HTZ Warfare

HTZ Warfare is an advanced battlespace RF planning and modelling software for spectrum engineering for tactical mission planning and analysis.

• Design and optimise military communication networks for frequencies ranging from 10 kHz up to 450 GHz;
• Manages HF, VHF/UHF, PMR, TRS, MW, Satellite, 2G - 5G, Wi-Fi, IoT network modelling and analysis;
• Provides accurate simulation of advanced EW mission planning including jammers, radars, DF, interception & UAV/UAS;
• Optimises site locations, number, power, frequency and efficiency of any radio system;
• Provides advanced modelling of the electronic warfare battlefield (ELINT, COMINT) in 2D/3D views;
• Creates coexistence scenarios for multiple radio systems;
• Manages out-of-band interference, inter-modulation calculations and EMC analysis;
• Models Air-to-Air/ Air-to-Ground/ Ground-to-Air communications and analysis;
• Calculates battleship interference analysis for various near-field radio systems.

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HTZ warfare is used extensively to manage UAV/UAS networks. These networks often require integration between ground-to-air, air-to-air services and complex scenarios for compatibility with other civilian and military communication services.

• Features aeronautical propagation model ITU-R P. 528 ;
• Manages frequency planning and interference analysis along with the waypoints;
• Enables self-healing network planning using mesh techniques;
• Features path-specific way-point coverage and optimisation on the fly path to overcome connectivity issues;
• Enables radar detection avoidance planning by optimising the flying path and altitude optimisation;
• Calculates interference levels when terrestrial networks directly impact drones along flight paths;
• Instantaneous roll, pitch and course modelling; antenna orientation calculations and antenna discrimination along the flying path

View our Counter drone demo.

HTZ warfare supports communications between sea to sea, sea to air and land to sea in a maritime environments.

The complex scenarios for coverage, interference and intermodulation, which can be impacted within a battleships/ships environment, can be examined and simulated to ensure the radio systems in the same vessel are not negatively impacted in terms of performance or efficiency.

• Near-field scenarios in Battleship: HF/VHF/UHF, radar, satellite systems intermodulation analysis;
• Location optimisation of new radio systems against existing radios on board;
• 3D modelling of battleships/ships from AutoCAD, ESRI Shape and PDF drawing;
• Interference analysis against terrestrial radios against satellite earth stations to identify exclusion zones.

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HTZ warfare repeatedly performs highly accurate propagation predictions.

• Features prospective planning to identify the best locations for new sites for greenfield and densification scenarios;
• Supports migration analysis from analogue to digital communications;
• Provides analysis of outdoor to indoor coverage by signal penetration loss calculations;
• Manages population analysis by points, areas by vector polygon imports or raster files;
• Allows in-depth coverage studies for network coverage, composite coverage, overlapping, best server and network densification;
• Features propagation model-tuning by correlating analysis between predictions and measurements;
• Automates frequency assignment and optimisation;
• Manages traffic analysis by the ground occupancy, target areas or mesh blocks to cover;
• Features P2P network analysis including path profile, reliability, automatic optimisation of the heights (plus power, frequency and space diversity) and frequency analysis;
• P25 Simulcast planning and analysis.

View our Electromagnetic Deconfliction in TETRA networks demo.

HTZ warfare supports the design and modelling of TETRA, PMR/DMR, P25 and PS- LTE networks. It manages key functions such as coverage, capacity, site parameters and neighbour planning and optimisation.

It provides the highest levels of reliability, availability and resilience of critical communications networks. And allows operators to migrate smoothly to broadband connectivity and new technologies. Key features include:

• Coverage and capacity planning;
• Interference calculations;
• Automated handover, neighbour list planning and analysis;
• Monte Carlo simulations;
• Automatic site planning and optimisation;
• Automatic frequency planning;
• Traffic & mobility profile editor (end devices).

View our TETRA network planning demo.

HTZ warfare is designed to predict HF Groundwave and Skywave propagation parameters, including Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), Maximum usable frequency (MUF), Frequency of Optimum Transmission (FOT), Field Strength and reliability. The key features include:

• Ground-wave propagation based on ITU-R P. 368-9 using conductivity and permittivity properties of the earth to calculate path loss;
• Skywave for LF/MF at night using ITU-R P. 1147-2;
• Downlink and uplink calculations supporting full reciprocity to users modelling mobile systems;
• Able to study HF signal levels at different times of the day at different seasons;
• Models sunspots and their impact on HF communications;
• Calculates min/max and optimum frequency for HF communications;
• Models ship transmitters;
• Produces H & V cuts for HF antenna using type, ground conductivity, dielectric constant and operating frequency;
• Features ITU R-533.

HTZ Warfare supports microwave link design for networks in any frequency band. It features an integral propagation model library which covers the frequency range 30MHz up to 300GHz.

This multi-functional tool enables users to manage multiple technologies in one project. Key features include:

• MW link design;
• Profile budget calculations;
• Frequency and space diversity;
• Multi-K factor calculations;
• Climate and rain parameters;
• Path loss calculations;
• Automatic antenna orientation;
• Link optimisation;
• Automated frequency planning;
• Interference calculations;
• Quality objective calculations – ITU-R F. 1703 and ITU-T G.827

View our Microwave frequency assignment demo.

LTE and 5G are important to military organisations because they offer higher performance and support additional capabilities for data-driven applications. These capabilities support a new networked way of warfighting that brings together sensors and machines to revolutionise the battlespace.

HTZ Warfare supports LTE/5G private network planning and modelling and is used by military network operators across all domains.

In the UK alone, there are over 80 military and civilian aeronautical radars. To support the growing demand to monitor the airways, radar manufacturers and system integrators need to understand how radar performance can be impacted by interference.

HTZ Warfare features dedicated features for radar modelling, including:

• Radar coverage - target detection height
• Radar coverage - minimum defection height
• Radar FS coverage (TD included)
• Radar interference
• Radar horizon tour
• Mobile radar coverage
• Radar constraint areas
• Radar coordination