Patent ID: 9637147
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60T,B61C,B61L,H04B,H04L,H04W,Y02T

Claim:
1. A method comprising: obtaining operational data associated with one or more control systems of a vehicle consist formed by at least a first vehicle and one or more second vehicles traveling together along a route, the operational data obtained at the first vehicle of the vehicle consist, the operational data configured to be used to determine an operational capability of the vehicle consist; communicating the operational data from the first vehicle to at least one of the one or more second vehicles in the vehicle consist; responsive to a loss of the operational data at the first vehicle, communicating at least the operational data that was lost at the first vehicle from at least one of the one or more second vehicles to the first vehicle; and determining, onboard the first vehicle, the operational capability of the vehicle consist to perform a movement event using at least the operational data that was lost at the first vehicle and communicated from the at least one of the one or more second vehicles to the first vehicle.