SPECTRUM OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

RATES/PRICING INFORMATION

No charge for requests from combatant commands, JTFs, or Service Spectrum Management Offices.

HOW TO ORDER

Spectrum Operations Support Center (SOSC) Phone:
CML: (410) 293-HELP (4357)
DSN: (312) 281-4357

SOSC Emails:
NIPRNet: DISA.SOSC@mail.mil
SIPRNet: DISA.SOSC@mail.smil.mil

DSO Operations Division Email:
JWICS: operations@jsc.ic.gov

Operational Support OPR Mailing Address:
ATTN: Operations Division (OS43)
Joint Spectrum Center
2004 Turbot Landing
Annapolis, MD 21402-5064

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

IRAQI FREEDOM/ENDURING FREEDOM

Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) created unique spectrum operations challenges for the Department of Defense. With the increase in use of spectrum dependent technologies, spectrum managers have become a critical part of the communications planning and electronic warfare team. The DSO deployable support teams assisted warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan by determining US and coalition spectrum use and providing solutions to resolve interference and effectively manage the spectrum.

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

During disasters such as the Haiti earthquake, a nation or area telecommunications facilities may be destroyed or impaired and the national regulatory authorities may not be able to provide the required spectrum management services to sustain the telecommunications infrastructure. When a humanitarian assistance/disaster (HA/DR) relief event occurs, the combatant command and several disaster relief agencies are usually the first on the scene using their day-to-day communications systems. The DSO deployable support teams provide spectrum operations services for HA/DR that assist the combatant command and Joint Task Forces in developing initial assessments and requirements to perform immediate spectrum management actions, including frequency coordination, sharing and spectrum reuse, within a disaster area.

DSO deployable and reachback teams provide direct spectrum management support to the Military Services, combatant commands, and Joint Task Forces (JTFs) for operations and exercises, including communications-electronic and electromagnetic battlespace planning and deconfliction, and Joint Spectrum Interference Resolution (JSIR). DSO provides expertise in defining, managing, restoring, defending, and protecting communications and sensor systems to ensure effective and efficient electromagnetic spectrum operations. The DSO operational teams serve as technical advisors for a variety of spectrum software programs to include the following:

Joint Automated Communications Software (JACS)
SPECTRUM XXI (SXXI)
Host Nation Spectrum Worldwide Database Online (HNSWDO)
Joint Spectrum Data Repository (JSDR)
Afloat Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Program (AESOP)
Systems Planning Engineering and Evaluation Device (SPEED)
Spectrum Situational Awareness System (S2AS)

The DSO deployable support team is also available to:

Answer general spectrum operations questions
Provide tailored SXXIO electromagnetic environments and background data
Provide information briefs

STANDARD SERVICES

DSO deployable and reach back support teams assist the combatant commands and JTFs in:

Defining the electromagnetic environment of friendly forces and civil infrastructure
Joint Communications Electronics Operation Instruction (JCEOI) planning/preparation
Radio propagation predictions bands (MF, HF, VHF, UHF, SHF, EHF)
Electromagnetic compatibility analyses in support of frequency planning
JSIR analysis and deployment teams
Joint Restricted Frequency List (JRFL) development and Electronic Warfare synchronization
Operation plan (OPLAN) review for spectrum supportability
Providing Information Operations and Special Technical Operations Support
Spectrum management training for United States and allied operators
Performing radio spectrum site surveys

JOINT SPECTRUM INTERFERENCE RESOLUTION ONLINE (JSIRO)

The JSIRO collaboration portal is a web-based, centralized application containing data and correspondence for reported interference, meaconing, intrusion, and jamming incidents. The portal is the repository for the results of analyses, collected data, and supporting documentation for electromagnetic interference resolution to support both trend and future interference resolution analysis. The JSIRO collaboration portal can be accessed on Intelink on the SIPRNet at http://intelshare.intelink.sgov.gov/sites/jsir and the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System (JWICS).

VALUE TO OUR MISSION PARTNERS

The DSO Operational Support Division (J-3) supports the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Unified Commands, JTFs, Services, and Agencies in shaping the electromagnetic battlespace (EMB). The J-3's two branches, Combatant Command (COCOM) Support and Space and Intelligence Support provide expertise in defining, managing, restoring, defending, and protecting the EMB. The resulting benefit is synchronization between J-2, J-3, and J-6 spectrum operations and reduced interference to friendly forces.