Method and system for communicating data between a transmitter and a receiver via a physical transmission medium interposed there between, wherein the transmitter outputs over the transmission medium towards the receiver, a predefined precursor signal followed by a target signal carrying data packet. Based on the precursor signal received at the receiver, estimated values of actual electrical parameters of the physical transmission medium are computed via a predetermined model of the physical transmission medium, wherein the computed estimated values of the electrical parameters are indicative of a distortion caused by the physical transmission medium on the predefined precursor signal outputted by the transmitter. The data packets originally outputted by the transmitter are estimated based on the computed estimated values of the actual electrical parameters and on the target signal received at the receiver.

A vehicle control system includes a controller that communicates between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller determines a communication loss and, responsive to determining the communication loss, switches to communicating via a different communication path. The controller also determines an operational restriction on movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss that is determined, obtains a transitional plan that designates operational settings of the vehicle system at one or more different locations along a route being traveled by the vehicle system, different distances along the route being traveled by the vehicle system, and/or different times. The controller automatically changes the movement of the vehicle system according to the operational settings designated by the transitional plan to reduce the movement of the vehicle system to or below the operational restriction.

A vehicle control system includes a controller configured to be operably deployed onboard a first propulsion-generating vehicle of a multi-vehicle system, and a wireless communication unit configured to be electrically coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to control the wireless communication unit to wirelessly communicate first vehicle control signals to a second propulsion-generating vehicle of the multi-vehicle system that is immediately adjacent and mechanically coupled to the first propulsion-generating vehicle, while the first propulsion-generating vehicle and the second propulsion-generating vehicle are in a non-cable-connected state. The controller also is configured to control the wireless communication unit to wirelessly communicate different, second vehicle control signals to a third propulsion-generating vehicle of the multi-vehicle system that is separated from the first and second propulsion-generating vehicles by at least one non-propulsion-generating vehicle in the multi-vehicle system.

A system is provided having a vehicle. The vehicle includes a chassis, and a first network bus extending from internally in the chassis to a first network port attached externally to the chassis at a first side of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a second network bus extending from internally in the chassis to a second network port attached externally to the first chassis at a second side of the vehicle. The first network bus has a first electrical configuration and the second network bus has a second electrical configuration that is different than the first electrical configuration.

A car integrated management system has a plurality of communication apparatuses, each including: an extraction unit to extract entries from a table; an address unit to generate a destination address of a packet, using information to identify a subnet connected to each of the communication apparatuses, and to generate a next hop address that indicates an address of a transfer destination to which the packet is to be transferred, using information to identify each of the communication apparatuses, the subnet identification information and the communication apparatus identification information being included in entry extracted by the extraction unit; an acquisition unit to acquire information about an IP port to be used for sending the packet to a communication apparatus at the next hop address; and an entry addition unit to add information about the destination address, the next hop address, and the IP port to a routing table.

An onboard control device includes an obtaining unit to obtain information from a wayside coil, for identifying a location of the wayside coil, and a control unit to correct train location information, or not, on a basis of correction permission information, the permission information being associated with the wayside coil and including information that indicates whether correction to the train location information is permissible. When the permission information indicates that the correction is permissible, the control unit corrects the train location information by using the wayside coil information at the time when the onboard pickup coil has passed through the wayside coil, and when the permission information indicates that the correction is not permissible, the control unit does not correct the train location information at the time when the onboard pickup coil has passed through the wayside coil.

A communication system includes multiple nodes of a time-sensitive network and a scheduler device. At least one of the nodes is configured to obtain a first signal that is represented in a frequency domain by multiple frequency components. The scheduler device generates a schedule for transmission of signals including the first signal within the time-sensitive network. The schedule defines multiple slots assigned to different discrete frequency sub-bands within a frequency band. The slots have designated transmission intervals. The nodes are configured to transmit the first signal through the time-sensitive network to a listening device such that the first signal is received at the listening device within a designated time window according to the schedule. At least some of the frequency components of the first signal are transmitted through the time-sensitive network within different slots of the schedule based on the frequency sub-bands assigned to the slots.

A charging system for an electric vehicle has an elongate enclosure having a plurality of sides and an at least partially open side. The enclosure defines a hollow interior. The charging system further includes a conductor rail disposed in the hollow interior and that is accessible through the at least partially open side of the enclosure. The conductor rail may be placed in electric communication with an electrical power source and thereby may be selectively placed in electrical communication with an electrical connector of an electric vehicle. The charging system may conduct electric current from the electrical power source to an electric power supply of the electric vehicle.

A communication system includes a first communication device located onboard a first vehicle in a vehicle system formed from the first vehicle and at least a second vehicle, a second communication device located onboard the second vehicle in the vehicle system, and a first communication path extending between the first and second communication devices and established using a first communication medium. The first and second communication devices may share a security credential via the first communication path. The first and second communication devices also may establish a secure second communication path between the first and second communication devices using the security credential that is shared via the first communication path. The second communication path established by the first and second communication devices uses a different, second communication medium extending between the first and second communication devices.

A communication architecture of a train in which at least one central processing unit arranged in a train carriage is interconnected through a communication network of the train with a plurality of peripheral processing units. The central processing unit is provided on a single board with: a processor designed to process data associated with an SIL 0 safety level; a coprocessor designed to process data associated with an SIL 1-SIL 2 safety level; an internal bus built on the board and configured to allow a two-way data communication between the processor and the coprocessor; an interface for the communication network of the train. The coprocessor is designed to be programmed in a reconfigurable manner with a software that allows the validation and encoding of data coming from the processor according to a safety protocol.