second vehicles of the vehicle consist. The first ordering determination module is configured to be disposed onboard the first vehicle of the vehicle consist, and to determine an order of the first vehicle and one or more of the second vehicles in the consist using message characteristic information. The message characteristic information corresponds to a transmission characteristic of the individual messages.
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1. A system comprising:
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a first communication module configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle consist, the first communication module configured to communicate individual messages that are targeted for communication with respective individual second vehicles of the vehicle consist; and a first ordering determination module configured to be disposed onboard the first vehicle of the vehicle consist, the first ordering determination module configured to determine an order of the first vehicle and one or more of the second vehicles in the consist using a signal to noise ratio of the individual messages; and a control module configured to operate the vehicle consist using the determined order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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sending, from a first communication module disposed onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle consist, plural first individual messages to corresponding plural second vehicles of the vehicle consist; determining a signal to noise ratio corresponding to the first individual messages; determining, at an ordering determination module disposed onboard the first vehicle, a vehicle order of the vehicle consist using the signal to noise ratio corresponding to the first individual messages; and controlling the vehicle consist using the determined vehicle order. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangible and non-transitory computer readable medium comprising one or more computer software modules configured to direct a processor to:
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send, from a first communication module disposed onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle consist, plural first individual messages to corresponding plural second vehicles of the vehicle consist; determine a signal to noise ratio corresponding to the first individual messages; determine, at the first vehicle, a vehicle order of the consist using the signal to noise ratio corresponding to the first individual messages; and control the vehicle consist using the determined vehicle order. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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