System, method and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
1. A system for creating actionable data based on measurements from an electromagnetic environment comprising:
at least one sensor operable to create measured data based on the electromagnetic environment; and
at least one server;
wherein the at least one sensor is in communication with the at least one server;
wherein the at least one server is operable to create actionable data upon detection of at least one signal or interference based on the measured data;
wherein the detection of the at least one signal or the interference from the measured data is performed using at least one mask; and
wherein at least one rule and the actionable data are used to dynamically allocate at least one frequency band in an electromagnetic spectrum of the electromagnetic environment.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one server is operable to activate an alarm and/or provide at least one report based on the actionable data.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the detection of the at least one signal or the interference from the measured data is performed using blind feature extraction algorithms.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor includes at least one antenna, at least one antenna array, at least one radio server, and/or at least one software defined radio.
5. The system of claim 1 , further including a certification and compliance application, wherein the certification and compliance application is operable to determine if at least one customer application and/or at least one customer device is behaving according to the at least one rule and/or at least one policy.
6. A system for creating actionable data based on measurements from a radiofrequency (RF) environment comprising:
at least one data analysis engine operable to create analyzed data; and
at least one server;
wherein the at least one data analysis engine is operable to detect at least one signal or interference;
wherein the at least one server is operable to create actionable data based on the detection of the at least one signal or the interference by the data analysis engine;
wherein the detection of the at least one signal or the interference from the measured data is performed using at least one mask; and
wherein the actionable data is used to dynamically allocate at least one frequency band in an RF spectrum of the RF environment.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein an alarm is triggered if trigger conditions based on the detection of the at least one signal or the interference are met.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one signal includes at least one signal not previously detected or at least one previously detected signal that has changed in power or bandwidth.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the actionable data is created in near-real time.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the actionable data is based on optimization objectives for a device or application.
11. The system of claim 6 , further comprising at least one sensor for measuring data from the RF environment.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one sensor includes at least one antenna, at least one antenna array, at least one radio server, and/or at least one software defined radio.
13. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one data analysis engine includes an identification engine, a classification engine, and/or a geolocation engine.
14. The system of claim 6 , further including a certification and compliance application, wherein the certification and compliance application is operable to determine if at least one customer application and/or at least one customer device is behaving according to the at least one rule and/or at least one policy.
15. A method for creating actionable data based on measurements from a radiofrequency (RF) environment comprising:
creating measured data based on the RF environment;
detecting at least one signal or interference in the RF environment based on the measured data;
creating actionable data based on the detection of the at least one signal or the interference;
dynamically allocating at least one frequency band in an RF spectrum of the RF environment based on the actionable data and at least one rule and/or at least one policy;
wherein detecting the at least one signal or the interference in the RF environment is further based on at least one mask.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the actionable data is created by at least one server.
17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising determining a location of an emitter of the at least one signal or the interference.