[PATCH] wireless-regdb: Add 6 GHz LPI rule for South Africa (ZA)

[Chen-Yu Tsai]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM Louis Kotze <loukot at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Unfortunately we can only have one rule per band. So it's either allow
outdoor usage or better indoor performance.

ChenYu

> 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