On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 08:08:46PM +0200, Maximilian Engelhardt wrote: > On Thursday 21 April 2016 08:19:38 Seth Forshee wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 08:03:16PM +0200, Maximilian Engelhardt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > In Europe ETSI standardized the used for short range devices (SRD) [1] in > > > ETSI EN 300 440-1 [2]. > > > According to this standard generic use equipment is allowed to transmit in > > > the frequency range form 5725 MHz to 5875 MHz with a maximum output power > > > of 25 mW e.i.r.p. This generic allocation also allows transmission of > > > 802.11 devices. > > > > > > [3] has a list of countries and their status about the implementation of > > > the SRD frequency bands. For the 5 GHz band this can be seen on page 38 > > > in the paragraph ANNEX 1 and the entry Annex j. > > > > > > Attached is a patch that adds the 5 GHz SRD band to db.txt for Germany. > > > > > > If it is acceptable I can provide a patch adding the 5 GHz SRD band for > > > the > > > other countries listed in [3]. > > > > The changes seem okay as far as I can tell. You do need to include your > > signed-off-by tag on the patch however, see > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sforshee/wireless-regdb.git/tre > > e/CONTRIBUTING. > > > > Thanks, > > Seth > > Hi Seth, > > Thanks for your reply. You can find my signed-off-by tag below together with > the unchanged patch. Thanks, that will work. I'll leave it for a few days and see if anyone else has comments. > I can affirm I did check this carefully with the official documents of the > German administration for radio equipment (Bundesnetzagentur f?r Elektrizit?t, > Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen). > > I noticed that the links to the other entries for Germany are broken, as the > website design was changed and thus all old link became non functional. I can > provide a patch fixing this if it is something that's considered useful. Yes, that would be useful, so please do. > The comments to my initial mail indicated that the statement in the ERC > recommendation I linked are alone not enough to add this frequency ranges for > other countries. Unfortunately I don't have the possibility to do these checks > for countries other than Germany. Yep, I understand and am in agreement. I know how challenging it can be to try to track down this information. Thanks, Seth
