Patent ID: 9026268
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B61C,B61L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A communications and control system comprising: a first communication module configured to be disposed onboard a first consist of a vehicle system; a first control module configured to be disposed onboard the first consist, the first control module configured to determine a first command; a second communication module configured to be disposed onboard a second consist of a vehicle system, the second communication module communicatively connected to the first communication module and configured to receive the first command from the first consist; a second control module configured to be disposed onboard the second consist, the second control module configured to provide control commands to at least one powered unit of the second consist; and a determination module configured to be disposed onboard the second consist, the determination module configured to determine capability information corresponding to an ability of the at least one powered unit of the second consist to perform the first command, and to determine a second command provided to the second control module using the first command and the capability information, the second command differing from the first command when the at least one powered unit of the second consist is not capable of performing the first command, wherein the second control module is configured to use the second command to control the at least one powered unit of the second consist.