"John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com> writes: > Well, sorry for the delay... I will take this silence as "no > objection". :-) > > Bj?rn, could you give me a "Signed-off-by" line as well? Sure. Is this sufficient, or do you need the patch resent with it included? Signed-off-by: Bj?rn Mork <bjorn at mork.no> > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 01:19:12PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote: >> Any comments from the regulatory experts in the group? >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:13:22PM +0100, Bj?rn Mork wrote: >> > As mentioned by Robert Gr?nning <slimg at iggu.org> in June, Norway does >> > allow a few more bands than what's currently in the database. In >> > particular, the old ISM band at 5725 - 5875 MHz is and has "always" been >> > allowed. >> > >> > The regulations [1] have some weird restrictions wrt power densities etc >> > which I have no idea how to describe in a format suitable for the db. >> > I've tried my best to make sure the entries are within the rules. >> > >> > The regulations also allow up to 1 W eirp in the band 5470 - 5725 MHz, >> > and up to 4 W eirp in the bands 5725 - 5795 MHz and 5815 - 5850 MHz if >> > TPC is in use. The limits are reduced by 3dB without TPC. As I don't >> > know how to express the TPC requirement, I've chosen to put the reduced >> > limits (500 mW and 2 W) in the db entries. This also matches the German >> > (DE) entry for 5470 - 5725 MHz, so I guess it must make some sense... >> > >> > I also have no idea which SI prefixes you allow in the database, so I've >> > used whatever was in the regulations. Please adjust as needed if only >> > mW or dB is acceptable. Or let me know and I'll provide an updated patch. >> > >> > >> > Patch attached. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > References: >> > >> > [1] Current Norwegian regulations: >> > http://www.lovdata.no/cgi-wift/ldles?doc=/sf/sf/sf-20090602-0580.html >> > >> > [2] The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority provides an unofficial english translation of these regulations: >> > http://www.npt.no/ikbViewer/Content/103810/Regulations_concerning_general_authorisations_for_the_use_of_radio_frequencies.pdf >> > >> > >> > [3] Appendix 1 of ERC/REC 70-03 provides generic information about licensing >> > status for Short Range Devices (SRD) in most CEPT countries: >> > http://www.ecodocdb.dk/doks/filedownload.aspx?fileid=1694&fileurl=http://www.erodocdb.dk/Docs/doc98/official/pdf/REC7003E.PDF >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Bj?rn >> >> > diff --git a/db.txt b/db.txt >> > index e63a43e..375187f 100644 >> > --- a/db.txt >> > +++ b/db.txt >> > @@ -469,11 +469,20 @@ country NL: >> > (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS >> > (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS >> > >> > +# Data from http://www.lovdata.no/cgi-wift/ldles?doc=/sf/sf/sf-20090602-0580.html >> > 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 >> > + # ? 7 (2) >> > + (2400 - 2483.5 @ 40), (N/A, 100 mW) >> > + # ? 7 (3) >> > + (5150 - 5350 @ 40), (N/A, 200 mW) >> > + # ? 7 (4) >> > + (5470 - 5725 @ 40), (N/A, 500 mW), DFS >> > + # ? 7 (5) >> > + (5725 - 5795 @ 40), (N/A, 2 W), DFS >> > + (5815 - 5850 @ 40), (N/A, 2 W), DFS >> > + # ? 7 (6) >> > + (5725 - 5795 @ 40), (23, 1 W), DFS, PTP-ONLY >> > + (5815 - 5850 @ 40), (23, 1 W), DFS, PTP-ONLY >> > >> > country NP: >> > (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) >> >> >> -- >> John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you >> linville at tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in >> the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>
