Patents Assigned to ELTA
  • Publication number: 20190223235
    Abstract: In a mobile communication system including a network having at least one base station operative to receive information in resource allocation terminology understandable to the base station and to allocate downlink bandwidth accordingly, at least one relay operative to convey to the base station information regarding needs of mobile communicators associated with the relay, using the resource allocation terminology understandable to the base station, and when receiving uplink bandwidth, from the base station, which generates an uplink between itself and the base station, to distribute the uplink bandwidth between the mobile communicators associated with the relay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Adi SCHWARTZ, Yaakov SHOSHAN, Gil KOIFMAN
  • Patent number: 10356688
    Abstract: A cellular communication system serving at least one mobile communication device, the system including at least one backhauling link provided between a mobile station functionality; and a base station functionality residing in a level below the mobile station functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Adi Schwartz, Yaakov Shoshan
  • Patent number: 10356796
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of improving interference robustness in a LTE based wireless communication system. At a transmitting side, a MAC layer outputs MAC data units each including a resource mapping assigning said MAC data units to resource blocks of an LTE frame. The method comprises, at the transmitting side, modifying the MAC data units output by the MAC layer to scramble the resource mapping of said MAC data units thereby providing corresponding scrambled MAC data units including a scrambled resource mapping to a PHY layer of the transmitting side, the scrambled resource mapping being obtained by using a carrier permutation retrievable by a receiving side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Itay Sherman
  • Patent number: 10341919
    Abstract: A mobile communication system including at least one individual mobile communicator in a population of mobile communicators served by a plurality of nodes, including at least one base station; wherein at least one individual mobile communicator is operative to at least once associating itself with a serving node from among the plurality of nodes using a serving node selection functionality operative for selecting the serving node so as to increase use of available bandwidth to and from at least one node which provides the individual communicator with an acceptable signal to noise ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Gil Koifman, Adi Schwartz, Yaakov Shoshan
  • Patent number: 10285208
    Abstract: In a mobile communication system including a network having at least one base station operative to receive information in resource allocation terminology understandable to the base station and to allocate downlink bandwidth accordingly, at least one relay operative to convey to the base station information regarding needs of mobile communicators associated with the relay, using the resource allocation terminology understandable to the base station, and when receiving uplink bandwidth, from the base station, which generates an uplink between itself and the base station, to distribute the uplink bandwidth between the mobile communicators associated with the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Adi Schwartz, Yaakov Shoshan, Gil Koifman
  • Patent number: 10284366
    Abstract: In existing mobile implementations, there is a disconnect between the mobile device accessing the network and the applicative services inasmuch as the entity responsible for network access, such as the VPN Gateway, differs from the entity governing access to applications, such as email servers and SharePoint repositories. Therefore existing solutions typically employ two authentication methods. Of these, the first may be used to authenticate the mobile device to the VPN Gateway, while the second may be used to authenticate the mobile device towards the applications server. In order to facilitate strong authentication it is often desired to utilize a mechanism that uses or combines two different factors, e.g. “something you have” (such as but not limited to a smart card) and “something you know” (such as but not limited to a password). Most currently available mobile devices offer limited options to connect external devices to them, rendering most “Something you have” solutions irrelevant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Yonathan Striem-Amit
  • Patent number: 10257767
    Abstract: A method operative in conjunction with a cellular communication network having a core element and comprising providing moving relays including base and mobile station functionality and a relay resource manager, all co-located, including providing an emergency moving relay from among the moving relays further including a simulated stationary network that includes a simulated IP connectivity gateway communicating with a simulated mobility management entity. The simulated stationary network simulates a stationary network's operation; the emergency moving relay being a root of a sub tree that includes moving relays and mobile stations, and is configured to utilize its mobile and base station functionalities and relay resource manager for operating in: (i) normal mode: emergency moving relay communicates with other relays in the network and with the stationary network; (ii) emergency mode, including, in response to an emergency event, finding new networks to connect to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Adi Schwartz, Yaakov Shoshan, Itay Sherman, Udi Weinsberg
  • Publication number: 20190053121
    Abstract: A mobile communication network system comprising a core network including a core device and at least one static base station; base stations; and Mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations; The base stations including at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and has a physical e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Benjamin GILOH
  • Patent number: 10202173
    Abstract: Mast systems are provided for use with an underwater vehicle. In one example the mast system includes a support base, a mast arm and a mast payload bay. The support base defines a base axis. The mast arm defines a longitudinal axis, and has a free longitudinal mast end and a mast mounting portion longitudinally spaced from the mast end. The mast payload bay is provided at the mast end, and is configured for supporting a payload. The mast arm is mounted to the support base via the mast mounting portion, and the mast arm is selectively deployable with respect to the support base at least between a retracted configuration, in which the mast end is at a first spacing with respect to the mast mounting portion, and an extended configuration, in which the mast end is at a second spacing with respect to the mast mounting portion, the second spacing being greater than the first spacing. The mast system is configured for operating in a marine environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Elta Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Amit Farber, Ehud Erell
  • Patent number: 10175101
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical system suitable for detecting muzzle flashes in a scene, the optical system comprising: a first optical module customized for detecting flashes at short range of the optical system by analyzing irradiance received on a first infrared sensor; a second optical module customized for detecting flashes at long range of the optical system by analyzing irradiance received on a second infrared sensor; wherein: the first and second optical modules are configured to share a common field of view and to operate independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Ori Aphek
  • Patent number: 10169109
    Abstract: A cellular device architecture, including two application processors connectible through a Modem-AP Switch to two modems, each communicating with a respective antenna. A Controller module coupled to the switch and being configured, in response to receipt of data received in the Modem-AP switch as received through an antenna, to command the switch to select a processing route, whereby one of the application processors is switched to connect to one of the modems and to its associated antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Yaakov Shoshan, Gil Koifman, Yigal Bitran
  • Patent number: 10142906
    Abstract: A mobile communication network system operative in conjunction with a core network including a core device and at least one static base station includes a plurality of base stations. The system further includes a population of mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations. The base stations include at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and includes base station functionality and a first radio manager and mobile station functionality all co-located with the base station functionality. The base station functionality has a physical back-connection to the first radio manager. The first radio manager has a physical connection with the mobile station functionality. The mobile station functionality communicates via antennae with at least one selectable static base station. The information used to determine whether to reject includes the location of the moving base station and statistics regarding measurements of link quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Benjamin Giloh
  • Patent number: 10126476
    Abstract: A polarization rotator including a plurality of polarizer layers that are stacked along a general direction of radiation propagation. Each polarizer layers implements a wired grid pattern associated with respective extinction axis for extinction of radiation components that are polarized therealong. The extinction axes of consecutive polarizer layers are orientated differently so that polarization of radiation interacting therewith is rotated. The relative orientations of the polarizer layers are selected such that a tiling of a plurality of substantially identical polarization rotation unit cells is defined within the polarization rotator, where the unit cells are arranged with predetermined spatial periods A and B along two lateral axes. The polarization rotator may be coupled to an array of elements (e.g. antennas) arranged parallel to the tiling of unit cells, with respective spatial periodicities A? and B? that are integer multiples of the predetermined spatial periods A and B of the unit cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Uriel Odes
  • Patent number: 10128932
    Abstract: A communication system comprising at least one communication network node having a capacity for communicating with at least one additional communication network node at a given center frequency; and at least one external frequency converter, external to said node, operative to cause at least one communication network node, from outside said node, to communicate with at least one additional communication network node, at least on occasion, according to a given communication protocol, at at least one converted center frequency which differs from the given center frequency, and also comprising beacon functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Elta Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Koifman, Michael Elmakias, Yaakov Shoshan
  • Patent number: 10128935
    Abstract: For use with a cellular communication network having a base station transmitting downlink signals received by mobile device/s: a downlink signal reception enhancement system including partial repeater apparatus enhancing quality of reception of at least a portion of downlink signal/s by mobile device/s, the partial repeater apparatus including a downlink receiver receiving at least a portion of downlink signal/s arriving from the base station; a controller including a critical region selector, selecting only a portion of at least one individual downlink signal; and a partial transmitter generating signal/s by regenerating, according to characteristic/s of at least one of a downlink signal and the mobile device, at least the portion selected by the critical region selector, and to transmit a signal including at least the regenerated portion plus less than all of the individual downlink signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Yaakov Shoshan, Gil Koifman
  • Patent number: 10107892
    Abstract: A method utilizes signals received from the signal source by receivers during respective time intervals and data about a change in positions of the receivers during these time intervals. The method includes applying first processing to each of the signals received by each respective receiver to determine an accumulated phase in the signal during a respective time interval. Applying second processing to determine differential phases differences between the accumulated phases of the signals received by two or more pairs of the receivers. The phases differences are indicative of the difference between the changes of the distances of the respective receivers from the signal source during the respective time intervals. The method includes applying a third processing for determining the location of the signal source such that the relative changes between the positions of the respective receivers relative to the determined location correspond to the distance differences of the phase differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Moshe Fireaizen, Aharon Razon
  • Patent number: 10098053
    Abstract: A dynamic hierarchical cellular system implementing multi-hop encapsulation, wherein in at least one message destined for an individual base station functionality, the individual base station functionality's header is encapsulated within an individual mobile station functionality's header, so as to allow said message to be routed by said router to the individual base station functionality, via the individual mobile station functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Itay Sherman
  • Patent number: 10091690
    Abstract: A hierarchical cellular network system having a core and comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein at least one node comprises a relay; and wherein at least one relay includes: a tunneling sub-system; a backhauling link subsystem interfacing between the tunneling subsystem and a node which is closer to the core than the relay; and a base station subsystem, interfacing between the tunneling subsystem and a mobile station or a node which is further from the core than the relay, wherein the tunneling subsystem is operative to perform the following, on data arriving from a base station subsystem belonging to another node from among the plurality of nodes: collecting the data; and encapsulating the results to be sent in an individual session into packets and sending the packets to the Backhauling Link Subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Benjamin Giloh, Yaakov Shoshan, Adi Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20180279106
    Abstract: A method operative in conjunction with a cellular communication network having a core element and comprising providing moving relays including base and mobile station functionality and a relay resource manager, all co-located, including providing an emergency moving relay from among the moving relays further including a simulated stationary network that includes a simulated IP connectivity gateway communicating with a simulated mobility management entity. The simulated stationary network simulates a stationary network's operation; the emergency moving relay being a root of a sub tree that includes moving relays and mobile stations, and is configured to utilize its mobile and base station functionalities and relay resource manager for operating in: (i) normal mode: emergency moving relay communicates with other relays in the network and with the stationary network; (ii) emergency mode, including, in response to an emergency event, finding new networks to connect to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Adi SCHWARTZ, Yaakov SHOSHAN, Itay SHERMAN, Udi WEINSBERG
  • Patent number: 10075895
    Abstract: A hierarchical cellular network administration system operative to administrate for a hierarchical cellular network having a core, the hierarchical cellular network administration system comprising a link establishment initiator operative to generate link establishment commands; and relay manager functionality operative to establish at least one link between at least one relay in the hierarchical cellular network and all nodes in said cellular network desired to be served by said at least one relay, as per said link establishment commands generated by the link establishment initiator; and to control operation of links thus established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ELTA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Yaakov Shoshan, Gil Koifman, Adi Schwartz