Patent ID: 8494695
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: B61L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating data for a rail vehicle, the method comprising: determining a first location of the rail vehicle; determining a first control setting of a communications device based on the determined first location of the rail vehicle, the communications device being located on the rail vehicle and configured for communications off board the rail vehicle; automatically controlling the communications device based on the first control setting, wherein the first control setting comprises a designated first communication channel for use in communicating with rail vehicles in a particular geographic region; automatically determining that the rail vehicle is traversing and/or has traversed from the first location where the first control setting is used for communicating with the rail vehicle, to a second location where a second control setting is used for communicating with the rail vehicle, wherein the second control setting comprises designated second communication channel for use in communicating with rail vehicles in a region comprising the second location; and controlling the communications device by automatically switching the communications device from the first control setting to the second control setting.