Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

ICASA

Framework to Qualify to Operate a Secondary Geo-Location Spectrum Database, 2020

3. Qualification Materials

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(1) The Authority will furnish Applicants with the required material to support their implementation of the Regulations. The said material shall include but not limited to the following:
(a) documents describing the communication protocol between the R- GLSD and the S-GLSD, including the URL of the RGLSD;
(b) documents describing the PAWS RFC 75451 Rule set for ICASA;
(c) documents describing the TVWS Algorithm;
(d) dummy datasets containing technical information of incumbent analogue and digital television transmitters;
(e) information about the polygons under the Karoo Central Astronomy Advantage Areas;
(f) dummy datasets containing technical information of Type Approved White Space Devices;
(g) information about digital terrain datasets and clutter; and
(h) information about the bordering countries.

 

(2) The qualification material will be made available only to Applicants who have passed the due diligence phase. This will be done twenty days (20) before the commencement of the database development phase as outlined in regulation 5, Figure 1.

 

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1 open standard defined by the Internet Engineering Task force (IETF) to be used by WSDs to access the secondary GLSDs in the Request for Comments (RFC) 7545