[wireless-regdb] Changes to NO (Norway) in wireless-regdb

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:03 PM, John W. Linville
<linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> Ping?

Michael?

  Luis

> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 03:55:00PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>> Adding Michael and the wireless-regdb list. Please use that list for
>> further reviews.
>>
>>  Luis
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Robert Grønning <slimg at iggu.org> wrote:
>> > It seems like NO is wrong according to Norwegian rules
>> >
>> > This is how NO currently looks like in wireless-regdb-2009.11.25.tar.bz2
>> > -------------------START-------------------
>> > country NO:
>> >        (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
>> >        (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
>> >        (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS
>> >        (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS
>> > --------------------END--------------------
>> >
>> > This is what the Norwegian rules say about general usage of frequencies
>> > for wi-fi:
>> > Note: The following text is a translation from a subsection of the
>> > following document written in Norwegian:
>> > http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/sd/xd-20090602-0580.html#7
>> > -------------------------------------START--------------------------------------
>> > (3) the frequency band 5150-5350 MHz is authorized for indoor data
>> > transfer
>> > including radio-based local area networks (WAS / RLAN) with a maximum
>> > radiated
>> > power of 200 mW eirp the frequency use defined in the standard EN 301 893
>> > If any
>> > other use than indoor use, the average spectral density in the frequency
>> > band
>> > 5150-5350 MHz is limited to 10 mW / MHz eirp in any 1 MHz range.
>> >
>> > (4) the frequency band 5470-5725 MHz may be used for data transfer with
>> > maximum
>> > radiated power of 1 W eirp Maximum average spectral density shall not
>> > exceed
>> > 50 mW / MHz eirp in any 1 MHz band. The radio equipment shall implement
>> > transmit
>> > power control (TPC) which provides an average attenuation of at least 3
>> > dB. If
>> > TPC is not in use, the maximum allowed radiated power and power density is
>> > 3 dB
>> > lower than that following the first and second sentence. The radio
>> > equipment will
>> > use Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) as specified in the standard EN 301
>> > 893
>> >
>> > (5) The frequency bands 5725-5795 MHz and 5815-5850 MHz for data transfer
>> > with
>> > maximum radiated power of 4 W eirp Maximum average spectral density shall
>> > not
>> > exceed 200 mW / MHz eirp in any 1 MHz band. The radio equipment shall
>> > implement
>> > Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) as specified in the standard EN 302 502
>> > Radio
>> > equipment shall transmit power control (TPC) which provides an average
>> > attenuation of at least 3 dB. If TPC is not in use, the maximum allowed
>> > radiated
>> > power and power density is 3 dB lower than that following the first and
>> > second
>> > sentence. On the border between Norway and neighboring power density shall
>> > not
>> > exceed -122.5 dBW / m 2 measured with a reference bandwidth of 1 MHz
>> > unless
>> > otherwise stated in the coordination agreement.
>> >
>> > (6) The frequency bands 5725-5795 and 5815-5850 MHz for point-to-point
>> > radio
>> > links with maximum radiated power of 200 W eirp Maximum permitted power
>> > supplied
>> > antenna is 1 W. The maximum average spectral density shall not exceed 10 W
>> > / MHz
>> > eirp in any 1 MHz band. The concept of point-to-point radio links exclude
>> > all
>> > forms of point-to-multipoint, omnidirectional systems and transmitters
>> > send the
>> > same information located in the same place (sector antennas). The radio
>> > equipment
>> > shall implement Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) as specified in the
>> > standard
>> > EN 302 502 On the border between Norway and neighboring power density
>> > shall not
>> > exceed -122.5 dBW / m 2 measured with a reference bandwidth of 1 MHz
>> > unless
>> > otherwise stated in the coordination agreement.
>> > --------------------------------------END---------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Here is the link to google english-translated section mentioned above:
>> > http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=no&sl=no&tl=en&u=http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/sd/xd-20090602-0580.html&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhhGbQPtCjONnilyHdAgh1NwIZhFVA#7
>> >
>> > According to that documentation, NO should probably look like this
>> > instead:
>> > -------------------START-------------------
>> > country NO:
>> >        (2400 - 2483.5 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
>> >        (5150 - 5350 @ 40), (N/A, 23)
>> >        (5470 - 5725 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS
>> > --------------------END--------------------
>> >
>> > Question 1:
>> > The norwegian laws also says that if TPC is available, then the maximum
>> > allowed TX power
>> > of the 5470 -> 5725 MHz frequency range changes from 27 dBm to 30 dBm, I
>> > don't know how to write that in wireless-regdb.
>> >
>> > Question 2:
>> > The norwegian laws for the 5470 -> 5725 MHz frequency range seem to exceed
>> > the European restrictions in 802.11n-2009, I'm guessing that the upper 5725
>> > MHz frequency needs to be decreased to comply with the European
>> > restrictions? if so, I'm not sure what frequency it should be decreased to.
>> >
>> > Question 3:
>> > The norwegian documentation also mentions these radio frequencies for
>> > wireless data transfer:
>> >  * 5725 -> 5795 MHz and 5815-5850 MHz: point-to-point radio links
>> >  * 17,1 -> 17,3 GHz:
>> >  * 57 -> 66 GHz:
>> > Does these belong in the wireless-regdb as well?
>> >
>> > I hope my limited knowlege doesn't cause anyone unreasonable much work,
>> > I'm really trying to get better at this.
>> >
>> > -Robert Grønning (Norway)
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