Coordinated Spectrum Coexistence Across Heterogeneous Commercial and Federal Services
TL;DR
A unified framework in which all four services dynamically share a common Physical Resource Block (PRB) pool under centralized coordination is developed, formulating weighted cellular sum-rate maximization subject to duty-cycle, orthogonality, sensing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and Cramer-Rao-based positioning constraints.
Abstract
Future wireless networks are expected to support the coexistence of cellular communications, radio frequency (RF) sensing, radionavigation, and radiolocation radar-among others-over congested federal sub-6 GHz spectrum under heterogeneous Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, driven by escalating cellular traffic demand, the proliferation of 6G sensing and positioning services, and regulatory pressure to repurpose federal bands without displacing incumbents. We develop a unified framework in which all four services dynamically share a common Physical Resource Block (PRB) pool under centralized coordination, formulating weighted cellular sum-rate maximization subject to duty-cycle, orthogonality, sensing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and Cramer-Rao-based positioning constraints. The resulting Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Program (MINLP) is solved by alternating optimization across PRB assignment, scheduling, and successive convex approximation for power allocation, complemented by a low-complexity QoS-aware greedy heuristic. Site-specific ray-tracing simulations on the BostonTwin urban digital twin show substantial gains in spectrum efficiency and cellular throughput while strictly meeting sensing and positioning QoS, establishing coordinated multi-service sharing as a viable architecture for cellular-federal-radar coexistence in next-generation military and civilian networks.