Changing between segments of a network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10484047-B2
Application number	US-201615742384-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2016
Priority date	Jul 7, 2015
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile network subscriber (10) for use in a cabled network (1), particularly in a collector wire network of an electric telpher, wherein the cabled network (1) has at least one first segment (S1) and at least one second segment (S2) and wherein the mobile network subscriber (10) has a first slave modem (SM1), a second slave modem (SM2), a first contact arrangement (K1) and a second contact arrangement (K2) in each case. In order to allow a change between two segments of a network in a simple and efficient manner, it is proposed that the slave modems (SM1, SM2) be provided for communication with at least one first master modem (MM1) and/or at least one second master modem (M2) via the contact arrangements (K1, K2) and the segments (S1, S2), wherein the mobile network subscriber (10) is provided for movement along the segments (S1, S2), the contact arrangements (K1, K2) of the mobile network subscriber (10) being arranged such that the change from the first segment (S1) to the second segment (S2) involves at least one of the contact arrangements (K1, K2) being connected to the first segment (S1) and at least one further contact arrangement (K1, K2) being connected to the second segment (S2).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile network subscriber for use in a cabled network, wherein the cabled network has at least one first segment and at least one second segment, the mobile network subscriber comprising:
a first slave modem;
a second slave modem;
a first contact arrangement; and
a second contact arrangement,
wherein the first slave modem and the second slave modem are configured for communicating with at least one first master modem, at least one second master modem, or the at least one first master modem and the at least one second master modem via the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement and the at least one first segment and the at least one second segment,
wherein the mobile network subscriber is configured for movement along the at least one first segment and the at least one second segment, and
wherein the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement of the mobile network subscriber are arranged such that a change from the at least one first segment to the at least one second segment involves at least one contact arrangement of the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement being connected to the at least one first segment and at least one further contact arrangement being connected to the at least one second segment.

2. The mobile network subscriber of claim 1 , further comprising a slave parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) manager configured for controlling, reading out, or controlling and reading out the first slave modem and the second slave modem based on a redundancy protocol.

3. The mobile network subscriber of claim 1 , further comprising a modem distributor configured for establishing at least one connection between the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement and the first slave modem and the second slave modem.

4. The mobile network subscriber of claim 1 , wherein the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement are each configured as single, double, or single and double collectors.

5. A method for changing a mobile network subscriber from a first segment into a second segment of a cabled network, the method comprising:
identifying, by a slave modem that is connected to a contact arrangement arranged to the front in a direction of movement of the mobile network subscriber, a segment transfer, the contact arrangement being one of at least two contact arrangements; and
establishing, by the slave modem, a connection with a master modem of the second segment, so that a change from the first segment into the second segment involves at least one of the at least two contact arrangements being connected to the first segment and at least one further contact arrangement of the at least two contact arrangements being connected to the second segment.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the slave modem that is connected to the contact arrangement arranged to the front in the direction of movement of the mobile network subscriber is connected, via two of the at least two contact arrangements, to the second segment after the change in the two contact arrangements.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising carrying out, by the slave modem that is connected to a contact arrangement of the at least two contact arrangements that is arranged to the rear in the direction of movement of the mobile network subscriber, a connection transfer with the slave modem that is connected to the contact arrangement that is arranged to the front in the direction of movement of the mobile network subscriber.

8. The method of claim 5 ,
wherein the master modem is a first master modem,
wherein the slave modem is a first slave modem, and
wherein the connection transfer is concluded after a definable waiting time, during which the first slave and a second slave modem are connected to the master modem.

9. A segment arrangement for use with a mobile network subscriber, the mobile network subscriber comprising a first slave modem, a second slave modem,
a first contact arrangement, and a second contact arrangement, wherein the first slave modem and the second slave modem are configured for communicating with at least one first master modem, at least one second master modem, or the at least one first master modem and the at least one second master modem via the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement, and at least one first segment and at least one second, wherein the mobile network subscriber is configured for movement along the at least one first segment and the at least one second segment, and wherein the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement of the mobile network subscriber are arranged such that a change from the at least one first segment to the at least one second segment involves at least one contact arrangement of the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement being connected to the at least one first segment and at least one further contact arrangement being connected to the at least one second segment, the segment arrangement comprising:
the at least one first master modem;
the at least one second master modem;
the at least one first segment; and
the at least one second segment.

10. The segment arrangement of claim 9 , further comprising a parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) manager configured for controlling, reading out, or controlling and reading out the at least one first master modem and the at least one second master modem based on a redundancy protocol.

11. The segment arrangement of claim 9 , wherein the at least one first segment and the at least one second segment extend lengthwise, abut one another, or from a path that is free of overlap and is interrupted at segment boundaries.

12. The segment arrangement of claim 9 , wherein neutral segments are arranged between the at least one first segment and the at least one second segment.

13. The segment arrangement of claim 11 , wherein terminations are attached to the segment boundaries.

14. The segment arrangement of claim 9 , further comprising a controller configured for communicating with and for controlling a drive control of the mobile network subscriber.

15. A modem arrangement for use with a mobile network subscriber, the mobile network subscriber comprising a first slave modem, a second slave modem, a first contact arrangement, and a second contact arrangement, wherein the first slave modem and the second slave modem are configured for communicating with at least one first master modem, at least one second master modem, or the at least one first master modem and the at least one second master modem via the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement, and at least one first segment and at least one second, wherein the mobile network subscriber is configured for movement along the at least one first segment and the at least one second segment, and wherein the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement of the mobile network subscriber are arranged such that a change from the at least one first segment to the at least one second segment involves at least one contact arrangement of the first contact arrangement and the second contact arrangement being connected to the at least one first segment and at least one further contact arrangement being connected to the at least one second segment, the modem arrangement comprising:
at least two modems.

16. The mobile network subscriber of claim 1 , wherein the cabled network is a collector wire network of an electric telpher.

17. The mobile network subscriber of claim 2 , wherein t

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Linzmaier Klaus-Peter
• Mittnacht Tobias

Classifications

• B61L15/0036

  Conductor-based, e.g. using CAN-Bus, train-line or optical fibres · CPC title

• H04B3/60 Primary

  Systems for communication between relatively movable stations, e.g. for communication with lift (H04B3/54 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B61L3/18

  using electric current passing between devices along the route and devices on the vehicle or train · CPC title

• B61L15/0063

  Multiple on-board control systems, e.g. "2 out of 3"-systems · CPC title

• H04B3/54

  Systems for transmission via power distribution lines · CPC title