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Communication network and operating method for agricultural working machines

US8254351B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Werner Fitzner · Warendorf, DE
Heinz-Hermann Wippersteg · Stromberg, DE
Thilo Steckel · Harsewinkel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2007
Grant date	Aug 28, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W8/22
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication network contains several nodes, which are equipped with transmitter/receiver units for wireless communication, including nodes referred to as mobile nodes that are installed on mobile machines. So that decentralized decisions can be made regarding the use of the mobile machines at the sites where the machines are located, a memory for storing the operating parameter profiles of several of the mobile machines is assigned to each node; every node is designed to transmit profiles stored in its assigned memory via its transmitter/receiver unit, and to update the profile of a particular mobile machine stored in its assigned memory based on a profile of this mobile machine that is received from another node.

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