[wireless-regdb] [PATCH v2] wireless-regdb: Update regulatory rules for South Korea (KR)

[Sungbo Eo]

On 2021-12-18 07:02, Seth Forshee wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 01:12:08AM +0900, Sungbo Eo wrote:
>> On 2021-10-28 03:06, Seth Forshee wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 08:38:21PM +0900, Sungbo Eo wrote:
>>>> This patch is based on MSIT Public Notification 2020-113 ("Unlicensed Radio
>>>> Equipment Established Without Notice"), officially announced on 2021-01-06.
>>>>
>>>> The PSD must not exceed 2.5 mW/MHz if the frequency range includes all or
>>>> part of 5230-5250 MHz and the bandwidth is equal to or less than 40 MHz.
>>>> This leads to the following:
>>>> * 5230-5250 @ 20 -> 17 dBm
>>>> * 5210-5250 @ 40 -> 20 dBm
>>>> Here the power limits for 80/160 MHz bandwidth are also lowered to 17 dBm,
>>>> as it's not possible to set different power limits for different bandwidths
>>>> at the moment.
>>>>
>>>> Extend the last 5 GHz frequency range to 5850 MHz.
>>>>
>>>> WiFi 6E is now allowed with the following restrictions:
>>>> * Indoor: the full 1.2 GHz range, up to 160 MHz bandwidth and 250mW EIRP
>>>> * Outdoor: the lower 500 MHz range, up to 160 MHz bandwidth and 25mW EIRP
>>>> Here only the former entry is added.
>>>>
>>>> And also update the regulatory source links.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Sungbo Eo <mans0n at gorani.run>
>>>> ---
>>>> v2:
>>>> * split 5150-5250 MHz band rule to accommodate the PSD limit
>>>> * remove AUTO-BW flag from 6 GHz band rule
>>>> ---
>>>>    db.txt | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>>>>    1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/db.txt b/db.txt
>>>> index 6e8dbef..387ac93 100644
>>>> --- a/db.txt
>>>> +++ b/db.txt
>>>> @@ -862,15 +862,22 @@ country KP: DFS-JP
>>>>    	(5490 - 5630 @ 20), (30), DFS
>>>>    	(5735 - 5815 @ 20), (30)
>>>> +# Source:
>>>> +# https://www.law.go.kr/LSW//admRulLsInfoP.do?chrClsCd=&admRulSeq=2100000196972
>>>> +# https://www.law.go.kr/LSW//admRulLsInfoP.do?chrClsCd=&admRulSeq=2100000196973
>>>> +# https://www.law.go.kr/LSW//admRulLsInfoP.do?chrClsCd=&admRulSeq=2100000196974
>>>>    country KR: DFS-JP
>>>> -	# ref: https://www.rra.go.kr
>>>>    	(2400 - 2483.5 @ 40), (23)
>>>> -	(5150 - 5250 @ 80), (23), AUTO-BW
>>>> +	(5150 - 5210 @ 40), (23), AUTO-BW
>>>> +	# max. PSD 2.5 mW/MHz in 5230-5250 MHz frequency range
>>>> +	(5210 - 5230 @ 20), (20), AUTO-BW
>>>> +	(5230 - 5250 @ 20), (17), AUTO-BW
>>>
>>> Even with 5210-5230 split out like this, 5210-5250 @ 40 still gets
>>> limited to 17 dBm by the 5230-5250 rule. So why do we need to split out
>>> 5210-5230 separate from 5150-5210?
>>
>> I did some tests with regdb and I found out that the rule to be applied
>> depends on the main 20 MHz channel. With the rules above, if I select
>> channel 48 (5230-5250) and enable VHT40, then the TX power is set to 17 dBm.
>> OTOH if I select channel 44 (5210–5230) and enable VHT40, then the TX power
>> is set to 20 dBm. I'm not sure whether my result is really correct, though.
> 
> I'm sorry, when I saw the v3 patch I realized that I forgot to reply to
> this email. I had wanted to take a look at the kernel source to try and
> understand the behavior you described.
> 
> I took a quick look, and from what I'm seeing the minimum of the power
> limits for the two ranges should be used. This is the behavior I expect.
> Can you provide more detail about how you're getting that result?
> 
> Thanks,
> Seth

I've got the result on MT7623+MT7615N AP with OpenWrt installed. (kernel 
5.10)
I set the channel and bandwidth in /etc/config/wireless (in 
OpenWrt-standard way) and checked the tx power with `iw dev wlan0 info` 
and Android WiFi Analyzer app.

# channel 48, htmode VHT40
type AP
channel 48 (5240 MHz), width: 40 MHz, center1: 5230 MHz
txpower 17.00 dBm

# channel 44, htmode VHT40
type AP
channel 44 (5220 MHz), width: 40 MHz, center1: 5230 MHz
txpower 20.00 dBm

The WiFi Analyzer app also reported higher RSSI for the channel 44 case.

I also had a quick look at net/wireless/reg.c and it seems you're right. 
Perhaps my tests were bad, I do believe your comments more than my 
result. ;)

Regards,
Sungbo