Re: [PATCH] wireless-regdb: recent FCC report and order allows 5850-5895 immediately

On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 5:47 PM Seth Forshee [off-list ref] wrote:
I think we concluded previously that both 5730-5850 and 5850-5895 should
have a max bandwidth of 160 MHz to permit use of 160 MHz across these
channels.

Yes.

We also discussed using NO-IR for 5850-5895. The regulations forbid
active scans, and PMTP-ONLY does not prevent them. NO-IR appears to be
the only option which conforms to this restriction, though that will
also block running an AP in this range.

So we would not be able to operate an OpenWrt or other Linux-based AP,
while other vendors would be allowed to do this? How is this
acceptable? How does this help in liberating the band?

I also read the max EIRP for clients as 30 dBm without any TPC
requirement. Did I overlook something which limits the EIRP to 27 dBm?

The 27 dBm EIRP is needed for 20 MHz operation due to spectral density
requirements. Is my information correct that regdb has no notion of
specifying a separate limit for spectral density? (If it did, we might
be able to double the EIRP for 2.4GHz of 10MHz channels)

I have summarized the reasoning in a comment of the original patch,
but let me cite it here then (copied from the more recent link you
have now given):

"(iii) For client devices operating under the control of an indoor access point in the 5.850-5.895 GHz band, the maximum power spectral density must not exceed 14 dBm e.i.r.p. in any 1-megahertz band, and the maximum e.i.r.p. over the frequency band of operation must not exceed 30 dBm."
"the Commission limited indoor access point EIRP spectral density to 20 dBm/MHz with a maximum EIRP of 36 dBm over the bandwidth of operation (e.g., 33 dBm/20 MHz and 36 dBm/40 MHz)"
"To keep the potential for causing harmful interference low, the Commission required client devices to operate under the control of an access point, and limited client device's power spectral density and maximum transmit power to 6 dB below the power permitted for the access point."