Systems, methods, and devices for automatic signal detection based on power distribution by frequency over time within an electromagnetic spectrum

An apparatus for signal detection or interference detection in an electromagnetic environment, comprising:

• at least one node including at least one signal processor operable to receive electromagnetic environment data;
• and
• the at least one node further including a generator engine configured to perform a power bin occurrence (PBO) process to create PBO data and second order PBO (SOPBO) data based on the electromagnetic environment data;
• wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to process signal data using compressed data for deltas;
• wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to demodulate at least one signal to identify payload data;
• wherein the payload data is operable to be used to identify data types carried in the at least one signal;
• wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to identify the at least one signal based upon whether a signal parameter of the at least one signal matches any signal parameters in a signal characteristic listing data in a database including hardware parameters and/or noise figure parameters;
• wherein the hardware parameters include antenna position, antenna type, orientation, azimuth, gain, and/or equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) for a transmitter associated with the at least one signal;
• wherein the at least one node is operable to calculate a SOPBO baseline based on the SOPBO data;
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• wherein the at least one node is operable to analyze the processed signal data by conducting a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis and a second FFT analysis in order to create at least one baseline to be used in reporting, wherein the at least one node is operable to compare incoming FFTs to the at least one baseline in order to detect potential conflicts and/or interference with the at least one signal.

An apparatus for signal detection or interference detection in an electromagnetic environment, comprising:

• at least one node including at least one signal processor operable to receive electromagnetic environment data;
• and
• the at least one node further including a generator engine configured to perform a power bin occurrence (PBO) process to create PBO data and second order PBO (SOPBO) data based on the electromagnetic environment data;
• wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to process signal data using compressed data for deltas, wherein the deltas are differentials from at least one baseline;
• wherein the at least one node is operable to analyze the processed signal data by conducting a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis and a second FFT analysis in order to create the at least one baseline to be used in reporting, wherein the at least one node is operable to compare incoming FFTs to the at least one baseline in order to detect potential conflicts or interference with at least one signal;
• wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to use payload data to determine whether voice data, video data, and/or text-based data is present in the at least one signal;
• wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to identify at least one hardware parameter;
• wherein the at least one hardware parameter includes antenna position, antenna type, orientation, azimuth, gain, and/or equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) for a transmitter associated with the at least one signal;
• wherein the at least one node is operable to calculate a SOPBO baseline based on the SOPBO data;
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• wherein the at least one node is operable to calculate a power distribution by frequency of the electromagnetic environment based on FFT data of the electromagnetic environment including a first derivative of the FFT data and a second derivative of the FFT data.