§ 15.715   TV bands database administrator.

   The Commission will designate one or more entities to administer the TV
   bands  database(s).  The Commission may, at its discretion, permit the
   functions of a TV bands database, such as a data repository, registration,
   and query services, to be divided among multiple entities; however, it will
   designate specific entities to be a database administrator responsible for
   coordination of the overall functioning of a database and providing services
   to TVBDs. Each database administrator designated by the Commission shall:

   (a) Maintain a database that contains the information described in § 15.713.

   (b) Establish a process for acquiring and storing in the database necessary
   and  appropriate  information  from  the  Commission's  databases  and
   synchronizing the database with the current Commission databases at least
   once a week to include newly licensed facilities or any changes to licensed
   facilities.

   (c) Establish a process for registering fixed TVBDs and registering and
   including  in  the  database facilities entitled to protection but not
   contained in a Commission database, including MVPD receive sites.

   (d) Establish a process for registering facilities where part 74 low power
   auxiliary stations are used on a regular basis.

   (e)  Provide  accurate  lists  of  available  channels  to  fixed  and
   personal/portable TVBDs that submit to it the information required under
   § § 15.713(e), (f), and (g) based on their geographic location and provide
   accurate lists of available channels to fixed and Mode II devices requesting
   lists of available channels for Mode I devices. Database administrators may
   allow prospective operators of TV bands devices to query the database and
   determine whether there are vacant channels at a particular location.

   (f) Establish protocols and procedures to ensure that all communications and
   interactions between the TV bands database and TVBDs are accurate and secure
   and that unauthorized parties cannot access or alter the database or the
   list of available channels sent to a TVBD consistent with the provisions of
   § 15.713(i).

   (g) Make its services available to all unlicensed TV band device users on a
   non-discriminatory basis.

   (h) Provide service for a five-year term. This term can be renewed at the
   Commission's discretion.

   (i)  Respond  in  a timely manner to verify, correct and/or remove, as
   appropriate, data in the event that the Commission or a party brings claim
   of inaccuracies in the database to its attention. This requirement applies
   only  to  information that the Commission requires to be stored in the
   database.

   (j) Transfer its database along with the IP addresses and URLs used to
   access  the  database  and  list of registered Fixed TVBDs, to another
   designated  entity  in  the event it does not continue as the database
   administrator at the end of its term. It may charge a reasonable price for
   such conveyance.

   (k) The database must have functionality such that upon request from the
   Commission it can indicate that no channels are available when queried by a
   specific TVBD or model of TVBDs.

   (l) If more than one database is developed, the database administrators
   shall cooperate to develop a standardized process for providing on a daily
   basis or more often, as appropriate, the data collected for the facilities
   listed  in  § 15.713(b)(2)  to  all  other TV bands databases to ensure
   consistency in the records of protected facilities.

   (m) Provide a means to make all information the rules require the database
   to  contain publicly available, including fixed TVBD registrations and
   voluntarily submitted protected entity information.

   [ 74 FR 7326 , Feb. 17, 2009, as amended at  77 FR 29247 , May 17, 2012]

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