[wireless-regdb] [PATCH] wireless-regdb: add regulatory rule for ETSI members on 60gHz band

Johannes Berg johannes at sipsolutions.net
Mon Dec 10 07:33:55 EST 2012


On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 14:15 +0200, Vladimir Kondratiev wrote:
> On Monday, December 10, 2012 12:31:47 PM Johannes Berg wrote:
> > does the kernel understand the two rules with
> > different TX power/outdoor restriction properly?
> 
> Oh no! You are right, kernel won't get it.
> 
> In general: What is the right way to specify different restrictions
> for indoor and outdoor?

I don't know if we have a way to handle it right now ...

> In this particular case, would it be appropriate to specify
> indoor usage only, as 60g wi-fi will be used mostly indoor?

With the current rule system that'd be the only way, I think.

We should keep it in mind for the new rule system.

However, I notice there are also spectral power limits, that might be
relevant in case anyone ever uses the database for narrower channels?

johannes




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