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OSCAR

INTELLIGENT, DYNAMIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT IN CONGESTED AND CONTESTED ENVIRONMENTS

​Efficient and intelligent spectrum management is increasingly required—on test and training ranges, as radio frequency (RF) bands are auctioned for commercial usage, reducing available spectrum—and during mission execution, as multidomain operations (MDO) demand improved command and control (C2) and domination of the electromagnetic operating environment (EMOE) to support dynamic tactical operations.

Peraton Labs’ OSCAR solution meets current and future needs for agile, dynamic spectrum management in congested and contested environments. OSCAR delivers agile spectrum management to support shared spectrum use cases from planning through mission execution and in test, training, and tactical environments. OSCAR improves spectrum planning with automated workflows, automates multi-mission RF conflict detection for greater efficiency, and can dynamically reconfigure radios and software defined systems (SDS). 
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OSCAR is a maturing system which has been successfully tested and evaluated at high-profile events and continues to support important exercises (Vanguard, Cyber Quest, NetModX, etc.).
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How it works

OSCAR provides an integrated portal to spectrum managers that simplifies management and planning tasks. Featuring a flexible, microservice-centric architecture, OSCAR is compatible and interworks with current spectrum management and planning tools and databases.

OSCAR not only incorporates a range spectrum monitoring system with distributed, networked passive RF sensors, it also interfaces with heterogeneous external sensors. OSCR provides high-value spectrum SA including live spectrum auditing, active visualizations, and real-time alerts, as well as reports and data repositories to support post-mission analysis and lessons learned.

OSCAR provides innovative frequency deconfliction to improve spectrum efficiency both for range planning and for dynamic, real-time deconfliction during mission execution. By harnessing sophisticated pathloss or interference modeling and fast, constraint solving algorithms, OSCAR provides efficient and automated multi-mission spectrum conflict detection and optimal, real-time frequency deconfliction. 
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Rapidly determining a deconfliction solution is just the first step—the solution must then be rapidly implemented, which requires fast frequency re-assignment and reconfiguration of radios. OSCAR's real-time radio network C2 and dynamic spectrum access (DSA) policy management is proven to quickly adapt to interference, adversarial behavior, or unexpected EMS conditions. OSCAR's streamlined DSA policy generation process facilitates fast generation and validation of complex and compliant policies.
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Features

  • Improves spectrum planning with automated workflows and intelligent deconfliction for greater efficiency
  • Automates multi-mission RF conflict detection and resolution via sophisticated RF propagation models and efficient optimization algorithms
  • Provides a single, easy-to-use portal for spectrum managers with built-in integration to current tools and data sources
  • Delivers of spectrum data products to external applications via a flexible application programming interface (API)
  • Offers closed-loop, automated spectrum monitoring and EMOE visualization during mission execution
  • Features real-time, in-mission RF signature analysis, detection of interference, adversarial anomalies, and unexpected EMOE conditions, and mitigation of issues
  • Dynamically reconfigures radios and software defined systems (SDS) via real-time radio network C2 and dynamic spectrum access (DSA) policy management
  • Supports high-value spectrum situational awareness (SA), hot-wash debriefs, after-action reports, and post-mission analysis
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Advantages

  • Agile spectrum management and shared spectrum use cases in test, training, and tactical environments
  • Proven capability in range exercises to deliver live spectrum auditing, verify authorized emitters, and identify anomalous or unauthorized emissions
  • Successfully detection, characterization, and geolocation of signals from diverse systems, platforms, and manufacturers
  • Automated multi-mission spectrum conflict detection performed as requests are entered, added, or updated
  • Deconfliction approach scales based on time constraints for solution derivation in mission planning vs mission execution use cases
  • Dynamic RF deconfliction leverages fast, algorithmic optimization and enables real-time reaction to the EMOE in response to unexpected, interfering, and adversarial behavior
  • In-mission solution operates has proven performance with incomplete information on emitter characteristics and position.
  • Dynamic radio configuration pushes deconflicted assignments to DSA radios to resolve issues immediately
  • Enforces policies for legacy over the air managed (OTAM) radios; even though OTAM legacy radios are not policy-based; OSCAR’s enables a centralized DSA behavior for such devices, providing significant mission value ​
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