FCC Web Documents citing 15.715

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  • these functions and affirm that the database service will comply with all of the applicable rules. Proposals must include the following information. The entity must demonstrate that it possesses sufficient technical expertise to administer a TV band database. It must demonstrate that it has a viable business plan to operate a database for the five-year term set forth in Section 15.715(g) of the rules. To the extent that the proponent will rely on fees from registrations or queries, the proposal should describe the fee collection process. The entity must describe in detail the scope of the database functions that it intends to perform, such as managing a data repository, performing calculations to determine available channels, and/or registering fixed unlicensed devices and
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  • Unlicensed Devices Below 900 MHz and in the 3 GHz Band ) ) ) ) ) ) ET Docket No. 04-186 ET Docket No. 02-380 ORDER Adopted: July 28, 2011 Released: July 29, 2011 By the Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology: Introduction In this Order, we conditionally designate Microsoft Corporation as a TV bands database administrator pursuant to Section 15.715 of our rules, subject to conditions described herein. The TV bands databases will be used by fixed and personal portable unlicensed devices to identify unused channels in the spectrum used principally by the broadcast television service that are available at their geographic locations. Microsoft is the tenth entity designated to develop a database that will enable the introduction of this
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  • §§ 154(i), 302, 303(c), 303(f), and 307, and Sections 0.31 and 0.241 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.31, 0.241, Comsearch, Frequency Finder Inc., Google Inc., KB Enterprises LLC and LS Telcom, Key Bridge Global LLC, Neustar Inc., Spectrum Bridge Inc., Telcordia Technologies and WSdb LLC ARE CONDITIONALLY DESIGNATED as TV bands database administrators as set forth in Section 15.715 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 15.715, subject to the conditions specified above. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Julius P. Knapp Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology APPENDIX A Parties Filing Comments Comments Micronet Communications, Inc. (listed as Charles Youngblood) IEEE 802.18 (listed as Michael Lynch) Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc. (listed as Robert J. Clinton) NeuStar, Inc. Atheros Communications, Inc.,
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  • 47 C.F.R. § 15.717. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.713(a)-(b). Id. (e.g., the locations of cable headends and low power TV receive sites that are outside the protected contours of the TV stations whose signals they receive; the locations where authorized wireless microphones and other low power auxiliary devices are used on a regular or scheduled basis). See 47 C.F.R. § 15.715. See ``Office of Engineering and Technology Invites Proposals from Entities Seeking to be Designated TV Band Device Database Managers,'' Public Notice, DA 09-2479, ET Docket No. 04-186, rel. Nov. 25, 2009. The information requested in the Public Notice was based on rules for TV bands databases and administrators adopted in the Second Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order
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  • listed below in Section 15. Please refer to 47 C.F.R. § 15.701, et. seq. for detailed information on the TVBD approval requirements and 47 C.F.R. § 2.901, et. seq. for information on the equipment certification procedures. See also information about certification contained in Section 17 of this Guide, infra. What are the penalties for non-compliance with the rules? Under Section 15.715(k) of the rules, the FCC can require database administrators to make no channels available to models of TVBDs that it determines are non-compliant with the rules, thus preventing such devices from transmitting. Willful or repeated violations of the equipment authorization, importation and marketing rules can result in forfeitures of up to $16,000 for each violation or each day of continuing
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  • to ``station''. The second instance of paragraph (h) in Section 15.713 is re-designated as paragraph (i). The text of this paragraph is corrected by replacing the phrase ``...supply upon request by the Commission...'' with the phrase ``...provide to the Commission, upon request...''. Section 15.714(a) is corrected by adding the phrase ``...to fixed and personal/portable TVBDs...'' after the word ``channels''. Section 15.715(b) is corrected by replacing the word ``downloading'' with ``acquiring'' and removing the phrase ``...TV bands...''. Section 15.715(k) is corrected by changing the word ``must'' to ``shall'', adding the phrase ``...as appropriate...'' after ``often,'' and adding the phrase ``...to ensure consistency in the records of protected facilities.'' at the end of the sentence. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Julius P. Knapp Chief Office
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  • by the Commission Section 15.714 TV bands database administration fees. (a) A TV bands database administrator may charge a fee for provision of lists of available channels and for registering Fixed TVBDs and temporary BAS links. (b) The Commission, upon request, will review the fees and can require changes in those fees if they are found to be excessive. Section 15.715 TV bands database administrator. The Commission will designate one or more entities to administer a TV bands database. Each database administrator shall: (a) Maintain a database that contains the information described in Section 15.713 of this part. (b) Establish a process for downloading and storing in the database necessary and appropriate information from the Commission's databases and synchronizing the TV
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  • the extent discussed above and the remainder of requests in the petitions for reconsideration ARE DENIED as discussed above. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Part 15 of the Commission's rules IS AMENDED as specified in Appendix B, and such rule amendments shall be EFFECTIVE 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register, except for Sections 15.713, 15.714, 15.715 and 15.717, which contains new information collection requirements that require approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the PRA. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing such approval and the relevant effective date. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 302, 303(e) 303(f), 303(g), 303(r) and 405 of the
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  • protected contours of the over-the-air TV stations being received and that the headend operator chooses to register. While we are upholding the Commission's previous decision to make all information in the TV bands database publicly available, we note that the Second MO&O did not include specific text to codify this decision. We are therefore adding a new paragraph to Section 15.715 of the rules to specify that database administrators must provide a means to allow public access to the information in the database. Such access will be limited to the information that is required by the rules to be included in the databases and will not include any additional information that the database administrators may choose to collect. OET will advise
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  • [46]FCC-11-119A2.txt [47]FCC-11-119A3.txt [48]FCC-11-119A4.txt * * * * * ADDENDA: THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, RELEASED JULY 29, 2011, DID NOT APPEAR IN DIGEST NO. 146: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- UNLICENSED OPERATION IN THE TV BROADCAST BANDS/ADDITIONAL SPECTRUM FOR UNLICENSED DEVICES BELOW 900 MHZ AND IN THE 3 GHZ BAND. Designated Microsoft Corporation as a TV bands database administrator pursuant to Section 15.715 of the rules, with conditions. (Dkt No. 04-186 02-380 ). Action by: Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology. Adopted: 07/28/2011 by ORDER. (DA No. 11-1291). OET [49]DA-11-1291A1.doc [50]DA-11-1291A1.pdf [51]DA-11-1291A1.txt References 1. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308774A1.pdf 2. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308774A2.txt 3. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308773A1.pdf 4. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308773A2.txt 5. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1328A1.doc 6. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1328A1.pdf 7. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1328A1.txt 8. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1327A1.doc 9. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1327A1.pdf 10. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1327A1.txt 11. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308812A1.pdf 12. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308812A1.txt 13. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308789A1.doc 14. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308789A1.pdf 15. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-308789A1.txt