Spectrum Monitoring

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The How and the Why of Spectrum Inventory
Spectrum inventory is on every regulator’s agenda and the reasons to carry out spectrum inventory are numerous. Regulators need to identify frequency bands in which efficiency can be improved and to identify spectrum sharing opportunities to optimise present spectrum allocation and use and to meet the future demands.

Easier said than done...
Many questions arise around spectrum inventory: which methods and processes should be used to assess spectrum use? Which bands and technologies should receive the greatest focus? And how will the inventory inform spectrum policy decisions?
Our team of spectrum engineers and consultants can help you answer exactly these questions. They can assist you in finding the best methods for conducting a spectrum inventory, tailored to your needs.
LS can assist you with:

• Spectrum re-farming strategies
• Spectrum sharing
• Spectrum inventory methods and processes
• Building accurate data sources
• Development of a phased plan considering available resources and objectives
• Capacity building for spectrum inventory
• Training

The ultimate spectrum inventory solution is the Combined Spectrum Management and Monitoring System
Some spectrum inventory solutions consist of analysing a regulator’s existing frequency assignment database; others measure the true spectrum usage and store this data. But none of the solutions allows for the smooth and easy data exchange and comparison of “real” measured data from the monitoring system with data in the spectrum management database. This is fully achievable with our Combined Spectrum Management and Monitoring System. It increases the accuracy of data in the database on a permanent basis while minimising the administrative burden placed on regulatory authorities by automating manual processes.

LS OBSERVER
Features

• Captures ALL frequencies at all times
• Automatically compresses & stores all data for about 2 years
• Provides the data for intelligent spectrum policy analysis and evidence-based regulation whenever needed
• Fully scalable according to your capacity and budget needs
• A variety of receivers, sensors and spectrum analysers, even a combination of equipment from different producers can be used

For easy automated analysis of spectrum usage, automated license and channel validation, report generation and quick identification of illegal use or interferers, the SPECTRA system offers the possibility to fully integrate the LS OBSERVER which monitors the entire frequency spectrum and captures everything all the time. Monitoring works 24x7, 365 days per year. Whatever monitoring data is needed, it is available in the system and can be retrieved easily for instant intelligent decision making later. LS OBSERVER is a self-contained monitoring system, whose scanning and storage options will be set by means of an external PC, but can run in fully independent and unattended mode.
Observation of wide frequency ranges (in accordance with receiver specifications) and carry out detailed analysis on raw spectrum data is stored. LS OBSERVER stores raw data up to 30 days, compressed spectrum data up to two years. The system automatically compresses and stores the entire observed spectrum throughout the tuning range of the attached RF front, while noise is being removed.

Costly external storage systems are not required, because LS OBSERVER stores all data within the confined monitoring system.
Intelligent software will filter through the collected spectrum information. Only the data required for analysis is transferred to the central server. The exact needed data can be retrieved with the help of search filters. This is why only minimum infrastructure is needed to connect to the RF front end device. In addition, the transferred data is stored on the central server and, if needed once more, does not have to be retrieved again from the monitoring unit.

• LS OBSERVER monitoring hardware and software solution is, of course, compatible with all the monitoring guidelines and recommendations in the ITU spectrum monitoring handbook.
• To run the LS OBSERVER there is no need for a full network of identically specified stations. The RF front end can be scaled exactly according to the needed capability and the available budget by choosing from a variety of receivers, sensors and spectrum analysers. The modular design with COTS products allows for easy field maintenance. Initial investment can be saved by integrating existing systems into the LS OBSERVER. It can be started with a standalone system and finished with a national network by gradually building up remote monitoring units. The RF front end can be changed or updated to ensure a future proof network and to adapt to changing requirements. As opposed to traditional very heavy monitoring equipment, LS OBSERVER front end devices have a very small footprint and allow for “single pole” mounting. They can literally be installed anywhere which means that many more site locations can be considered for their installation - for example, 3G or 4G sites, too. As there are no special masts or other site requirements, sites can be relocated easily and cheap. Due to the low power and network connectivity required, LS OBSERVER can be quickly placed mobile and on temporary stations.

Operational Scenarios
• Convoy mounted mobile
• total spectrum recording allowing post event (e.g. IED) analysis for any RF activity
• Forward Operating Base fixed install
• allowing spectrum usage awareness, planning and de-confliction
• Tactical Airfield fixed install
• allowing real life spectrum planning, interference resolution and usage analysis
• Training area installation
• allowing for automated spectrum planning, and interference resolution as units transition the training are
• Regional installation
• providing real time or post incident SigInt and ComInt analysis