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Subject: Re: [wireless-regdb] wireless-regdb: Update regulatory rules for
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From:   Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.eti.br>
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Em 17/08/2022 21:07, Cesar Eduardo Barros escreveu:
> Em 17/08/2022 20:31, Cesar Eduardo Barros escreveu:
>> For range 5925-7125 MHz (article 11.7), there are different rules for 
>> APs, clients, and very low power devices. For APs (article 11.7.1), 
>> the maximum EIRP is 30 dBm (article 11.7.1.1), and it's INDOOR-ONLY 
>> (article 11.7.1.3); for clients of an indoor AP (article 11.7.2), the 
>> maximum EIRP is 24 dBm (article 11.7.2.1), and it's INDOOR-ONLY 
>> (article 11.7.2.3); for very low power devices (article 11.7.3), the 
>> maximum EIRP is 17 dBm (article 11.7.3.1).
> 
> Thinking better about it, I might have miscalculated this one. Since the 
> smallest channel we use is 20 MHz, and the EIRP power density for 
> clients is limited to -1 dBm/MHz (article 11.7.2.2), if I'm doing the 
> calculations correctly the limit for clients would be 12 dBm, that is,
> 
> (5925 - 7125 @ 320), (12), NO-OUTDOOR
> 
> It's unfortunate that we cannot represent that kind of rule in db.txt, 
> and are forced to artificially limit the power by 12 dB (the full power 
> of 24 dBm I had calculated would work only for 320 MHz).
> 
> I would appreciate if you could look over these power density rules, 
> especially the ones which are in dBm/MHz instead of mW/MHz, since I 
> might have miscalculated something else.
> 

And thinking even more about it, if I'm understanding article 11.7.10 
correctly, a client can transmit only when associated to an AP, except 
for the negotiation while joining the AP. I believe this corresponds to 
NO-IR, so the correct line for that range would be:

(5925 - 7125 @ 320), (12), NO-OUTDOOR, NO-IR

-- 
Cesar Eduardo Barros
cesarb@cesarb.eti.br