Patent ID: 8532850
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: B60T,B61L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating data in a locomotive consist, the method comprising: receiving network data from a first electronic component in a first locomotive of a locomotive consist, wherein the first locomotive is adjacent to and mechanically coupled with a second locomotive in the consist, and wherein a locomotive multiple unit (MU) cable bus interconnects at least the first and second locomotives in the consist, the MU cable bus being an existing cable bus used in the locomotive consist for transferring non-network control information between locomotives in the consist; converting the network data, having a form unsuitable for transmission over the MU cable bus, into modulated network data in a form suitable for transmission over the MU cable bus; and transmitting the modulated network data over the MU cable bus to the second locomotive, wherein the network data is high bandwidth network data that is TCP/IP-formatted or SIP-formatted, and wherein the network data comprises data packets with a network address uniquely associated with a second electronic component in the second locomotive.