An occupancy report divides up a frequency range into sub-channels and shows the typical traffic at each sub-channel frequency. Occupancy reports are:
• Typically used to investigate the availability of bandwidth within a particular frequency space or to locate unexpected signals in the frequency space.
• Generated from several hours, days, or weeks of continuous spectrum monitoring data.
• May span multiple databases.
Determine the frequency range of interest and then collect trace data in that frequency space. The target receivers can collect up to 4000 points per trace. You will need to set the number of points such that you have at least one point/sub-channel. If you have more than one point/sub-channel, the highest measured power in the sub-channel is used in the report. For instance, if you are interested in monitoring the 500 MHz to 600 MHz, and you want 25 kHz channel spacing, then you will need at least (600 MHz – 500 MHz)/25 kHz = 4000 trace points.