An onboard communication system for a locomotive consist (10) is disclosed. The communication system may have first and second locomotive communication subsystems. The first communication subsystem may be located on a first locomotive (12). Each communication subsystem may have a messaging unit (56, 58) communicatively connected to a radio (36, 38). The first messaging unit (56) may be communicatively connected to the second messaging unit (58). The second messaging unit may be configured to receive a data communication from the second radio (38) and send the data communication to the first messaging unit. The first messaging unit may be configured to receive the data communication from the second messaging unit, receive a copy of the data communication from the first radio (36), determine that the data communications are duplicate copies of one another, and send one of the data communications to a locomotive control system (20) based on the determination.
Onboard communication system for a locomotive consist
2015-10-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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