Methods and systems for environmental sensing capability planning in a shared spectra

A method, comprising:

• receiving parameter data of a receiver system of an environmental sensing capability (ESC) system and configuration data, wherein the configuration data comprises data, other than receiver system parameter data, including a region of impact (ROI) around the receiver system, wherein the ESC system is configured to detect transmissions of an incumbent user in shared frequency spectrum in a dynamic protection area;
• using the ROI, determining prospective locations, in the ROI, of radios configured to transmit in the shared frequency spectrum, and a number of such radios;
• using the determined prospective locations, determining a first radio transmit power level, for a radio in each determined prospective location, by allocating a transmit power level to each radio in a neighborhood area around the receiver system so that an aggregate interference at the receiver system from each radio in the neighborhood area does not exceed an interference threshold level;
• identifying any radio whose first transmit power level is less than a minimum power threshold level for a category type of a corresponding radio;
• determining a second radio transmit power level, for the radio in each determined prospective location except for any identified radio, by allocating another transmit power level to each radio in the neighborhood area around the receiver system so that the aggregate interference at the receiver system from each radio in the neighborhood area does not exceed the interference threshold level;
• determining a dead zone ratio of identified radios with respect to a number of possible radios in the shared frequency spectrum and in the ROI;
• and
• based upon at least one of a protection region coverage ratio (PRCR) and the dead zone ratio, recommending changing at least one parameter of the receiver system, wherein the PRCR is a ratio of (a) a portion of a protection region in which the receiver system can detect a signal above a threshold power level with respect to (b) a total area of the protection region, and wherein the protection region is an area where aggregate interference must be below the interference threshold level.