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 intermodulation distortion analysis and mitigation in an electromagnetic environment comprising:
at least one sensor operable to capture electromagnetic environment data and create measured data based on the electromagnetic environment;
at least one data analysis engine operable to identify intermodulation distortion (IMD) components of at least one signal identified in the electromagnetic environment; 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 the at least one signal.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the data analysis engine is operable to create a utilization mask.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the data analysis engine is operable to analyze the utilization mask to identify the IMD components of the at least one signal.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal identified 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 wideband signal and/or at least one narrowband 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.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the system is operable to identify an adjustment of 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 , wherein the at least one data analysis engine includes an intermodulation analysis workflow.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the intermodulation analysis workflow includes a narrowband sorting block, a wideband sorting block, and/or an intermodulation calculator.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the narrowband sorting block is operable to sort narrowband signals by a dynamically adjustable threshold based on customer goals.
13 . A system for intermodulation distortion analysis and mitigation in an electromagnetic environment comprising:
at least one monitoring sensor operable to capture the electromagnetic environment data and create measured data based on the electromagnetic environment;
at least one data analysis engine is configured to analyze at least one utilization mask to identify intermodulation distortion (IMD) in the environmental environment, thereby creating analyzed data; further comprising at least one mitigation subsystem operable to optimize the IMD based upon customer goals and/or a service provided to at least one user equipment device.
14 . A method for intermodulation distortion analysis and mitigation in an electromagnetic environment comprising:
at least one sensor creating measured data based on the electromagnetic environment;
at least one data analysis engine analyzing at least one utilization mask to identify intermodulation distortion (IMD) in the electromagnetic environment to create analyzed data; further comprising the at least one data analysis engine providing mitigation recommendations for at least one parameter of at least one signal based on the analyzed data.
15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising performing IMD mitigation based on customer goals included in a binary customer goals index vector.
16 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising the at least one data analysis engine performing IMD mitigation based on the analyzed data.
17 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising the at least one data analysis engine analyzing intermodulation using a sorting block and intermodulation calculator.