Granted Patent B2

US 12,520,162 · App. 19/189,617 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Inventor: Armando Montalvo (Winter Garden, FL)

Assignee: Digital Global Systems, Inc.

H04W16/10H04W24/02H04W24/08H04W28/0925H04W28/0967H04W72/0453H04W16/14

Abstract

Claims (37)

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

at least one sensor unit configured to measure radiofrequency (RF) data; and

an RF analysis engine in the at least one sensor unit configured to extract physical layer data from measured RF data;

wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to analyze and/or process the extracted physical layer data to create analyzed and/or processed physical layer data;

wherein the at least one sensor unit and the RF analysis engine are configured to send the analyzed and/or processed physical layer data to a distributed data unit (DDU), a centralized unit (CU), at least one radio unit (RU), and/or a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) layer;

wherein the RF analysis engine includes a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) engine configured to provide for a duty cycle using multiple four streams and one second per stream to reduce calculations and provide for increased real-time sampling;

wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to use the FFT engine, condition in-phase and quadrature (I&Q) data, perform channel extraction and/or classification, and aggregate the physical layer data from the at least one RU to support Layer 2 processing at the DDU to create the analyzed and/or processed physical layer data;

wherein the analyzed and/or processed extracted physical layer data is used by the DDU, the CU, the at least one RU, and/or the MEC layer to create actionable data for optimizing network resources; and

wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to send the actionable data to a Layer 3 (L3) network layer and the MEC layer for further optimizing the network resources based on customer-defined inputs and predetermined policies.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the actionable data includes data for modulation and/or demodulation, beam forming, and/or interference detection.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor unit further includes a programmable rules and policy editor, wherein the programmable rules and policy editor is configured to communicate the analyzed or processed physical layer data to the MEC layer.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the RF analysis engine includes a channelizer.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the RF analysis engine includes a blind classification engine.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to perform a priori detection.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to provide Noise Floor Extension (NFE) for noise compensation.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the analyzed and/or processed physical layer data is provided to the DDU, the CU, the at least one RU, and/or the MEC layer in real-time.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the analyzed or processed extracted physical layer data is used by the DDU, the CU, the at least one RU, and/or the MEC layer to create actionable data for spectrum sharing in the electromagnetic environment in real time.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to provide a recommendation for a change in at least one physical layer parameter based on the analyzed and/or processed physical layer data.

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

at least one sensor unit configured to measure radiofrequency (RF) data; and

an RF analysis engine in the at least one sensor unit configured to extract physical layer data from the measured RF data;

wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to analyze and/or process the extracted physical layer data to create analyzed and/or processed physical layer data;

wherein the at least one sensor unit and/or the RF analysis engine is configured to send the analyzed and/or processed physical layer data to a remote device;

wherein the RF analysis engine includes a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) engine configured to provide for a duty cycle using multiple four streams and one second per stream to reduce calculations and provide for increased real-time sampling;

wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to use the FFT engine, condition in-phase and quadrature (I&Q) data, perform channel extraction and/or classification, and aggregate the physical layer data from the at least one RU to support Layer 2 processing at the DDU to create the analyzed and/or processed physical layer data;

wherein the analyzed or processed extracted physical layer data is used by the remote device to create actionable data for optimizing network resources; and

wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to send the actionable data to a Layer 3 (L3) network layer and a MEC layer for further optimizing the network resources based on customer-defined inputs and predetermined policies.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the actionable data includes real-time data and/or dynamic spectrum sharing data.

13 . An apparatus for dynamic spectrum utilization management in an electromagnetic environment comprising:

the at least one sensor unit configured to measure radiofrequency (RF) data and includes an RF analysis engine operable to extract physical layer data from the measured RF data;

wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to analyze and/or process the extracted physical layer data to create analyzed and/or processed physical layer data; and

wherein the RF analysis engine includes a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) engine configured to provide for a duty cycle using multiple four streams and one second per stream to reduce calculations and provide for increased real-time sampling;

wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to use the FFT engine, condition in-phase and quadrature (I&Q) data, perform channel extraction and/or classification, and aggregate the physical layer data from the at least one RU to support Layer 2 processing at the DDU to create the analyzed and/or processed physical layer data;

wherein the RF analysis engine is operable to provide a recommendation for a change in at least one physical layer parameter for optimizing network resources based on the analyzed and/or processed extracted physical layer data; and

wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to send the actionable data to a Layer 3 (L3) network layer and a MEC layer for further optimizing the network resources based on customer-defined inputs and predetermined policies.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the RF analysis engine includes a channelizer.

15 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the RF analysis engine is configured to perform a priori detection.

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