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China Telecom and Wireless 2400MHz, 5100MHz and 5800MHz radio equipment rules

Band-specific China radio management requirements, implementation timing, and equipment evidence for products using these bands.

Apply the China-specific band, antenna, interference, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), model-approval, station-licensing and transition rules for equipment operating in 2400-2483.5 MHz, 5150-5350 MHz or 5725-5850 MHz.

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Sorena AI
Published
Jul 5, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
4 sections2 primary sources
Overview

MIIT Notice No. 129 of 2021 governs 2400-2483.5 MHz, 5150-5350 MHz and 5725-5850 MHz as shared bands; it does not grant exclusive spectrum use. Identify the exact frequency, whether the product is radio transmitting equipment or a non-telecom industrial, scientific or medical device, antenna, , Internet Protocol (IP) address function and deployment environment before deciding model approval, technical controls and station licensing.

Section 1

Permitted uses and product approval

2400 MHz supports uses including wireless LAN, Bluetooth and point-to-point systems; 5100 MHz supports broadband wireless access including wireless LAN but is indoor-only and excludes automobiles; 5800 MHz supports broadband wireless access, point-to-point and electronic toll collection. The official interpretation identifies mobile terminals, household appliances, smart-vehicle products, wearables and healthcare electronics as representative products, but the finished equipment's transmitter and use still control the route.

  • Radio-frequency (RF) units and antennas must be integrated or synchronously matched; users must not substitute antennas or add RF power amplifiers without authorization.
  • Obtain unless the equipment qualifies as micro-power short-range equipment or is a non-telecom industrial, scientific or medical device that produces RF energy for an industrial, scientific, medical or similar purpose. For 2400 MHz and 5800 MHz micro-power treatment, document the general micro-power class F conditions for 2400MHz or class G conditions for 5800MHz in MIIT Announcement No. 52.
  • Applications from 15 October 2023 must use the notice's technical requirements.
Section 2

Technical and interference controls

Equipment must meet the notice's attached RF and interference-avoidance requirements. The available avoidance methods include listen-before-talk, monitoring and avoidance, or an equivalent-occupancy method that adapts duty cycle and transmit power to keep equivalent occupancy no higher than 10 percent; record the method implemented in the production firmware.

  • 5250-5350 MHz equipment requires with no off option. Transmit power control (TPC) must span at least 6 dB; equipment without TPC must reduce the stated and EIRP spectral-density limits by 3 dB.
  • Wireless LAN equipment with a public-IP-address allocation function must support IPv6 and enable IPv6 address allocation by default. Where national information-security requirements apply, air-interface access control must also meet the GB 15629 wireless-LAN security series.
  • 5100 MHz stations must remain at least 3 km from lawfully used same-band satellite radiodetermination or fixed-satellite earth stations operating in the space-to-Earth direction.
  • Unlicensed stations cannot generally claim interference protection and must stop if they cause harmful interference until it is eliminated.
Section 3

When a station licence is required

Model approval concerns the equipment. A is a separate deployment decision. The outdoor-plus-power threshold applies only to the named 2400 MHz and 5800 MHz station types; it does not create an outdoor route for 5100 MHz, which remains indoor-only and cannot be used in automobiles.

  • A provincial is required only when both conditions are met: the wireless LAN access point, broadband-access central station or point-to-point station is outdoors, and exceeds 20 dBm in 2400 MHz or 30 dBm in 5800 MHz.
  • If either cumulative condition is absent, or the equipment is another use covered by the notice, the notice treats the deployment by reference to terrestrial public mobile-terminal management and does not require a . Other sector or location rules may still apply.
  • Record the actual deployment environment and power; do not decide this from laboratory certification alone.
Section 4

Transition treatment

The notice took effect on 1 January 2022 but provided a two-year product transition.

  • Before 15 October 2023, equipment meeting prior rules but not the new technical requirements could still seek model approval or extension under the prior rules.
  • Equipment already put into use under the transition may continue until scrapped.
  • Model-approval validity governs production or import of equipment for domestic sale or use. It does not impose a separate end date on consumers' use of equipment already placed in service.
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References and citations

MIIT notice on 2400MHz, 5100MHz and 5800MHz radio management
wap.miit.gov.cn4 citations
Referenced sections
  • Official MIIT notice for band uses, technical requirements, model approval, station licensing, interference rules, 1 January 2022 commencement and the 15 October 2023 transition.
  • Official MIIT notice for band uses, integrated or matched antenna design, model approval and the 15 October 2023 technical transition.
  • Official source for TPC, DFS, interference-avoidance, IPv6, GB 15629, earth-station separation and interference conditions.
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  • Official source for the cumulative outdoor-plus-EIRP station-licence test and the treatment of other deployments.

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