Thanks for the info! Let me try to get a patch. The limits are a bit strange indeed. But then the law says it should.follow FCC so I'm not sure. On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 1:07 AM Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 8:26 PM Diego Garcia del Rio <garci66@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Dear wireless-regdb / linux-wireless list members, > > > > Argentina approved, in may 2023, the use of the 6GHz band for indoor > > use. The specific decree can be consulted here : > > https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/287126/20230524 > > but the specific technical addendum can be read at the link "Anexo 1" > > at the end of that document. > > > > The main changes are that operation on the band 5925-7125 MHz is > > allowed at an EIRP of 30dBm for APs and 24dBm for clients. The APs > > must also follow a maximum Power Spectral Density 5dBm/MHz and > > clients must restrict themselves to -1 dBm/MHz EIRP PSD. > > > > I wasn't sure how to express the PSD requirements in the txt file nor > > how (or if its possible at all) to distinguish APs from clients. > > I believe the PSD requirements are being discussed [1]. But currently > there is no support for this. Also no support for distinguishing APs > from clients. > > > The given PSD limits would mean 18dBm for an AP at 20MHz, and 3dBm for > > each doubling in frequency, so a max of 27dBm for 160MHz APs) while > > for clients, it would be 12dBm for a 20MHz channel and again, 3dBm > > plus for each doubling in channel width (maximum of 21 dBm for a > > 160MHz channel). > > > > I believe that basically copying the FCC restrictions for the 6GHz > > band would probably be enough, but I was not 100% sure. > > > > Following James Clark's post mentioning the WiFi alliance's page, > > argentina is also showing up as having adopted the full 5925-7125 > > range. > > > > Sorry I can't provide a direct patch to the DB itself since im not > > 100% sure how to represent the different power limits. Best regards > > I think without a representation for PSD limits, and AFAIK unable to > have multiple rules for the same band with different requirements, > we can only use the minimum or the hard EIRP limit and PSD limits, > so that the client doesn't go above the limit when using narrower > channels. > > So in this case the limit would be 12dBm regardless of channel width. > Can you send a patch for that? Preferably with a comment on why the > limit is so low, i.e. as explained above. > > We can revisit it if the PSD stuff gets merged. > > Thanks > ChenYu > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230315132904.31779-1-quic_adisi@xxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wireless-regdb mailing list > > wireless-regdb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless-regdb
