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Deterministic Move Lists for Federal Incumbent Protection in the CBRS Band

October 13, 2020
Author(s)
Michael R. Souryal, Thao T. Nguyen
The 3.5 GHz citizens broadband radio service (CBRS) band in the U.S. is a key portion of mid- band spectrum shared between commercial operators and existing federal and non-federal incumbents in the band. To protect the federal incumbents from harmful

Effect of Federal Incumbent Activity on CBRS Commercial Service

December 19, 2019
Author(s)
Michael R. Souryal, Thao Nguyen
Federal Communications Commission rules for the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service permit commercial systems to share 150 MHz of bandwidth with federal and other incumbents. To protect the federal incumbents, a spectrum coordinator---the Spectrum

RF Dataset of Incumbent Radar Signals in the 3.5 GHz CBRS Band

December 17, 2019
Author(s)
Raied Caromi, Michael R. Souryal, Timothy Hall
This Radio Frequency (RF) dataset consists of synthetically generated waveforms of incumbent 3.5 GHz radar systems. The intended use of the dataset is for developing and evaluating detectors for the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) or

DETECTION OF INCUMBENT RADAR IN THE 3.5 GHZ CBRS BAND

November 25, 2018
Author(s)
Raied Caromi, Michael R. Souryal, Wen-Bin Yang
In the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service, 100 MHz of spectrum will be shared between commercial users and federal incumbents. Dynamic use of the band relies on a network of sensors dedicated to detecting the presence of federal incumbent signals and

3.5 GHz ESC Sensor Test Apparatus Using Field-Measured Waveforms

November 14, 2018
Author(s)
Raied Caromi, John Mink, Cosburn H. Wedderburn, Michael R. Souryal, Naceur El Ouni
This paper presents a framework and apparatus for laboratory testing of environmental sensing capability (ESC) sensors for the 3.5 GHz band. These sensors are designed to detect federal incumbent signals in the band so that the federal incumbent can be

Instructions for Running the RF Sensor Test Harness

November 8, 2018
Author(s)
Cosburn H. Wedderburn, Raied Caromi, Michael R. Souryal
This document is a step-by-step set of instructions for downloading and operating the RF Sensor Test Harness. The RF Sensor Test Harness consists of a Python web server, LabVIEW server (LabVIEW player), and a web browser. The player accepts the waveforms

3.5 GHz Federal Incumbent Protection Algorithms

October 21, 2018
Author(s)
Michael R. Souryal, Thao T. Nguyen, Nickolas J. LaSorte
The current standardized algorithm for U.S. federal incumbent protection in the 3.5 GHz band is sub-optimum in that it moves more commercial transmissions out of the protected channel than necessary, in most cases. This paper proposes a more efficient

3.5 GHz Waveform Generation for Testing and Development of ESC Detectors

November 17, 2017
Author(s)
Raied M. Caromi, John Mink, Michael R. Souryal
Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) sensors will be used in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) to detect and report the presence of federal incumbent radar signals in 100 MHz of spectrum. Unlike traditional radar detection schemes, ESC

3.5 GHz Environmental Sensing Capability Detection Thresholds and Deployment

September 1, 2017
Author(s)
Thao Nguyen, Anirudha Sahoo, Michael R. Souryal, Timothy Hall
Spectrum sharing in the 3.5~GHz band between commercial and government users along U.S. coastal areas depends on an Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC)---that is, a network of radio frequency sensors and a decision system---to detect the presence of

3.5 GHz Radar Waveform Capture at Fort Story

August 4, 2017
Author(s)
Paul D. Hale, Jeffrey A. Jargon, Peter J. Jeavons, Michael R. Souryal, Adam J. Wunderlich, Mark Lofquist
We describe measurements to create a library of high-fidelity waveforms of federal incumbent radar signals currently operating in the 3550 MHz – 3650 MHz (“3.5 GHz”) band. In this second phase of assembling the library, measurements were collected at Fort

3.5 GHz Radar Waveform Capture at Point Loma

May 11, 2017
Author(s)
Paul D. Hale, Jeffrey A. Jargon, Peter J. Jeavons, Michael R. Souryal, Adam J. Wunderlich, Mark Lofquist
We describe measurements to create a library of high-fidelity waveforms of federal incumbent radar signals currently operating in the 3550 MHz – 3650 MHz (“3.5 GHz”) band. In the first phase of assembling this library, measurements were collected at Point

3.5 GHz Environmental Sensing Capability Sensitivity Requirements and Deployment

March 5, 2017
Author(s)
Thao T. Nguyen, Anirudha Sahoo, Michael R. Souryal, Timothy Hall
Spectrum sharing in the 3.5 GHz band between commercial and government users along U.S. coastal areas depends on an Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC), a network of radio frequency sensors and a decision system, to detect the presence of incumbent

Real-Time Centralized Spectrum Monitoring: Feasibility, Architecture, and Latency

September 29, 2015
Author(s)
Michael R. Souryal, Mudumbai Ranganathan, John Mink, Naceur A. El Ouni
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a real-time, centralized spectrum monitoring and alert system. Such a system can be used to support emerging spectrum sharing solutions that use a centralized controller to mediate tiered access to

An Overview of the NTIA/NIST Spectrum Monitoring Pilot Program

March 9, 2015
Author(s)
Michael Cotton, Michael R. Souryal, Mudumbai Ranganathan, Jeff Wepman, Julie Kub, Steve Engelking, Yeh Lo, Heather Ottke, Raian Kaiser, Douglas Anderson
This paper provides an overview of a Spectrum Monitoring Pilot Program within the U.S. Department of Commerce. It provides background, motivation, goals, accomplishments, and plans for future work. We describe the development of a federated Measured

LTE Physical Layer Performance Analysis

May 15, 2014
Author(s)
Wen-Bin Yang, Michael R. Souryal
In this report, we present results of a physical layer performance study for all MCSs (from MCS0 to MCS28) in terms of block error rate (BLER) and spectral efficiency. The results are obtained by using the Steepest Ascent LTE toolbox for MATLAB which