[wireless-regdb] wireless-regdb: Update regulatory rules for Brazil (BR)

[Seth Forshee]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 11:44:17PM -0300, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote:
> Em 30/08/2022 11:18, Seth Forshee escreveu:
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 08:31:56PM -0300, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote:
> > > 	#(902 - 907.5 @ ???), (30)
> > > 	#(915 - 928 @ ???), (30)
> > 
> > For these ranges I think you should use the same bandwidth as other
> > rules in the database, i.e. 2 and 16 MHz.
> 
> I found only two entries in the database with rules for the 900MHz
> frequencies: US and "world". I don't think the US rule is a good model here;
> it can use 16 MHz because it's a contiguous range, but the range for Brazil
> has a hole in the middle.
> 
> Since there's nothing that a found in these rules which mention a maximum
> channel width, the correct width is probably the maximum which fits on each
> piece of the range. That is,
> 
> (902 - 907.5 @ 4), (30)
> (915 - 928 @ 8), (30)
> 
> As far as I could find, the hole between 907.5 and 915 exists because there
> are three 2.5 MHz-wide GSM uplink channels there. However, I also found out
> that there is a proposal within ANATEL (Consulta Pública 52 from 2021) to
> expand it with another uplink channel at 905 - 907.5 (there are actually
> five uplink channels in that proposal, the other one is at 898.5 - 901). I
> have no idea when this will become official, or whether it has already
> happened (and just wasn't reflected yet in the restricted radiation rules I
> had researched), and what effect it would have on 802.11ah users.
> 
> Given the uncertainty from that change, and given that so far there are
> rules for the 900 MHz range in wireless-regdb only for the USA, it might be
> wise to hold it for now and apply only the rest of the changes, without
> these 900 MHz ranges.

Sounds good to me.

> > Otherwise I think these changes look good. If you can send a patch with
> > the changes I would appreciate it, otherwise let me know and I can send
> > a patch.
> 
> I will prepare a patch tomorrow.

Thanks!

> 
> -- 
> Cesar Eduardo Barros
> cesarb at cesarb.eti.br
> 
> 
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