Patent ID: 11888211
Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An assembly comprising:
a housing configured to be mounted on a vehicle;
a communication device that includes an antenna, the communication device disposed at least partially within the housing;
a mast that is extendable and supports the antenna, the mast mechanically coupled to the housing; and
one or more processors operably coupled to the mast, the one or more processors configured to generate a control signal to lower the mast and decrease a distance that the antenna extends from the housing in response to the one or more processors determining occurrence of a designated lower event,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine the occurrence of the designated lower event by one or more of:
detecting that the vehicle is stationary,
determining that a wind speed exceeds a designated wind speed threshold, or
determining that a speed of the vehicle exceeds a designated vehicle speed threshold.