Assistance at special occasions such as major events

Successful and interference-free events

Major events involve numerous personnel working for the organizer along with broadcast operators, spectators and security staff who all rely on the availability of wireless communications. Participants and broadcasters from abroad commonly use foreign radio devices that can operate on frequencies that are locally allocated to other radio services. In order to ensure interference-free spectrum usage despite the extremely high density of radio devices within a limited area, authorities provide special assistance for such events and work to carefully plan and assign the frequencies in advance. To obtain information about the actual usage of the electromagnetic environment, monitoring of the spectrum is essential – both prior to and during the event. This allows detection of interference or unlicensed emissions while enabling a fast response to mitigate any harmful radio interference.

Rohde & Schwarz systems cover the entire spectrum monitoring process needed to support such special events. Mobile or transportable monitoring stations can be used to perform the relevant measurements in advance at the venue. They can detect sporadically occurring emissions and alert the proper authorities. On arrival, all transmitting devices used by the participants can be checked for proper operation. During the event, measurements can continue on the most critical frequency bands. In case of potential interference, the systems can generate an alarm to allow the operators to investigate the problem on short notice. In this manner, Rohde & Schwarz spectrum monitoring systems can make a solid contribution towards ensuring successful events.