Moving cellular communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10045233-B2
Application number	US-201615366371-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2016
Priority date	Aug 29, 2011
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A cellular system that includes one or more moving relays, each having one or more add-on Interference Cancellation Modules (ICMs) capable of generating a cleaner signal by increasing the Signal-to-Interferer Ratio (SIR), thereby cancelling interference. The interference originates from intra-network or from out-of-network source. The system enables cellular communication between two or more mobile stations, in a geographic area that lacks adequate cellular coverage by one or more stationary base station.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cellular system comprising:
at least one moving relay having at least one add-on Interference Cancellation Module (ICM) configured to generate a cleaner signal by increasing a Signal-to-Interferer Ratio (SIR), thereby cancelling interference, to provide cellular communication between at least two mobile stations in a geographic area that lacks adequate cellular coverage by at least one stationary base station, wherein said interference originates from an intra-network or from an out-of-network source;
wherein said moving relay includes a base station, a relay resource manager and a link to other base station;
wherein said moving relay further comprising at least one add-on Security Module (SM) facilitating upgraded security; and
wherein said at least two Mobile Stations each having at least one add-on Security Module (SM) facilitating upgraded security; and wherein the SM of said moving relay is interfaced to a moving core segment of said relay resource manager.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said lack of adequate coverage by the at least one stationary base station stems from a disconnected backhauling radio link between the moving relay and the at least one stationary base station.

3. The system according to claim 2 , operable in 4G standard.

4. The system according to claim 2 , wherein said cellular communication is configured to support applications including at least one of audio, video, messaging and data.

5. The system according to claim 2 , wherein said moving relay is carried by a moving autonomous platform from a group that includes ground robot, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or unmanned seaborne vessel.

6. The cellular system according to claim 2 , wherein said ICM is coupled to said base station included in the moving relay.

7. The cellular system according to claim 2 , wherein said link to other base station is implemented as in-band backhauling using mobile station functionality, and wherein said ICM is coupled to said mobile station functionality.

8. The system according to claim 2 , operable in 3G standard.

9. The system according to claim 2 , operable in WiMAX standard.

10. The cellular system according to claim 1 , wherein said ICM is coupled to said base station included in the moving relay.

11. The cellular system according to claim 1 , wherein said link to other base station is implemented as in-band backhauling using mobile station functionality, and wherein said ICM is coupled to said mobile station functionality.

12. The system according to claim 1 , operable in 4G standard.

13. The system according to claim 1 , operable in 3G standard.

14. The system according to claim 1 , operable in WiMAX standard.

15. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said cellular communication is configured to support applications including at least one of audio, video, messaging and data.

16. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said moving relay is carried by a moving autonomous platform from a group that includes ground robot, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or unmanned seaborne vessel.

17. A mobile station operable in a cellular system, the mobile station comprising: at least one add-on Interface Cancellation Module (ICM), configured to generate a cleaner signal by increasing a Signal-to-Interferer Ratio (SIR), thereby cancelling interference, and being configured to be carried by a moving platform; the cellular system including at least one moving relay, to provide cellular communication between said mobile station and at least one other mobile station in a geographic area that lacks adequate cellular coverage by at least one stationary base station, wherein said interference originates from an intra-network or from an out-of-network source,
the mobile station further comprising at least one add-on Security Module (SM); wherein said at least one moving relay having at least one add-on Security Module (SM) facilitating upgraded security for enabling cellular communication between said mobile station and at least one other mobile station having at least one add-on Security Module (SM).

18. The mobile station according to claim 17 , operable in 4G standard.

19. The mobile station according to claim 17 , operable in 3G standard.

20. The mobile station according to claim 17 , operable in WiMAX standard.

Assignees

• Elta Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Shoshan Yaakov
• Tzlil Jacob
• Koifman Gil

Classifications

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04W40/22

  using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point · CPC title

• H04B7/2606

  Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels · CPC title

• H04W16/10

  Dynamic resource partitioning · CPC title