In Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) published a Consultation on the Technical and Policy Framework for Licence-Exempt Use in the 6 GHz Band in November 2020. In May 2021, ISED published the Decision on Technical and Policy Framework for licence-Exempt Use in the 6GHz Band. This document outlines the new 6GHz regulations [...]
UPDATE - MAY 2020 In may 2020, the FCC officially announced that the 6GHz frequency space will be available for unlicensed use in the US. We have contacted ISED in order to know what was the status for Canada. Here is what they told us: The is no project to free up the 6GHz frequency [...]
Wi-Fi, as most of us know, operates on the 2.4GHz or 5 GHz band. But there are, actually, others 802.11 protocols utilizing other frequency bands (900MHz, 60GHz,...). Today, we will be talking about the regulations of using the 60GHz frequency band in Canada. This band is used for the 802.11 protocols known as 802.11ad (now [...]
UPDATE - December 2018:ISED has updated their radio standards specifications for Wi-Fi equipments operating in the 5GHz frequency band. Check out this article to see what is new:5GHz Regulations in Canada (2018 Update) Last year, I have written a blog post entitled "5GHz Band Channel Availability in Canada" explaining what 5GHz channels were available in [...]
UPDATE - December 2018: Industry Canada has updated their radio standards specifications for Wi-Fi equipments operating in the 5GHz frequency band. Check out this article to see what is new: 5GHz Regulations in Canada (2018 Update) Channel availability in the 5GHz spectrum space is a hot subject right now. It is so, mainly because of [...]
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