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From:   Keshav <the.ridikulus.rat@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 4 Mar 2023 17:13:44 -0600
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Subject: wireless-regdb: Please correct the regulatory rules for India (IN) on
 2.4 GHz
To:     sforshee@kernel.org
Cc:     wireless-regdb@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Hello,

I noticed that wireless-regdb db.txt [1] has restricted India's 2.4
GHz maximum power to only 20 dBm:

country IN:
        (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (20)

However the Official Gazette of Government of India (PDF [3] linked in
URL [2]) mentions that upto 30 dBm is allowed in the 2.4 GHz band.

2.4 GHz Rules for India (IN): Pages 87 to 88 of PDF [3]

I would like to mention that I am not an expert in this topic. I am
not sure if there's any other reason to restrict 2.4 GHz for India to
20 dBm in the db.txt. I also couldn't find any other official
Government of India document that restricts the maximum power to 20
dBm (due to some other reason). Please look into this and correct the
regulatory rules for India if needed. Thank you.

Although not the topic of this email, you can also find the 5 GHz
Rules for India in the same PDF [3] (pages 94 to 97) if interested.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sforshee/wireless-regdb.git/tree/db.txt?id=7f7a9f7bc6011b072b5427eced1ff19261764e95#n853

[2] https://dot.gov.in/spectrummanagement/gazette-notifications-delicensed-band

[3] https://dot.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notifications.pdf

With Best Regards,

Keshav A.