UK 5GHz WLAN Spectrum (Aug 2017)
5200
44
5220
48
5240
52
5260
56
5280
60
5300
64
5320
100
5500
104
5520
108
5540
112
5560
116
5580
120
5600
124
5620
128
5640
132
5660
136
5680
140
5700
144
5720
149
5745
153
5765
157
5785
161
5805
165
5825
20 MHz
5180
40
5725
MHz
Band B
36
40
44
48
52
56
UNII-1
40 MHz
36
5470
MHz
Band A
80 MHz
Centre Freq
(MHz)
38
60
64
100
104
108
112
116
46
54
42
120
124
128
132
136
140
144
Band C
(5.8GHz Band)
149
153
UNII-2c
UNII-2a
160 MHz
Channel
5350
MHz
5150
MHz
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62
102
110
118
161
165
UNII-3
126
122
106
58
157
5850
MHz
134
142
138
151
159
155
114
50
DFS
5150-5330Mhz
–
Max EIRP = 200mW
Indoor only
Max EIRP = 1W
Indoor/Outdoor
Existing channels as per IR 2006
References:
•
(Ofcom) VNS – Voluntary National Specification 2030/8/3
•
(Ofcom) UK Interface Requirement 2006 (RLAN)
•
(Ofcom) UK Interface Requirement 2007 (Fixed Broadband)
•
(ETSI) ETSI EN 301 893 V2.1.1 (2017-05)
•
(ETSI) ETSI EN 302 502 V2.1.1 (2017-03)
Mhz
New channels available via VNS 2030/8/3
5725 - 5850Mhz
Max EIRP = 200mW
Indoor/Outdoor (Restriction: No
Fixed Outdoor*)
**Potentially impacted by weather radar
Notes:
• This sheet details 5GHz WLAN spectrum following addition of channels under VNS –
Voluntary National Specification 2030/8/3
•
*Band C (5725 - 5850MHz) is already used for lightly licensed, higher powered fixed
outdoor systems. This licensing is still required for fixed outdoor systems as per (Ofcom)
UK Interface Requirement 2007
• Further 5Ghz WLAN spectrum allocations are unlikely before WRC 2019
• **Channels 120 –
not available on some vendor systems due to weather radar
channel availability check restrictions (10 mins)
V1 - Oct 17
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