DFS Testing and Certification Services

Is your company prepared to meet the new Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) requirements (per FCC Part 15, subpart E) for products operating in the 5 GHz band? Dynamic Frequency Selection is a relatively new technology that is designed to ensure that wireless devices operating in the 5 GHz band are able to detect when they may be interfering with radar systems and automatically switch over to another frequency where they will not cause any interference. These formal requirements went into effect here in the USA in July 2006 and they are expected to be expanded in Europe, Japan and other markets around the world in the near future.

Elliott Laboratories is widely acknowledged to be a leading provider of DFS-related compliance testing and certification services. We participated directly in the DFS standards development process with the FCC, Department of Defense, and other industry representatives and we are capable of testing to all current North American and European Union standards for DFS. Why take chances with less experienced service providers who might lack the true capabilities to ensure that your products will meet these critical new requirements? Elliott Laboratories is your proven provider of fast and reliable DFS testing and certification services!

For more information or for a price quote for DFS related services please contact us at info@elliottlabs.com

DFS Educational Info from Elliott Laboratories

Link to audio recording of the 1/31/07 DFS Webinar
Link to 1/31/07 DFS Webinar Slides
Article: “A Look at Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and the 5GHz Unlicensed Band” by Mark Briggs (originally published in Conformity Magazine)

The following link is to the FCC's report and order FCC-06-96A1 released on June 30, 2006:

FCC's report and order FCC-06-96A1

More information on the European Union’s DFS requirements can be found at:

http://webapp.etsi.org/action/PU/20050809/en_301893v010301p.pdf

DFS Testing Support Information :

The links below connect to the FCC-approved MPEG file and Classic Media Player Codec used to generate from master device to slave device during a DFS evaluation for in-service monitoring and channel closing. We recommend you install these files into the PCs that you will use to support your testing. To download the files using Internet Explorer, right click on the links below and select 'Save Target As'.