Re: wireless-regdb: Update regulatory rules for Russia (RU) on 5735-5835 MHz band

Re: wireless-regdb: Update regulatory rules for Russia (RU) on 5735-5835 MHz band

[Seth Forshee]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 09:19:46PM +0000, Thanh_Nguyen@Dell.com wrote:
> Dear Seth,
> Currently the db.txt has following setting for Russia:
> 
> country RU: DFS-ETSI
>                 (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (20)
>                 (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (20), AUTO-BW
>                 (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (20), DFS, AUTO-BW
>                 (5650 - 5730 @ 80), (30), DFS
>                 (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (30)
>                 # 60 GHz band channels 1-4, ref: Changes to NLA 124_Order №129_22042015.pdf
>                 (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (40)
> 
> Dell’s understanding is 5735-5835 MHz band is still not allowed in Russia. Dell would like to submit a request for the wireless-regdb to investigate and update the setting for Russia RU in the db.txt file.

I wasn't able to track down any official documentation of Russia's
regulations, but a few unofficial sources showed that range as being
allowed. What source(s) are you using to determine that it is not?

Feel free to send a patch if you think this should be changed, or I can
make one if you're not comfortable doing so. It would be helpful to have
a link to support the change though.

Thanks,
Seth

Re: wireless-regdb: Update regulatory rules for Russia (RU) on 5735-5835 MHz band

[Seth Forshee]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 03:59:30PM +0000, Thanh_Nguyen@Dell.com wrote:
> Seth,
> The sources I am using are also unofficial:
> 
> o   Broadcom’s document showing Russia allow 2.400-2.4835 (Ch 1-13), 5.15-5.25GHz (Ch 36-48), 5.25-5.35GHz (Ch 52-64), 5.470-5.725GHz (Ch 100-140)
> 
> o   Wi-Fi Russian Certificates that Broadcom and Intel (and some other major suppliers) provided to Dell don’t cover 5735-5835 MHz band
> I will try to obtain official documentation of Russia's regulations.

Thanks, that would be helpful. All I could turn up was a document
regarding fixed wireless installations, in which the 5375-5835 MHz range
was allowed.

> Regarding the Patch, I am new to Linux and I am not sure what that is. It will be great if you can make one or guide me how to do it.

Let's hold off a bit. That will give you some time to look for some
official sources, and I'd also like to leave a little time to see if QCA
has any comments since the rules we currently have for Russia came from
them.

Seth