[PATCH] wireless-regdb: Update regulatory rules for India (IN) on 6GHz

[Chen-Yu Tsai]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > The Government of India has officially opened this band for licence-exempt
> > use via Gazette Notification G.S.R. 47(E), dated January 20, 2026,
> > published January 21, 2026, issued by the Ministry of Communications
> > under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy
> > Act, 1933.
> >
> > Gazette details:
> >   Title   : Use of Low Power and Very Low Power Wireless Access System
> >             including Radio Local Area Network in Lower 6 GHz Band
> >             (Exemption from Licensing Requirement) Rules, 2026
> >   File No : 24-04/2025-UBB
> >   Gazette : No. 47, CG-DL-E-21012026-269488
> >   Signed  : Devendra Kumar Rai, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Communications
> >   URL : https://www.dot.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/02/88f0ac8c74eb6f6907934d17d0015ab5.pdf
> >
> > The Gazette defines two device classes for 5925–6425 MHz:
> >
> >   1. Low power indoor
> >      - Max EIRP         : 30 dBm
> >      - Max PSD          : 11 dBm/MHz
> >      - Max bandwidth    : 320 MHz
> >      - Restriction      : Indoor use only (Rule 5)
> >
> >   2. Very low power outdoor
> >      - Max EIRP         : 14 dBm
> >      - Max PSD          : 1 dBm/MHz
> >      - Max bandwidth    : 320 MHz
> >      - Restriction      : None
> >
> > Additional operational restrictions per Rule 5 of the Gazette:
> >   - Band is prohibited on oil platforms
> >   - Indoor use prohibited on land vehicles, boats and aircraft below 10,000 ft
> >   - Communication with and control of drones/UAS is prohibited
> >   - Contention-based protocol is mandatory for all devices (Rule 4)
> >
> > Out-of-band emission limit: -27 dBm/MHz outside 5925–6425 MHz (Rule 6)
> >
> > For now, add a rule for 6 GHz LPI. As the database does not support PSD
> > information, the EIRP needs to be limited so that transmissions over a
> > 20 MHz channel does not exceed the PSD requirements. This limits the
> > max EIRP to just 24 dBm.
> >
> > Reported-by: Gaurav Kansal <gaurav.kansal at nic.gov.in>
> > Reported-by: Degrader Snehil <degradersnehil at gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at kernel.org>
>
> Listed regulation in this patch matches official URL page (translated
> by Google translation).

The PDF actually has an English part which is nice.

> Reviewed-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih at realtek.com>
>
> > ---
> >  db.txt | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/db.txt b/db.txt
> > index e2842db..d54ef78 100644
> > --- a/db.txt
> > +++ b/db.txt
> > @@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ country IN:
> >         (5250 - 5350 @ 80), (24), DFS
> >         (5470 - 5725 @ 160), (24), DFS
> >         (5725 - 5875 @ 80), (30)
> > +       (5925 - 6425 @ 320), (24), NO-OUTDOOR
> >
> >  # Source:
> >  # https://asnad.cra.ir/fa/Public/Documents/Details/73af8590-f065-eb11-968f-0050569b0899
> > --
> > 2.47.3
> >
> >