From the Nov 18 press release:
The Federal Communications Commission today adopted new rules for the 5.9 GHz band (5.850-5.925 GHz) to make new spectrum available for unlicensed uses, such as Wi-Fi, and improve automotive safety. Specifically, the new band plan designates the lower 45 megahertz (5.850-5.895 GHz) for unlicensed uses and the upper 30 megahertz (5.895-5.925 GHz) for enhanced automobile safety using Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology....The Report and Order adopts technical rules to enable full-power indoor unlicensed operations in the lower 45 megahertz portion of the band immediately...
If you read between the lines, this means APs and routers will now be able to support DFS-free 160 MHz channels in 5 GHz. Whether manufacturers will actually take advantage of this rule is another question. And no, I don't know if existing routers can support the new channels via firmware upgrade.
The Federal Communications Commission today adopted new rules for the 5.9 GHz band (5.850-5.925 GHz) to make new spectrum available for unlicensed uses, such as Wi-Fi, and improve automotive safety. Specifically, the new band plan designates the lower 45 megahertz (5.850-5.895 GHz) for unlicensed uses and the upper 30 megahertz (5.895-5.925 GHz) for enhanced automobile safety using Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology....The Report and Order adopts technical rules to enable full-power indoor unlicensed operations in the lower 45 megahertz portion of the band immediately...
If you read between the lines, this means APs and routers will now be able to support DFS-free 160 MHz channels in 5 GHz. Whether manufacturers will actually take advantage of this rule is another question. And no, I don't know if existing routers can support the new channels via firmware upgrade.