Systems and methods for interfacing a railroad centralized traffic control wayside and a railroad centralized traffic control office using interoperable train control messaging

US10160466B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Meteorcomm, LLC · US

Inventors

• Tim Potter · Seattle, US
• Michael J. Neeson · Omaha, US
• Steve Brog · Seattle, US
• Jerry Wade Specht · Overland Park, US
• Bruce Simon · Acworth, US
• William Mark Allen · Canton, US
• Thanongsak Himsoon · Kent, US
• Wipawee Siriwongpairat · Kent, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 3, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61L27/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of exchanging centralized train control (CTC) messages in a railroad communication system includes generating a message having a format defined by a protocol with an application running on a sending one of a railroad wayside system and a railroad dispatch system. A railroad edge messaging protocol (EMP) header and a railroad Class D messaging transport header are appended to the message to generate a packet. The packet is transmitted to a receiving one of the railroad dispatch system and the railroad wayside system across the railroad communications system.