As the usage of radio frequency spectrum and uncrewed aircraft systems continue to grow, the radio frequency environment and its implications to flight safety should be understood. This is important to ensure control and command links as well as data collection links maintain strong communications during flight. NASA System-Wide Safety (SWS) is currently developing standards of flight safety but lacks methods for establishing confidence in the availability of radio frequency space to make a go/no-go decision for drone flights. This study examines information about the radio modules used by SWS and how they interact with the RF environment though analysis of historical spectrum data. This review studies the potential effectiveness of observing the power spread and occupancy methods as they apply to the flight system radios. It has been determined that viewing the frequency and time when the environment is greater than a threshold which indicates potential interference levels may give insight into the patterns of spectrum usage.


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    Title :

    RF Environment Data Analysis for UAS Operations


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    Publication date :

    2022-08-01


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    Report


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    Language :

    English






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