On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen at nokia.com> wrote: > Hi John, all, > > The following is an excerpt of the db.txt from most recent > wireless-regdb. > > country US: > ? ? ? ? (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27) > ? ? ? ? (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (3, 17) > ? ? ? ? (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 20), DFS > ? ? ? ? (5490 - 5600 @ 40), (3, 20), DFS > ? ? ? ? (5650 - 5710 @ 40), (3, 20), DFS > ? ? ? ? (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (3, 30) > > country CA: > ? ? ? ? (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27) > ? ? ? ? (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (3, 17) > ? ? ? ? (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 20), DFS > ? ? ? ? (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (3, 20), DFS > ? ? ? ? (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (3, 30) > > We are under the understanding that the Canadian national rules deny the > usage of the 5490-5710 range of frequencies (ref from RSS-210), but the > range is present in the allowed range of frequencies for the CA region: > > "Additional requirements for the band 5600-5650 MHz: Until further > notice, devices subject to this Section shall not be capable of > transmitting in the band 5600-5650 MHz, so that Environment Canada > weather radars operating in this band are protected." > > Then again, the FCC rules (15.407) do not prohibit the mentioned range > of frequencies within the US (with DFS and limited power level) but in > the regulatory database that range is missing. > > > Is there a bug in the regulatory db, or am I misunderstanding something? Michael, any opinion on this? Luis
