Granted Patent B2

US 12,317,089 · App. 18/928,899 · Granted May 27, 2025

Inventors: Armando Montalvo (Winter Garden, FL); Dwight Inman (Travelers Rest, SC); Edward Hummel (Hillsborough, NJ)

Assignee: Digital Global Systems, Inc.

H04W16/10G06F30/27G06N3/02G06N5/022G06N5/04G06N20/00G06N20/10G06N20/20H04L41/0893H04W24/02H04W72/0453G06N3/042G06N3/045H04L41/0894H04W16/14H04W24/08

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A system for spectrum management in an electromagnetic environment comprising:

at least one monitoring sensor operable to create measured data for at least one signal from the electromagnetic environment;

a customer optimization module;

a certification and compliance application; and

an operational engine;

wherein the operational engine is in communication with the customer optimization module;

wherein the operational engine is operable to determine optimization objectives based on the measured data and send the optimization objectives to the customer optimization module;

wherein the system is operable to assign the at least one signal a priority based on at least one customer application associated with the at least one signal, and wherein the priority and at least one rule and/or at least one policy is used in dynamic allocation of spectrum in the electromagnetic environment for the at least one signal;

wherein the certification and compliance application is operable to determine if the at least one customer application and/or at least one customer device is behaving according to the at least one rule and/or the at least one policy;

wherein the operational engine utilizes at least one prediction model to forecast future spectrum usage based on historical data and the measured data; and

wherein the customer optimization module is operable to determine an impact on customer goals and customer operations based on the optimization objectives and/or the measured data from the electromagnetic environment.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a reasoner operable to determine conditional constraints to be used by an optimizer for optimization of the at least one signal based on a policy or a rule for use of a resource.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a resource brokerage application operable to control the use of the resource.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the policy or the rule for use of the resource is used for the dynamic allocation of spectrum for at least one frequency band in the electromagnetic environment.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the resource includes a portion of at least one frequency band in a spectrum in the electromagnetic environment.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a data analysis engine operable to identify interference, and wherein the customer optimization module is operable to determine an impact of the interference on customer goals and/or customer operations.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operational engine includes a policy manager, wherein the policy manager is operable to create a policy or a rule for use of spectrum in the electromagnetic environment.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the customer optimization module is operable to send actionable data for optimization of the at least one signal to the operational engine.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a survey occupancy application operable to determine occupancy in frequency bands, wherein the survey occupancy application is operable to schedule occupancy in the frequency bands based on the actionable data.

10. A system for spectrum management in an electromagnetic environment comprising:

at least one monitoring sensor operable to create measured data from the electromagnetic environment;

at least one data analysis engine for analyzing the measured data to provide information about the electromagnetic environment for at least one signal;

a customer optimization module;

a certification and compliance application; and

an operational engine;

wherein the operational engine is operable to determine optimization objectives based on the information associated with the electromagnetic environment and send the optimization objectives to the customer optimization module;

wherein the customer optimization module is operable to create actionable data based on the optimization objectives and send the actionable data to the operational engine and at least one semantic engine;

wherein the at least one signal includes a priority based on at least one customer application, and wherein the priority and the actionable data is used in dynamic allocation of spectrum in the electromagnetic environment for the at least one signal;

wherein the certification and compliance application is operable to determine if the at least one customer application and/or at least one customer device is behaving according to a rule and/or a policy; and

wherein the operational engine utilizes at least one prediction model to forecast future spectrum usage based on historical data and the measured data.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising a reasoner operable to determine constraints to be used by an optimizer for optimization of spectrum based on the policy or the rule for usage of a resource.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a resource brokerage application operable to control usage of the resource based on the policy or the rule for usage of the resource.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the resource includes a portion of at least one frequency band in a spectrum in the electromagnetic environment.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the actionable data is used for the dynamic allocation of spectrum for at least one frequency band in the electromagnetic environment.

15. A method for spectrum management in an electromagnetic environment comprising:

at least one monitoring sensor creating measured data for at least one signal from the electromagnetic environment;

an operational engine creating optimization objectives based on the measured data and sending the optimization objectives to a customer optimization module;

the customer optimization module creating actionable data based on the optimization objectives;

scheduling occupancy in frequency bands based on the actionable data, and sending the actionable data to the operational engine and a semantic engine;

a certification and compliance application determining if at least one customer application and at least one customer device is behaving according to a rule and/or a policy; and

the operational engine creating and using at least one prediction model to forecast future spectrum usage based on historical data and the measured data'

wherein the at least one signal includes a priority based on at least one customer application, and wherein the priority and the actionable data is used in dynamic allocation of spectrum in the electromagnetic environment for the at least one signal.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising the customer optimization module determining an impact on the optimization objectives on customer goals.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising at least one data analysis engine analyzing the measured data to provide information associated with the at least one signal and/or the electromagnetic environment.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising creating the policy or the policy rule for usage of a resource in the electromagnetic environment based on the optimization objectives.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising controlling usage of the resource based on the policy or the rule for usage of the resource.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising preprocessing the occupancy of the at least one signal and at least one second signal that exist in a frequency band based on interference between the at least one signal and the at least one second signal.

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