Yesterday, January 04, Key Bridge submitted our FCC proposal to administer a TV bands database.
Key Bridge’s proposal is a comprehensive, end-to-end solution that completely satisfies all the FCC’s current technical requirements and is flexible enough to accommodate future changes or modifications the Commission may require.
Our solution architecture and implementation incorporates many suggestions, recommendations, and requirements gathered through extensive collaboration with a broad spectrum of interested parties in the TV bands community, including those of over 20 different companies and organizations.
The proposal stretches to over 150 200 pages of system, security, implementation and operational details. As a courtesy, we created a summary document which redacts sections that are competitively sensitive or proprietary or have already been submitted in other documents. [Download PDF] [Update > Full Version]
While the TV band rules are not yet finalized, in 2009 Key Bridge committed to design, build and deploy a complete TV bands system. Our “pre-production” TV bands database is has been testing with a limited number of users since October 2009.
We are especially proud of our commitment to neutrality in this endeavor. In 2009 Key Bridge created the Radio Frequency Spectrum Database (RFSDB), a separate organization, open to the public, that will establish and maintain commercial policy to guide and direct Key Bridge’s implementation wherever there is ambiguity in the Rules or a potential conflict between parties.
Happy New Year.
– UPDATE –
On January 07 we released the full version of our proposal with only minimal redactions. The full version is available online from our web site or the FCC.