Patent ID: 11943826
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of communicating among a plurality of vehicles including a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the first vehicle including a plurality of electronic components, each of the plurality of electronic components including a memory storing a leader/follower field, the method comprising:
before sending a first protected message, performing an election among the plurality of electronic components included in the first vehicle;
electing a first electronic component of the first vehicle to be a network leader in response to the performing the election by changing the leader/follower field of the first electronic component to a value corresponding to a network leader;
sending the first protected message from the first electronic component in the first vehicle to a first electronic component in the second vehicle; and
receiving a second protected message from the second vehicle.