From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f178.google.com ([209.85.223.178]:51991 "EHLO mail-iw0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755921AbZJ0QWX convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:22:23 -0400 Received: by iwn8 with SMTP id 8so241879iwn.33 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:22:28 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1256660178-5863-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> References: <1256660178-5863-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:22:07 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890910270922g555981tfb0a9b471ccaa662@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wireless-regdb: update US rules for 5600 MHz - 5650 MHz To: linville@tuxdriver.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Michael Green , Senthil Balasubramanian , David Quan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > The FCC is trying to assist airports that use Terminal Doppler > Weather Radar (TDWR) systems in avoiding interference with > some outdoor wireless systems operating in the 5.4 GHz > (5470 MHz - 5725 MHz) band. One of the things they have decided > on is to disallow operation on the 5600 MHz - 5650 MHz frequency > range inclusive. What this means in practice is 5 GHz 802.11 > devices programmed to operate in the US will have these > channels now disabled: > >  * 5600 MHz [120] (disabled) >  * 5620 MHz [124] (disabled) >  * 5640 MHz [128] (disabled) > > This is documented on the FCC Knowledge based Publication > Number: 443999 [1] > > [1] https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/kdb/forms/FTSSearchResultPage.cfm?switch=P&id=41732 And actually -- on second though I'm reviewing if we can just use NO-IBSS, PASSIVE-SCAN, DFS on this frequency range. So please hold on this. Luis