From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Faidon Liambotis Subject: Re: [RFC] Geographical/regulatory information for ieee80211 Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:58:18 +0300 Message-ID: References: <443EF3E9.7050303@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:7640 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932204AbWDNMFO (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:05:14 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FUN2s-0002ZP-RK for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:05:03 +0200 Received: from void.photonics.ece.ntua.gr ([147.102.26.135]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:05:02 +0200 Received: from faidon by void.photonics.ece.ntua.gr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:05:02 +0200 To: netdev@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Ulrich Kunitz wrote: > For the 802.11a frequencies, there are three bands: > > Annex 3 Band B 5150-5250 MHz for indoor use (36-48) > Annex 3 Band C 5250-5350 MHz for indoor use (52-64) > Annex 3 Band D 5470-5725 MHz for outdoor use (100-140) > > However these bands are not available in all European states, > details can be found in the recommendation. Spain, Portugal, > Greece and Belgium for instance don't allow Annex 3 Band D. Actually, Greece allows 5150-5250 and 5250-5350MHz for indoor use and 5470-5725 for indoor and outdoor use. This is quite new though (3rd April) :-) As I've mailed Larry in private, EU countries will eventually conform to this: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32005D0513:EN:NOT Regards, Faidon