发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS RELATED TO ON-BOARD MESSAGE REPEATING FOR VEHICLE CONSIST COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM |
摘要 |
A communications method for a vehicle consist (10) comprising a lead (14) and a remote (12A/12B/12C) powered vehicle, the lead (14) vehicle comprising first (29A) and second (29B) antennas each associated with a radio, and the remote vehicle (12A/12B/12C) comprising third (29A) and fourth (29B) antennas each associated with a radio. The method comprises transmitting an outbound message from the lead (14) vehicle, receiving the outbound message at the third antenna (29A) and supplying a signal to the associated radio for producing a first received signal, and receiving the outbound message at the fourth antenna (29B) and supplying a signal to the associated radio for producing a second received signal, determining a first and second signal quality metric for the respective first and second received signals, selecting the first or second received signal for processing by the remote vehicle (12A/12B/12C) in response to the first and second signal quality metrics. |
申请公布号 |
EA024596(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.10.31 |
申请号 |
EA20120090578 |
申请日期 |
2011.01.25 |
申请人 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY |
发明人 |
SMITH Eugene, A., Jr.;PELTZ David, Michael;PALANTI Robert, C. |
分类号 |
H04B7/08;B61L15/00;H04B7/06 |
主分类号 |
H04B7/08 |
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