ETSI
Final draft ETSI EN 301 893 V1.8.0 (2015
b) A master device shall only start operations on Available Channels. At installation (or reinstallation) of the
equipment, the RLAN is assumed to have no Available Channels within the band 5 250 MHz to 5 350 MHz
and/or 5 470 MHz to 5 725 MHz. In such a case, before starting operations on one or more of these channels,
the master device shall perform either a Channel Availability Check or an Off-Channel CAC to ensure that
there are no radars operating on any selected channel. If no radar has been detected, the channel(s) becomes an
Available Channel(s) and remains as such until a radar signal is detected during the In-Service Monitoring.
The Channel Availability Check or the Off-Channel CAC may be performed over a wider bandwidth such that
all channels within the tested bandwidth become Available Channels.
NOTE 1: The initial Channel Availability Check may be activated manually at installation or reinstallation of the
equipment.
c) Once the RLAN has started operations on an Available Channel, then that channel becomes an Operating
Channel. During normal operation, the master device shall monitor all Operating Channels (In-Service
Monitoring) to ensure that there is no radar operating within these channel(s). If no radar was detected on an
Operating Channel but the RLAN stops operating on that channel, then the channel becomes an Available
Channel.
NOTE 2: An RLAN is allowed to start transmissions on multiple (adjacent or non-adjacent) Available Channels.
In this case all these channels become Operating Channels.
d) If the master device has detected a radar signal on an Operating Channel during In-Service Monitoring, the
master device shall instruct all its associated slave devices to stop transmitting on this channel which becomes
an Unavailable Channel. When operating on multiple (adjacent or non-adjacent) Operating Channels
simultaneously, only the Operating Channel containing the frequency on which radar was detected shall
become an Unavailable Channel.
e) An Unavailable Channel can become a Usable Channel again after the Non-Occupancy Period. A new
Channel Availability Check or an Off-Channel CAC is required to verify there is no radar operating on this
channel before it becomes an Available Channel again.
f) In all cases, if radar detection has occurred, then the channel containing the frequency on which radar was
detected becomes an Unavailable Channel. Alternatively, the channel may be marked as an Unusable
Channel.
Slave devices:
a) A slave device shall not transmit before receiving an appropriate enabling signal from an associated master
device.
b) A slave device shall stop its transmissions on a channel whenever instructed by a master device. The slave
device shall not resume any transmissions on this channel until it has received an appropriate enabling signal
from an associated master device.
c) A slave device which is required to perform radar detection (see table D.2, note 2), shall stop its own
transmissions on an
Operating Channel if
it has detected a radar on that channel. That Operating Channel
becomes an Unavailable Channel for the slave device. It shall not resume any transmissions on this
Unavailable Channel for a period of time equal to the Non-Occupancy Period. A Channel Availability Check
or an Off-Channel CAC is required by the slave device to verify there is no radar operating on this channel
before the slave may use it again.
4.7.2 DFS technical requirements specifications
4.7.2.1 Applicability
Table 5 lists the DFS related technical requirements and their applicability for every operational mode. If the RLAN
device is capable of operating in more than one operational mode then every operating mode shall be assessed
separately.