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Spectrum usage and management system (SUMS)

Accurate, verified metrics and intelligence on spectrum usage

​Our spectrum usage and management system (SUMS) provides rigorous, validated metrics and in-depth analytics to quantify and visualize radio frequency (RF) spectrum usage across a variety of environments. SUMS harnesses our SecureSense RF spectrum sensing solution and our state-of-the-art, big data analytics platform in a novel, evidence-based system to deliver authenticated spectrum usage measurements.  

SUMS provides a flexible measurements repository with support for querying, reporting and analytics that enables spectrum managers to fully document spectrum use over time, frequency and space and improve spectrum efficiency.  

With multiple data and system interfaces, a flexible and virtualized server design, and customizable analyses and reports, SUMS can be easily deployed to accurately characterize spectrum usage in any environment—including Department of Defense (DOD) training centers and test and evaluation and facilities. Establishing rigorous benchmarks and metrics on spectrum usage and requirements for DOD facilities and centers is critical to ensure current and future availability of spectrum for DOD mission needs in the face of ever-growing demand for scarce spectrum.  
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How it works

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SUMS is a state-of-the-art, big data analytics platform, which collects and integrates data from a variety of disparate sources, including test range mission planning and over-the-air (OTA) measurements from our SecureSense devices. By intelligently integrating these data sources, SUMS creates an authoritative view of RF spectrum usage and occupancy—going beyond the mere assignment of spectrum to validate what spectrum was actually used. 

The SUMS architecture is flexible, modular and highly scalable to support diverse OTA measurement sources across wide geographic areas and large numbers of users. SUMS extends and validates industry-standard metrics to provide defensible usage information. This information is augmented by map-based data and other visualizations. SUMS also produces evidence-based characterization of spectrum usage according to metrics standards, such as those published in Document 707-14 by the Frequency Management Group of the Range Commanders Council (RCC FMG). 

Comparison of planned and actual spectrum usage provides important validation for spectrum operations—close tracking demonstrates effective fulfillment of frequency usage requests, while gaps reveal inefficiencies in spectrum operations. Historical analysis and trending at specific locations and in specific frequency ranges, or across many locations and / or frequency ranges, shows evolution of spectrum use and accurately projects and justifies future spectrum needs. 
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Features

  • Ingests data on expected, planned and actual spectrum usage from various sources—ranging from simple, user-generated spreadsheets to data artifacts generated by complex multifunction mission planning systems and diverse spectrum sensors  
  • An innovative algorithmic approach to OTA verification gathers measurement validation data including metadata from telemetry receivers and accurate spectrum observations from third-party spectrum monitoring systems and from our SecureSense solution 
  • A modular back-end data storage and visualization system that is flexible and easily expands to adapt to diverse environments and handle large numbers of simultaneous users and spectrum measurement system interfaces 
  • Big data analytics techniques that allow intelligent, efficient exploration of terabytes of current and historical sensor data to support trend analysis of spectrum usage and activity within large or small areas as well as the development of accurate, well-founded forecasts and what-if scenarios 
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Advantages

  • Configurable spectrum bands to characterize spectrum usage in user-defined frequencies of interest 
  • Verification metrics correlating planned use to OTA measured use, calculated over time, space and frequency with associated confidence levels 
  • Geospatial occupancy display with spectrum exclusion zones extending well beyond the perimeters of mission flight areas 
  • Flexible reports and analytics including multiyear views of spectrum usage, user configurable charts and graphs, and automated report generation 
  • Scalable, adaptive system that easily expands to support large numbers of users and includes OTA verification sources to deliver valid, defensible information  
  • Easy to use, customizable visualizations and graphical user interface provide operators and analysts with effective tools for operation and analysis  
  • Meets high security and reliability requirements to ensure the integrity of the planned usage data, OTA measurement data and analytics for spectrum usage and occupancy  
  • Ready integration with our SecureSense solution to provide a cost-effective system for combined spectrum usage accounting and situational awareness 
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