Systems and method for communicating data in a railroad system

A communications system comprising:

• a first processor communicatively coupled to a track circuit via a first rail vehicle on said track circuit, the track circuit comprising one or more rails configured to transmit an electrical signal thereon, said first processor configured to monitor a quality of a received data signal transmitted over the track circuit, wherein said first processor, when monitoring the quality of the received data signal, is configured to:
• compare the received data signal to a pre-stored database, the received data signal correlated to and received from a trackside communications station;
• generate a maintenance response based on the comparison of the received data signal to the pre-stored database;
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• communicate the maintenance response via the first rail vehicle and the track circuit to the trackside communications system;
• and
• a second processor, the second processor associated with the trackside communications station and communicatively coupled to said track circuit, the second processor configured to receive the generated maintenance response communicated via the first rail vehicle and to autonomously adjust the received data signal to generate a corrected signal for transmission via the track circuit using the generated maintenance response.

A system comprising:

• a first processor communicatively coupled to a track circuit, said first processor associated with a rail vehicle and configured to execute a process that facilitates monitoring a quality of a data signal transmitted over the track circuit to the rail vehicle, wherein said processor, when executing said process, is configured to:
• receive the data signal from a trackside communication station, the data signal correlated to the trackside communication station;
• compare the data signal that is received to a pre-stored database;
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• generate, based on the comparison, a maintenance response instructing the trackside communication station to autonomously adjust the data signal to generate a corrected signal for transmission over the track circuit using the maintenance response.