Patent ID: 11932292
Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A system comprising:
a first communication controller configured to communicate with a vehicle system that includes two or more vehicles, the first communication controller configured to operate in different modes, the modes including:
a first mode in which the first communication controller operates to control at least one vehicle of the vehicle system without repeating any control signals communicated between the vehicles,
a second mode in which the first communication controller monitors different frequencies for receipt of the control signals, receives and repeats a first control signal of the control signals at a first frequency, receives and repeats a second control signal of the control signals at a second frequency, and monitors an identification frequency; and
a third mode in which the first communication controller monitors the first frequency for the first control signal but not the second frequency, receives the first control signal at the first frequency, repeats the first control signal at the first frequency, and monitors the identification frequency.