802.11a bridges in Europe

[atassone]

Does anyone know if and when it will be possible to use the 802.11a bridges in Europe?

Is that in some way regarding the 802.11h support of the bridges themselves?

Thanks in advance.

[thomas.chen]

Yes, once you have 802.11h support.

Tom

[mmiklic]

ETSI Broadband WLAN standards only allow the usage of 5.150 - 5,350 GHz and 5,470 - 5,725 GHz for HIPERLAN, HIPERLAN/2 and equipment complying to the ETSI EN 301-893 standard.

As far as I know most 802.11a bridges operate outside this frequency range (5,725 - 5,850 GHz). So this type of 802.11a bridging will not be allowed in Europe for some time. If the are products below 5,725 Ghz, then they must comply with 802.11h - this is also the requirement for 802.11a access points.

[karthiknarasimhan]

I guess there is no such plan.

When you have 802.11G (1300) already standard out there which is better than 802.11A standard why would anyone launch an older standard for bridges.

Thanks,

Karthik.N.

[atassone]

When you can't use the 2.4Ghz ISM band, for example.

Thanks.

Antonio

[mmiklic]

Actually, 802.11a bridges should (can) not be used anywhere in Europe, except in Ireland. See

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/smbiz/wireless/approvals.html#5

[mmiklic]

Ok, the previous link points to 802.11a APs, but you also have 802.11a bridges in the same document.

Take care,

Mark