[wireless-regdb] Updates to wireless-regdb review - vendor namespaces and VHT80
Luis R. Rodriguez
mcgrof at do-not-panic.com
Wed Jul 3 16:18:05 EDT 2013
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Bjørn Mork <bjorn at mork.no> wrote:
> "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof at do-not-panic.com> writes:
>
>> In the meantime, while that gets developed, I'd still like to supply
>> patches to enable VHT80 for a few countries without hopefully such
>> high bar for documentation as I cannot get this information.
>
> I believe VHT80 (and VHT160) is allowed by current regulations in a
> large number of countries, and that the current db entries are in fact
> wrong by stating any upper channel width limits at all in the 5 GHz
> bands.
>
> For example, regulations in most CEPT countries are likely based on
>
> "ECC/DEC/(04)08 on the harmonised use of the 5 GHz frequency bands for
> the implementation of Wireless Access Systems including Radio Local
> Area Networks (WAS/RLANs)"
>
> or a previous version of that decision. Which is available here:
> http://www.erodocdb.dk/Docs/doc98/official/pdf/ECCDEC0408.PDF
>
> Quoting:
>
> "considering
> ..
>
> e. that the systems covered by this ECC Decision operate typically in a 20 MHz channel bandwidth, other
> values for the channel bandwidth are also feasible provided they comply with the relevant maximum mean
> e.i.r.p. and the corresponding maximum mean e.i.r.p. density limits;
> "
>
> and the continues deciding the mentioned power and power density limits
> only, without any specific channelization. This document clearly allows
> and anticipates both wider and narrower channels, and so does most
> likely the national regualations implementing the decision.
>
> The list of CEPT countries implementating this decision is here:
> http://www.erodocdb.dk/doks/implement_doc_adm.aspx?docid=2033
Thanks, this seems to be in agreement with the countries I was
considering update that fall under that group that I had updates for
except for one country alone: Russia.
I'll use the information you provided to update the CEPT ones though.
Luis
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