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 dynamic utilization mask adjustment in an electromagnetic environment comprising:
at least one sensor operable to monitor and/or capture electromagnetic environment data to create measured data; and
at least one data analysis engine operable to create at least one utilization mask for at least one signal based on the measured data;
wherein the at least one data analysis engine is operable to determine a recommended refresh rate using at least one machine learning (ML) algorithm based on the measured data, customer goals, and/or a service provided to at least one customer device; and
wherein a refresh rate of the at least one utilization mask is operable to be adjusted dynamically based on the recommended refresh rate.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the customer goals are included in a customer goals index vector.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the customer goals index vector is a binary vector.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal includes an Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) signal.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one data analysis engine is operable to detect at least one narrowband signal in at least one wideband signal.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one data analysis engine is operable to provide a recommendation for at least one parameter of the at least one signal based on the measured data.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the system is operable to adjust the at least one parameter of the at least one signal.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one parameter is a power level of the at least one signal.
9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a noise floor estimator operable to estimate a bin-wise noise model, estimate a bin-wise noise plus signal model, determine a bin-level probability of false alarm, a bin-level threshold, a channel-level probability of false alarm, a channel-level level threshold, calculate a detection vector, count a number of elements above the bin-level threshold, determine a probability of false alarm, determine a probability of missed detection, and/or determine an overall detection probability.
10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a blind detection engine operable to estimate a number of channels, corresponding bandwidths for the number of channels, and/or center frequencies using an averaged power spectral density (PSD) of at least one signal of interest.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one data analysis engine includes an intermodulation analysis workflow.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the intermodulation analysis workflow includes a sorting block and intermodulation calculator.
13. A system for dynamic utilization mask adjustment in an electromagnetic environment comprising:
at least one sensor operable to monitor and capture electromagnetic environment data to create measured data based on the electromagnetic environment; and
at least one data analysis engine operable to create at least one utilization mask based on the measured data;
wherein the at least one data analysis engine is configured to analyze the at least one utilization mask to identify signals and intermodulation, thereby creating analyzed data.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one utilization mask is refreshed periodically through a dynamic sample rate.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one data analysis engine is operable to provide at least one recommendation for at least one signal in the electromagnetic environment using at least one machine learning (ML) algorithm based on the measured data.
16. A method for dynamic utilization mask adjustment in an electromagnetic environment comprising:
at least one sensor creating measured data based on the electromagnetic environment;
at least one data analysis engine creating at least one utilization mask based on the measured data;
the at least one data analysis engine analyzing the at least one utilization mask to identify signals and/or intermodulation, thereby creating analyzed data; and
dynamically adjusting a refresh rate of the at least one utilization mask based on the analyzed data, customer goals, and/or a service provided to at least one customer device.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the customer goals are included in a binary customer goals index vector.
18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising the at least one data analysis engine providing a recommendation for at least one parameter of at least one signal based on the analyzed data.
19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising the at least one data analysis engine providing a report based on the analyzed data.
20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising the at least one data analysis engine analyzing the intermodulation using a sorting block and intermodulation calculator.