Telcordia Technologies Takes Turn at White Space Records Keeping

By Doug Lung
published


Last week the FCC released a Public Notice announcing the opening of public testing for Telcordia Technologies' TV band database system.

The 45-day public trial is intended to allow the public to access and test Telcordia's database system to ensure that it correctly identifies TV channels that are available for unlicensed white space devices. The trial will also verify the system properly registers facilities entitled to protection and provides protection to authorized services and registered facilities as specified in the FCC rules.

The Office of Engineering and Technology examined the Telcordia database systems channel availability calculator and found it is ready for trial testing by the public. To participate in the trial, access Telcordia's TV band database test facility at https://prism.telcordia.com/tvws/home/trial.

The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology encouraged all interested parties "to test the database and provide appropriate feedback to Telcordia." Refer to the Public Notice for additional information on TV band databases and this test.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack.
A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.