Model-based spectrum management: Loose coupling spectrum management and spectrum access

Currently, spectrum management is a very deliberate process principled by the study of interference among users. The reliance on study makes spectrum management inefficient. Model-Based Spectrum Management (MBSM) offers more agile spectrum reuse by providing a loose coupler among spectrum management and RF systems. Spectrum consumption models (SCM) capture the intersection of information sharing requirements among spectrum management systems and RF systems. They reveal consumption by capturing the extent of emissions and by defining harmful interference. They are accompanied with well defined computations for assessing compatibility. As a result, generic algorithm rather than prolonged study can be used to quickly arbitrate compatibility and reuse opportunities. SCM is an enabling technology of dynamic spectrum access (DSA) and the models themselves are suitable as a machine readable method to convey policy to DSA systems. They provide a means to manage that policy. Adoption of this approach to spectrum management could dramatically increase the reuse of spectrum.