Ofcom's consultation on geolocation for cognitive access

Ofcom has published a discussion document to explore the potential of licence-exempt access to interleaved spectrum/TV whitespaces. Specifically, the consultation concerns the geolocation requirements. The main questions relate to:

• The type of information in the database
• The number of parameters/level of complexity
• An appropriate update frequency (e.g. every 2 hours)
• Is a database practical?
• Should the information have a limited 'shelf-life'?
• Who should be allowed host it
• Covering the costs of running it
• Mechanisms for providing information to it

The deadline for responses is Feb. 9, 2010.