Initial compatibility study between IMT and military systems – Vector Synergy – België

Initial compatibility study between IMT

and military systems

Location:
Off-site

Security Clearance:
NATO Secret

Reference No:
2021-0023 / Off-site

Skills, knowledge, experience required:

• Expert knowledge and proven experience in authoring studies and analyses addressing electromagnetic compatibility (e.g., compatibility, sharing and interference analyses and studies);
• Expert knowledge in RF propagation, interference, electromagnetic compatibility, radio systems planning and engineering covering the radio spectrum between VHF and EHF frequency bands;
• Expert knowledge in radio interference technical analyses and modelling and calculation of related link budgets;
• Knowledge of RF spectrum management concepts, techniques, tools and policies;
• Analytical skills to assess and describe complex problems with multiple variables and develop concepts and solutions;
• Awareness and experience in developing use cases, requirements and architectures;
• Communication skills to develop and present studies in the area of coexistence and compatibility of radio systems, and to communicate them to both expert and non-expert audiences;
• Excellent writing skills to produce high-quality reports and deliverables, including presentation of results at meetings.

Desirable:

• Experience in coexistence and compatibility study activities in both civil and

military environments;

• Knowledge of ITU modelling and simulation recommendations for use in sharing and compatibility studies;
• Knowledge of spectrum engineering tools;
• Knowledge and experience in Spectrum Policy in international forums (e.g., NATO, ITU, CEPT, etc.).

Duties/role:

• Formulating a problem statement and agree study requirements with the requestor;
• Performing an assessment of the state of the art in the area of studies and discussions on potential interference and compatibility between IMT systems and other radio systems in the context of civil and military international discussions forums, including discussions on coexistence between IMT and military systems;
• Providing a commented analysis of reference studies and recommendations conducted by international organizations on the interference between IMT systems and existing (non-IMT) radio services;
• Developing coexistence and compatibility scenarios between military radio systems and civil IMT systems concerning the designated NJFA bands and the difference military communities of interest;
• Collating information regarding subject radio systems and developed scenarios, which includes but is not limited to:
• Identifying the military systems that operate in or adjacent to NJFA frequency bands;
• Collating the equipment characteristics (including performance thresholds and spectrum masks) and typical usage information of those military systems and/or recommend alternate characteristics and usage assumptions where information is not available;
• Assessing and setting values to model cumulative effects according to the developed scenarios;
• Obtaining or developing reference technical specifications of the commercial systems when not available from ITU-R recommendations;
• Defining an approach and methodology, or methodologies, for the proposed coexistence and compatibility assessment scenarios, noting the existing of ITURM.2101-0 (02/2017) titled “Modelling and simulation of IMT networks and systems for use in sharing and compatibility studies”;
• Considering the results obtained with the work, including discussions with the different military communities (spectrum management, communications, electronic warfare, surveillance), and considering the agenda items form WRC-23 Conference, recommend a list of specific interference studies between IMT systems and military systems with accompanying rationales, proposed methodologies an scenarios, and a technical SWOT analysis to facilitate their prioritization in future follow-on activities and studies in the NHQC3S PoW;
• Performing an initial interference analysis between military radio systems and civil IMT systems operating in the 5 GHz band under a scenario to be agreed with NHQC3S and the NCIA. Interference effects shall be quantified in terms of military radio system performance degradation, along with a verification of compliance with associated protection criteria;
• Developing a list of recommendations that ensures the protection of correct operation of military radio systems in NATO, including an associated roadmap and recommendations for further work.
• Providing a final report containing all of the above items.
• Organizing and supporting 3 meetings or workshops for the presentation and discussion of results and findings at NATO locations in Brussels or The Hague.

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