[wireless-regdb] [PATCH] Specify Australian DFS region as DFS-ETSI [UNCLASSIFIED]

[Peter Gent]

Hi,

New Zealand does have some variations to the Australian Rules, but we do look at the FCC rules in the first instance. 
There are 2 separate general user radio licences that cover the use of Wi-FI devices at http://www.rsm.govt.nz/about-rsm/spectrum-policy/gazette/gurl/short-range-devices and http://www.rsm.govt.nz/about-rsm/spectrum-policy/gazette/gurl/fixed-radio-link-devices  

Best regards

Peter


Peter Gent
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-----Original Message-----
From: wireless-regdb [mailto:wireless-regdb-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Bjørn Mork
Sent: Tuesday, 5 May 2015 10:59 p.m.
To: Jouni Malinen
Cc: wireless-regdb at lists.infradead.org; Dmitry Ivanov
Subject: Re: [wireless-regdb] [PATCH] Specify Australian DFS region as DFS-ETSI

Jouni Malinen <jouni at qca.qualcomm.com> writes:
> On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:32:16AM +0300, Dmitry Ivanov wrote:
>> Currently, DFS region for Australia is not specified. This prevents starting AP with AU country code on DFS-affected channel in 5 GHz band with latest cfg80211 and hostapd because there is an explicit check for such condition.
>> 
>> This patch specifies DFS region for Australia as DFS-ETSI. Alternatively, DFS-FCC can be used.
>
> I would have used DFS-FCC here unless you have a clear indication of 
> DFS-ETSI being closer to requirements. In addition, there should be a
> Signed-off-by: tag in the commit log as described in the CONTRIBUTING 
> file.

From what I can gather from
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2014L01253
the details are hidden in the standard "AS/NZS 4268:2012". The scope
here:
  http://shop.standards.co.nz/catalog/4268:2012%28AS|NZS%29/scope?
shows the existence of an appendix "B" titled

 "DYNAMIC FREQUENCY SELECTION (DFS) AND TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL (TPC)
  REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIO LOCAL AREA NETWORK (RLAN) TRANSMITTERS
  OPERATING IN 5250 TO 5350 MHz OR 5470 TO 5725 MHz"

But I'm afraid you'll have to buy the standard to get the full details...

Given hysterical raisins, and the general tendency to reference ETSI standards and ERC decisions, I'd say that DFS-ETSI is more likely.  Why would they use FCC rules?

But it should probably be kept aligned with the NZ entry, which currently is DFS-FCC.  Don't know the source of that, though.  Could very well be wrong...  Ref the "EN 301 893 V1.7.1" alternative given
here:  https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2015-go694


Bjørn

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