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To quote that PDF as it was a bit hard to find within the many dozens of pages:

Pg. 95: Very Low Power Device. For the purpose of this subpart, a device that operates in the 5.925-6.425 GHz and 6.525-6.875 GHz bands and has an integrated antenna. These devices do not need to operate under the control of an access point.

Pg. 98: Geofenced Very Low Power Access Point. For the purpose of this subpart, an access point that operates in the 5.925–7.125 GHz band, has an integrated antenna, and uses a geofencing system to determine channel availability at its location.




Sooo no watts or meters?


Most newer band definitions specify the limits less in wattage and more in EIRP that measures the actual output of the antenna instead of just the power applied to the antenna by the transmitter. They also specify how the power as to be spread through out the channel and how sharply it has to fall off outside the channel. [0]

[0] See page 3 for an example definition of a VLP definition and requirements from earlier this year. It specifies EIRP and how the power has to be distributed so you're not throwing one big spike in the middle of the channel for example.


14 dBm EIRP and a power spectral density of -5 dBm/MHz EIRP.


> The Further Notice sought comment on the appropriate power levels as well as other rules for VLP devices to ensure that the potential for causing harmful interference to incumbent operations is minimized. (6 GHz Further Notice, 35 FCC Rcd at 3940-42, paras. 236-43.)




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