Autonomous & Continuous Spectrum Monitoring & Network Intelligence

Spectrum eXperience Management –SXM

24/7 network intelligence & analytics at your fingertips.

Autonomous, continuous spectrum monitoring & network intelligence, delivering a richer characterization of spectrum usage with actionable insights at a fraction of the cost.

From mobile networks to regulatory oversight, SXM delivers unmatched insights for dynamic RF environments. Trusted globally, SXM transforms spectrum management with real-time intelligence, ensuring your network stays ahead of interference and demand.

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Modern networks face unprecedented challenges:

The Challenge – Navigate a Crowded RF Spectrum

  • Growing congestion due to 5G and IoT expansion
  • Complex cross-border spectrum sharing
  • Rising compliance and regulatory demands

SXM solves these challenges, providing 95% cellular transmission coverage, boosting network efficiency by 15%, and delivering continuous insights for optimal decision-making.

Spectrum Intelligence

SXM isn’t just a solution – it’s a competitive advantage:

SXM Promise – Transform Your Network Operations

  • 25% fewer complaints: Proactive issue resolution
  • 40% OpEx savings: Through autonomous operations
  • 5x faster interference management: Compared to traditional methods
  • 10% market share growth: With actionable intelligence

SXM – Spectrum eXperience Management with 24/7 monitoring and 10x more precise insights than crowdsourcing, SXM delivers unparalleled value.

SXM Promise
SXM addresses diverse spectrum management needs:

Real Solutions for Real Use Case Challenges

thinkRF Spectrum Management and Spectrum Insights Use Case - Spectrum Utilization

CBRS Monitoring

CBRS Monitoring ensures optimal Citizens Broadband Radio Service performance by tracking signal strength, spectrum usage, and interference, helping operators maintain reliable, high-quality connectivity across networks (this applies all types of shared spectrum services globally).

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Cross Border Interference Detection

SXM provides real-time monitoring to detect and manage cross-border interference, ensuring seamless communication and spectrum harmony between neighboring regions for regulatory compliance and efficient resource use.

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Illegal Transmission Detection

SXM provides insights into illegal transmission detection by monitoring and identifying unauthorized transmissions. This enhances network security, ensures regulatory compliance, prevents disruptions, and protects network integrity.

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Interference Detection (3GPP)

Real-time simultaneous interference insights help manage spectrum within and across borders, mitigate interference for enhanced QoS, and improve reliability, crucial for business continuity.

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License Compliance (3GPP)

Real-time monitoring of spectrum usage, detecting unauthorized activity, and generating reports for regulatory compliance audits. This ensures regulatory compliance, prevents penalties, and enhances network security.

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Network Infrastructure Analytics (3GPP)

Comprehensive monitoring and analysis of network infrastructure, pinpointing and addressing weaknesses, enable strategic, data-driven network management for efficient planning, resource utilization, and troubleshooting.

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Real-Time Spectrum Analysis

For those accustomed to traditional real-time spectrum analysis, SXM offers a unique and simplified approach, allowing users to analyze the RF environment from anywhere, just as they would remotely.

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Spectrum Bands Utilization (3GPP)

Comprehensive insights into spectrum usage patterns over time, identifying underutilized and congested bands, enable managing and optimizing the spectrum efficiently and fairly.

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Spectrum/Channel Occupancy

Real-time monitoring and analyzing the utilization of spectrum bands and channels and their patterns. This optimizes spectrum allocation, minimizes interference, improves network performance, and enhance user experience.

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Wireless Competitive Intelligence

Unparalleled insights into competitive intelligence by analyzing competitors’ network strategies and performance. This enables informed decision-making, development of differentiated services, stay ahead in the market, and maximize market opportunities.

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Tailored for Every Spectrum Stakeholder

Industries We Serve

SXM empowers diverse industries by delivering actionable spectrum insights tailored to their unique needs. From optimizing performance for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to ensuring secure, reliable connectivity for Private Network Operators (PNOs) and enabling compliance and cross-border coordination for Regulators and Policymakers, SXM transforms spectrum management. Whether managing interference, enhancing user experiences, or maintaining regulatory standards, SXM provides the tools and intelligence needed to thrive in a connected world.
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Mobile Network Operators (MNOs)

Enhance network performance, manage interference, and optimize spectrum allocation with real-time insights, delivering consistent user experiences across dynamic, high-demand mobile environments.

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Private Network Operators (PNOs)

Ensure reliable connectivity, enhance network security, and optimize resource allocation for tailored private networking needs in enterprise, industrial, and mission-critical applications.

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Regulators and
Policymakers

Support regulatory compliance, manage spectrum efficiency, and enable cross-border coordination with tools that maintain national standards and encourage fair competition in wireless communication.

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Spectrum experience management

Proven Increase in Spectrum Experience

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in network efficiency
efficient interference management
cellular transmission detection
24/7
continuous network insights
regulatory compliance
resource & time savings
reliable & accurate data
more & deeper insights
OpEx
savings

Why SXM is Different

Discover why SXM stands out as the ultimate solution for spectrum management. With unmatched efficiency, real-time insights, and scalability, SXM empowers organizations to optimize performance, ensure compliance, and stay ahead of industry challenges.

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All-in-One
Platform

Comprehensive capabilities in one system.

Autonomous Operations

Hands-free, 24/7 monitoring.

Scalable Deployment

Adapts to all environments – urban, rural, and cross-border.

Real-Time Insights

Immediate, actionable intelligence.

SXM identifies sources of interference, helping regulators locate and mitigate disruptive signals, crucial for maintaining uninterrupted public and commercial communication.

Characterize, optimize & protect vital RF networks with real-time actionable insights

Spectrum Insights from thinkRF

thinkRF Solution

  • Continuous monitoring
  • Characterize competitive RANs
  • Integrates with existing data
  • RAN quality & load monitoring
  • Interference detection
  • Real-time reporting
  • Enables proactive decisions
  • Report changes in RANs
  • Detect unlicensed RANs
  • Support for unlicensed & private bands
  • Identify spectrum sharing
  • Identify spectrum squatting


Crowdsource Method

  • Continuous monitoring
  • Characterize competitive RANs*
  • Integrates with existing data
  • RAN quality & load monitoring
  • Interference detection
  • Real-time reporting
  • Enables proactive decisions
  • Report changes in RANs
  • Detect unlicensed RANs
  • Support for unlicensed & private bands
  • Identify spectrum sharing
  • Identify spectrum squatting

* partial

Drive Test Method

  • Continuous monitoring
  • Characterize competitive RANs
  • Integrates with existing data
  • RAN quality & load monitoring
  • Interference detection
  • Real-time reporting
  • Enables proactive decisions
  • Report changes in RANs
  • Detect unlicensed RANs
  • Support for unlicensed & private bands
  • Identify spectrum sharing
  • Identify spectrum squatting


Frequently Asked Questions

Explore how SXM is transforming the way telecom regulators, mobile operators, and private network operators monitor and manage spectrum with real-time actionable network insights.

The RF spectrum is a public resource of tremendous value to society. In Canada, leading mobile operators have spent tens of billions of dollars to acquire spectrum license rights. In the US, operators have spent close to half a trillion and worldwide, this figure exceeds a trillion dollars. In addition, trillions more and the safety of millions relies on the efficient, reliable use of those spectrum assets. Through measurement, monitoring and protection of spectrum assets, thinkRF’s SXM system enables owners, users and society in general to receive maximum benefit of this critical resource.

The SXM System detects and demodulates all LTE and 5G NR downlink transmissions within the range of its Node to the PDSCH channel. This means it extracts 3GPP parameters such as the originating eNodeB ID, Operator IDs, MIMO configurations and so forth. It also extracts RF parameters such as signal strength, noise and other related parameters. For full details refer to the specifications page of the SXM Datasheet.

The SXM System uses Power of Arrival algorithms to geolocate a base station using multiple SXM Nodes. Accuracy varies significantly with field conditions, but is generally 10 – 20% of the distance between Nodes.

The SXM Nodes locations are controlled by an internal GNSS receiver with accuracy of at least 1M. The geolocation of 3GPP Base Stations that are detected are derived from available (Sourced) Base Stations location databases.

Simply sign up for a subscription by contacting thinkRF or your local thinkRF partner and begin receiving insights immediately. A subscription is for a particular geographical area and for a set segment of the data (e.g. LTE vs 5G NR vs both). Real-time notifications of infrastructure changes are also available as a subscription option.

Yes! Your SXM subscription includes everything associated with managing the underlying SXM network. thinkRF will update and maintain all SXM Nodes.

There are two options for accessing data from the SXM Cloud. The first is through the GUI which will allow you to download data subsets in CSV format. Alternatively, a powerful API is available to directly access data in the SXM Cloud. This API can be implemented in your own data centre to integrate SXM data together with other data sources, enabling more powerful insights.

Yes, alerts can be set easily and notifications are currently provided by email, with optional SMS notifications in the future. Notifications can be custom configured for:
– New cells and base stations
– Terminated cells and base stations
– Changed cells (static parameters like
– MIMO characteristics or DSS)
– Changed dynamic data (RSSI, RSRQ, etc.) beyond a configurable threshold

Two options are provided: Either view and export desired data directly from the SXM GUI interface; or extract data continuously as needed directly through the SXM API, available with every SXM subscription.

You don’t need to do anything! If a SXM Network is already operational in your region, you just need to subscribe to start receiving wireless infrastructure insights. If a SXM Network is not already operating in your area, please contact us to find out when you can expect one to be operational.

An SXM Node will detect and record all base stations transmission up to the limit of the transmit distance of that base station. Base station power levels vary with the population density, and as such more SXM Nodes will be required in a high population area and a low one. A good rule of thumb is that for every 10 base stations required to provide coverage to any area, there will be 3 SXM Nodes.

An SXM Node requires the SXM Cloud to provide a complete solution. Private Nodes are available on a subscription basis, with the subscriber installing the Node at the location of their choice. Data from that Private Node is available through the SXM Cloud, and exclusively available to that subscriber.

Yes. A SXM Node will detect a LTE or 5G NR base station operating on any frequency band.

Yes. SXM will identify and characterize any base station within its detection range.

Currently SXM can detect transmissions in the FR1 bands (below 8GHz). FR2 bands will be supported in a future release. Contact thinkRF directly for more details.

SXM only monitors the broadcast, and unencrypted portions of downlink cellular transmissions. In most jurisdictions, because this information is broadcast and available to anyone with a cell phone, it is considered public domain.

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thinkRF SXM is a proven spectrum monitoring solution backed by over a decade of expertise in spectrum analyzers and spectrum monitoring.

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