User's Manual

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IEEE 802.11 International Agreement and
Frequency Assignments
The IEEE 802 LAN committee has forged an international
agreement providing for wireless data communication standards
for the frequency range of 2.4GHz to 2.4835GHz, as allocated by
the FCC in the USA, and in the 2.471GHz to 2.497GHz
frequency range, as specified by the regulatory authority in
Japan. These standards are designed to focus the industry to
develop highly integrated, low cost, interoperable WLAN
equipment, of which the ISL37300P-EVAL is a prime example.
In the U.S., there are 11 channels specified by the FCC in the
2.412GHz to 2.462GHz range. In Japan, one channel at 2.484GHz
is authorized. The ETSl (European) regulatory body conforms to
the USA (FCC) channel assignments with the exception that
channels 12 and 13 are also allowed. Some countries in Europe,
notably France and Spain have unique channel restrictions.
Although information contained in Table 3 is deemed to be
accurate, local regulatory authorities should be consulted before
using such equipment.
The ISL37300P is shipped with USA-compliant firmware. In order
to ensure regulatory-compliant channel usage in a particular
country, special geographic-specific firmware is available for
customer production assemblies which restricts channel usage.
Examples include ETSI-compliant firmware, etc. Since the end
user does not have the ability to alter this firmware, regulatory
compliance is ensured
The available channels of operation in the 2.4GHz to 2.4835GHz and
2.471GHz to 2.497GHz ranges are as follows:
.
Agency and Regulatory Body Approvals
The WLAN PC-Card will comply to the standards shown in Table
4:
TABLE 2. CIS EMBEDDED INFORMATION
FUNCTION NAME CONTENT
Manufacturer Intersil
Product Prism 2_5 PCMCIA ADAPTER
Part Number ISL37300P
Revision String Eval-Rev-A
Revision # 1.0
Manufacturer ID 000B
Device ID 7300
TABLE 3. IEEE 802.11 CHANNELS
CHANNEL
NUMBER
CHANNEL
FREQUENCY
GEOGRAPHIC
USAGE
1 2412MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK
2 2417MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK
3 2422MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK
4 2427MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK
5 2432MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK
6 2437MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK
7 2442MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK
8 2447MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK
9 2452MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK
10 2457MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK, FR, SP
11 2462MHz US, CA, ETSI, MKK, FR, SP
12 2467MHz ETSI, FR, MKK
13 2472MHz ETSI, FR, MKK
14 2484MHz MKK
KEY:
US = United States, CA = Canada, ETSI = European countries
(except France and Spain),
FR = France, SP = Spain, MKK = Japan
TABLE 4. COMPLIANCE STANDARDS
COUNTRY APPROVAL NOTES
USA FCC part 15,
Sec. 15.247,
Sec. 15.107 and 15.109
Approval pending
for Intentional
Radiators &
Computer
Peripheral
Canada ICAN RSS-210 Approval Pending
Europe EN 60950
EN 301 489-1 V1.2.1 (2000-08)
EN 301 489-17 V1.1.1 (2000-09)
EN 300 328Part 1 V1.2.2 (2000-07)
EN 300 328Part 2 V1.1.1 (2000-07)
Designed for
compliance
Japan ARIB STD-T66
ARIB STD-33
Designed for
compliance
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