A communication system includes a first wireless communication device disposed onboard a vehicle system having two or more propulsion-generating vehicles that are mechanically interconnected with each other. The communication system also includes a controller configured to be disposed onboard the ve
A communication system includes a first wireless communication device disposed onboard a vehicle system having two or more propulsion-generating vehicles that are mechanically interconnected with each other. The communication system also includes a controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle system and operatively connected with the first wireless communication device in order to control operations of the device. The controller is configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and an onboard communication mode. When the first wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode, the device is configured to receive remote data signals from a location that is disposed off-board of the vehicle system. When the first wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode, the device is configured to communicate local data signals between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system.
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1. A communication system comprising: a first wireless communication device configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system having two or more propulsion-generating vehicles that are mechanically interconnected with each other in order to travel along a route together; anda controller configured
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A communication system comprising: a first wireless communication device configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system having two or more propulsion-generating vehicles that are mechanically interconnected with each other in order to travel along a route together; anda controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle system and operatively connected with the first wireless communication device in order to control operations of the first wireless communication device, the controller configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and operating in an onboard communication mode,wherein, when the first wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode, the first wireless communication device is configured to receive and communicate remote data signals that are received from a location that is disposed off-board of the vehicle system and, when the first wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode, the first wireless communication device is configured to communicate local data signals between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system. 2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the remote data signals that are communicated from the location that is off-board of the vehicle system are control signals, and the first wireless communication device is configured to receive the control signals and convey the control signals to the controller, and the controller is configured to change one or more tractive efforts or braking efforts of the vehicle system in response to the control signals. 3. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the control signals are positive train control (PTC) signals. 4. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the local data signals that are communicated between the propulsion-generating vehicles are control signals, and the first wireless communication device is configured to receive the control signals and convey the control signals to the controller, and the controller is configured to coordinate one or more tractive efforts or braking efforts of the two or more propulsion-generating vehicles according to the control signals. 5. The communication system of claim 4, wherein the control signals are distributed power (DP) signals. 6. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication device is configured to receive both the remote data signals and the local data signals during a common time period, and the controller is configured to cause the propulsion-generating vehicles to operate according to the remote data signals or the local data signals according to priorities assigned to the remote data signals and the local data signals. 7. The communication system of claim 6, wherein the remote data signals are assigned with higher priorities than the local data signals. 8. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch from the off-board communication mode to the onboard communication mode after non-receipt of the remote data signals for at least a designated time period. 9. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising a second wireless communication device configured to communicate the local data signals between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system so that the controller can coordinate one or more tractive efforts or braking efforts of the propulsion-generating vehicles with each other, the second wireless communication device having a narrower bandwidth than the first wireless communication device, the controller configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch to the onboard communication mode to augment an available bandwidth that is used to communicate the local data signals for the vehicle system. 10. The communication system of claim 9, wherein the local data signals include operational control signals and safety control signals, the operational control signals used to direct the one or more tractive efforts or braking efforts of the propulsion-generating vehicles, the safety control signals used to stop movement of the propulsion-generating vehicles when one or more safety regulations are violated, and wherein the second wireless communication device is configured to communicate the operational control signals and the controller is configured to direct both the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device to communicate the safety control signals when the first wireless communication device is in the onboard mode of operation. 11. The communication system of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to direct the first wireless communication device to communicate the local data signals that are larger than a threshold data packet size when the first wireless communication device is in the onboard mode of operation while the second wireless communication device is configured to communicate the local data signals that are no larger than the threshold data packet size. 12. The communication system of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to direct the first wireless communication device to communicate the local data signals of a first type when the first wireless communication device is in the onboard mode of operation while the second wireless communication device is configured to communicate the local data signals of a different, second type, the first and second types of the local data signals used to control respective different operations of the propulsion-generating vehicles. 13. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to reduce a signal intensity at which the first wireless communication device transmits the local data signals responsive to the first wireless communication device being switched from the off-board communication mode to the onboard communication mode. 14. A method comprising: directing a first wireless communication device configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system to operate in an off-board communication mode, the vehicle system having two or more propulsion-generating vehicles that are mechanically interconnected with each other in order to travel along a route together, wherein, in the off-board communication mode, the first wireless communication device is configured to receive and communicate remote data signals that are received from a location that is disposed off-board the vehicle system;switching the first wireless communication device from operating in the off-board communication mode to operating in an onboard communication mode, wherein, in the onboard communication mode, the first wireless communication device is configured to communicate local data signals between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system; andcontrolling movement of the vehicle system responsive to receipt of the remote data signals and responsive to receipt of the local data signals. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein switching the first wireless communication device to the onboard communication mode augments an available bandwidth that is used to communicate the local data signals for the vehicle system. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein switching the first wireless communication device from the off-board communication mode to the onboard communication mode comprises reducing a signal intensity at which the first wireless communication device transmits the local data signals. 17. A communication system comprising: a controller configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system having two or more propulsion-generating vehicles that are mechanically interconnected with each other in order to travel along a route together, the controller configured to operatively connect with the propulsion-generating vehicles and a first wireless communication device,wherein the controller is configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and operating in an onboard communication mode,wherein, in the off-board communication mode, the first wireless communication device is configured to receive and communicate remote data signals that are received from a location that is disposed off-board of the vehicle system and, in the onboard communication mode, the first wireless communication device is configured to communicate local data signals between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system. 18. The communication system of claim 17, wherein the first wireless communication device is configured to receive both the remote data signals and the local data signals during a common time period, and the controller is configured to cause the propulsion-generating vehicles to operate according to the remote data signals or the local data signals according to priorities assigned to the remote data signals and the local data signals. 19. A communication system comprising: a radio deployed onboard a first rail vehicle of a rail vehicle consist and operative in a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation,wherein the radio is configured when operating in the first mode of operation to communicate at least one of voice signals and data signals between the first rail vehicle and a location off-board the rail vehicle consist using a first frequency bandwidth, andwherein the radio is configured when operating in the second mode of operation to wirelessly communicate distributed power signals from the first rail vehicle to one or more remote rail vehicles in the rail vehicle consist using a different, second frequency bandwidth, for at least one of augmenting operation of other onboard wireless devices that are configured to communicate the distributed power signals in the rail vehicle consist or for acting in place of at least one of the other onboard wireless devices. 20. The communication system of claim 19, wherein the radio is configured to automatically operate in the second mode of operation when the radio is not operating in the first mode of operation to communicate the at least one of the voice signals or the data signals from between the first rail vehicle and the location off-board the rail vehicle consist. 21. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the remote data signals are assigned with higher priorities than the local data signals, and, when the first wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode, the controller is configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch to the off-board communication mode upon the first wireless communication device receiving a remote data signal from the location that is off-board of the vehicle system. 22. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication device operates by default in the off-board communication mode, the controller being configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch from the off-board communication mode to the onboard communication mode after non-receipt of the remote data signals for at least a designated time period, the first wireless communication device having a wider bandwidth than a second wireless communication device that is configured to communicate the local data signals between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system such that the first wireless communication device, when in the onboard communication mode, augments an available bandwidth that is used to communicate the local data signals for the vehicle system. 23. The communication system of claim 1, wherein: the remote data signals that are communicated from the location that is off-board of the vehicle system are first control signals, and the first wireless communication device is configured to receive the first control signals and convey the first control signals to the controller, and the controller is configured to change one or more tractive efforts or braking efforts of the vehicle system in response to the first control signals, wherein the first control signals are positive train control (PTC) signals;the local data signals that are communicated between the propulsion-generating vehicles are second control signals, and the first wireless communication device is configured to receive the second control signals and convey the second control signals to the controller, and the controller is configured to coordinate one or more tractive efforts or braking efforts of the two or more propulsion-generating vehicles according to the second control signals, wherein the second control signals are distributed power (DP) signals; andthe first wireless communication device is configured to receive both the first control signals and the second control signals during a common time period, and the controller is configured to cause the propulsion-generating vehicles to operate according to the first control signals or the second control signals according to priorities assigned to the first control signals and the second control signals.
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