Spectrum Management & Monitoring

Introduction
Sebghatullah Andar
Spectrum Monitoring Manager - ATRA
Table Content
l Introduction
l What is ITU?
l Challenges for Government Regulatory Authorities
l What is Spectrum Management ?
l What is Spectrum Monitoring ?
l What is Compliance Verification ?
l Spectrum Monitoring Control Software Features
l Afghanistan Spectrum Monitoring & Management System

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Challenges for Government Regulatory Authorities
l Reliable wireless communication is essential for modern society
l Demand for frequencies is high and ever growing
l The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be used for
communication is limited
l => coordination, regulation and control is required to avoid sheer
chaos
l Maximize efficient use of the spectrum
l Minimize harmful interference

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Challenges for Government Regulatory Authorities

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Spectrum Management & Monitoring

l Spectrum Monitoring
license verification
radio investigation service
provide “real life” data

l Spectrum Management
planning
licensing / frequency assignment
billing

l Compliance Verification and Certification

devices (EMC / EMI)
systems
networks

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Spectrum management

… comprises mainly the following tasks:

l Make sure that the spectrum is used in the most efficient

way

l Planning of new transmitters

l Coverage area
l Avoid negative impact on existing transmitter

l Licensing

l Billing

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Spectrum monitoring

… comprises mainly the following tasks:

l Interference investigations due to co-channel emissions,

out-of-channel emissions and intermodulation (i.e. detect,
identify, locate and “fix” transmitter which cause problems)

l Verification that licensed transmitter operate within their

assigned limits

l Detect and locate illegal or piracy transmitter

l Provide / verify management data

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Spectrum monitoring

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Spectrum monitoring

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Spectrum monitoring users

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Classical spectrum monitoring control
software features:
Typical requirements of a spectrum monitoring control software:

l Control of all devices

l Perform all relevant measurements (automatically wherever
applicable)
l Dedicated workflows for typical monitoring tasks
l Calculate all relevant statistics and evaluations
l Flexible report creation
l Remote control
l Exchange data with spectrum management database (open
interface strongly recommended)

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Modern spectrum monitoring control software
desired features, beyond classical features:
l Automatic detection of "new " transmitters
l Audio and IF recording and replay
l Master / Slave operation of multiple devices
l Online identification
l Monitoring of digital signals
l Intermodulation analysis
l Microwave direction finding
l Guided measurements
l Station information system

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ATRA

l In our country, all Internet, radio and telecommunication

services are regulated by the ATRA (Afghanistan
Telecommunication Regulatory Authority).
l Over 11 years, it has been able to provide
telecommunication and internet services throughout
Afghanistan
l So far, 6 telecommunications companies have been
licensed for 3G and GSM services, and it also offers 4G
services.
l So far, 56 Internet companies / ISP have been licensed
l So far, 546 Broadcast Radio channel have been licensed
l So far, 330 Broadcast TV channel have been licensed

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Mobile Telephone coverage in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan Fiber Optic Network

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ATRA

l We are currently looking for the construction of a spectral

monitoring system. The design of this system has been
completed and the budget has been allocated to them.

Below you will see a sample of the Designated Spectrometer

system

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Possible DF sites around the town center
of Kabul

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Possible DF sites around the town center of Kabul

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Spectrum management

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Spectrum monitoring

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Thank you very much for your attention!

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