Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

[Louis Kotze]

Hi maintainers,
Please have a look at the following request:

ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) published
Notice 1822 of 2023 on 23 May 2023, amending Annexure B of the Radio
Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2015, to allow licence-exempt use of
the lower 6 GHz band (5925-6425 MHz) for WAS/RLAN.

The notice references the ETSI EN 303 687 standard and defines two
device classes for 5925-6425 MHz:

  1. Low Power Indoor (LPI)
     - Max EIRP         : 23 dBm (200 mW)
     - Restriction      : Indoor use only

  2. Very Low Power (VLP)
     - Max EIRP         : 14 dBm (25 mW)
     - Restriction      : None

Currently, the database only contains the VLP rule (14 dBm). Add the
LPI rule (23 dBm, NO-OUTDOOR).

Without the LPI rule, clients connecting to indoor access points
advertising 6 GHz at LPI power levels experience repeated association
failures due to regulatory mismatch ("regulatory prevented using AP
config, downgraded"), which on MLO (Multi-Link Operation) setups
causes the 6 GHz link to fail and disrupts the connection.

Reference:
  ICASA Notice 1822 of 2023
  Amendment to Annexure B, Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2015
  URL: https://www.icasa.org.za/news/2023/icasa-releases-more-spectrum-for-wi-fi-services-in-the-lower-6ghz-band
Signed-off-by: Louis Kotze <connect at prolificstudio.co.za>
---
 db.txt | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/db.txt b/db.txt
index 343b256..778ac21 100644
--- a/db.txt
+++ b/db.txt
@@ -2180,6 +2180,7 @@ country ZA: DFS-ETSI
  (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (20), AUTO-BW
  (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (20), DFS, AUTO-BW
  (5490 - 5710 @ 160), (30)
+ (5925 - 6425 @ 320), (23), NO-OUTDOOR
  (5925 - 6425 @ 320), (14)

 country ZW: DFS-ETSI
-- 

Thank you and Regards
Louis Kotze