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Summary

This PR fixes misaligned center frequency with all bandwidth when region is set to Japan(JP).

Backgrounds

Under Japanese Radio Law and standard ARIB STD-T108 ("920MHz-Band Telemeter, Telecontrol and Data Transmission Radio Equipment"):

The frequency band for specified low power radio stations is divided into 200 kHz unit channels (channels 24 through 38 spanning 920.5 MHz – 923.5 MHz).
For signals occupying more than one unit channel (e.g. 250 kHz LoRa bandwidth), two consecutive unit channels must be bonded (total allocated width = 400 kHz).
The regulatory center frequency for two bonded channels (e.g., channels 24 & 25) is 920.700 MHz (Table 3-2 and Table 3-12 of ARIB STD-T108).

refer https://www.arib.or.jp/english/html/overview/doc/5-STD-T108v1_5-E1.pdf for tables and other regulations.

Current behavior, and why it is problematic

In src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp, region JP used PROFILE_STD with padding = 0 and spacing = 0.
The old formula calculated the frequency like:

center_freq = 920.500MHz + 250kHz/2000kHz = 920.625MHz

Which is 75kHz below than the standard requires(920.7MHz),
resulting no lower guard band, and all subsequent channels drifts 200kHz(this varies on bandwidth of preset),
any frequency slot selection causing "no guard band" situation regardless of bandwidth.

Proposing changes

To address this issue while keep any other region unaffected, also any bandwidth shall not use invalid center frequency,
I would like to introduce dynamic unit-channel padding and spacing, as follows:

  • src/mesh/MeshRadio.h : following two will be added
    • RegionInfo::getSpacing(float bwKHz)
      • When region is not JP, it returns profile-specific frequency spacing(thus no effects if region is not JP)
      • If region is set to JP, it calculates the required spacing frequency following the ARIB STD-T108
    • RegionInfo::getPadding(float bwKHz)
      • same behavior as getSpacing
  • src/mesh/MeshRadio.cpp: following be added and changed:
    • Update existing lines to use two functions introducing in src/mesh/MeshRadio.h
    • Use floor() instad of round() so that frequencies do not exceed the upper band limit
      • used +0.001f for potential floating-foint imprecision issue
      • Note: this will affects regardless of region, but result will be exactly same regardless of any config
  • src/graphics/draw/MenuHandler.cpp
    • Update existing lines to use two functions introducing in src/mesh/MeshRadio.h
  • (not in this PR and WIP on my side) source/graphics/common/LoRaPresets.cpp in device-ui
    • requires updating the regionInfo for Japan
      • actually it was older definition, just a display issue though
    • Update getNumChannels and getRadioFreq to use similar logic to calculate and display the correct value
      • this is also the display issue, but worth fixing it as currently there is no support for any spacing/padding
  • test/test_admin_radio/test_main.cpp
    • Added test cases covering all bandwidth profiles from 62.5kHz(NARROW_SLOW) to 500kHz (SHORT_TURBO)

Caveats

Changes on Frequency Slots

This will changes not only center frequency, but also changes Frequency Slot, both mapping and total available slots with BW > 200kHz as follows:

  • 62.5kHz : 15 Frequency Slots as-is, but on different center frequency
  • 125kHz : 15 Frequency Slots as-is, but on different center frequency too
  • 250kHz: 7 Frequency Slots(currently 12), on different center frequency
  • 500kHz: 5 Frequency Slots(currently 6), on different center frequency too

Needs of Frequency Migration

Since this will changes whole frequency assignment when the node's region is set to JP,
node users are required do following upon their situations:

  • If they updated the firmware
    • and Frequency Slot has been changed from 0(like 12 as we usually use in here) upon previous setup
      • Requires changing the Frequency Slot to new one(ex: on LongFast, new default slot(0) will be Slot 6/922.7MHz)
    • but Frequency Slot has not been changed from 0
    • The node will run at new default frequency slot, no action required to communicate same config's node
  • If they updated the firmware, but still need to communicate with nodes with older frequency/firmware
    • They have to override the frequency by hand(ex. LongFast/Slot 12=923.375MHz)
  • If they haven't updated the firmware, but need to communicate with newer nodes that uses this frequency plan
    • They have to override the frequency by hand as well(ex. LongFast/Slot 6=922.7MHz)

Validations

Confirmed that the center frequencies are now in line with all multiple unit-channel bondings written in ARIB STD-T108:

Preset / Bandwidth Bonded Unit Channels ($n$) Slot Width Symmetric Padding Center Frequency $f_c(0)$ ARIB STD-T108 Match Slots in Band
LongFast (250 kHz) 2 (400 kHz) 0.400 MHz 75 kHz 920.700 MHz 100% Exact (Table 3-2) 7 slots
LongSlow (125 kHz) 1 (200 kHz) 0.200 MHz 37.5 kHz 920.600 MHz 100% Exact (Table 3-1) 15 slots
NarrowSlow (62.5 kHz) 1 (200 kHz) 0.200 MHz 68.75 kHz 920.600 MHz 100% Exact (Table 3-1) 15 slots
ShortTurbo (500 kHz) 3 (600 kHz) 0.600 MHz 50 kHz 920.800 MHz 100% Exact (Table 3-3) 5 slots

note: LongSlow has another issue(too long transmission time for most of payload), only used for 125kHz BW example.

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  • I have tested that my proposed changes behave as described.
  • I have tested that my proposed changes do not cause any obvious regressions on the following devices:
    • Heltec (Lora32) V3
    • LilyGo T-Deck
    • LilyGo T-Beam
    • RAK WisBlock 4631
    • Seeed Studio T-1000E tracker card
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      • Heltec Mesh Node T114 / nRF52840
      • Seeed Studio Wio-E5 / STM32WL
      • WIZnet W5500-EVB-Pico2 & SX1262 / RP2350

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved frequency-slot calculations across regional bandwidth profiles.
    • Corrected channel counts, spacing, padding, and frequency placement for Japanese region configurations.
    • Added precision handling to prevent incorrect rounding at bandwidth boundaries.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for four Japanese channel configurations, including channel counts, padding, and calculated frequencies.

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The change adds bandwidth-dependent region spacing and padding accessors. Radio and menu channel calculations use these values with tolerance-adjusted floor(). Japan-region tests cover four bandwidth presets, channel counts, padding, and calculated frequencies.

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Channel spacing and frequency calculation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Region spacing and padding accessors
src/mesh/MeshRadio.h
RegionInfo now provides bandwidth-dependent spacing and padding. Japan uses a 200 kHz channel grid with centered padding.
Radio and menu channel calculations
src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp, src/graphics/draw/MenuHandler.cpp
Validation, modem configuration, frequency calculation, and menu slot counts use region accessors and tolerance-adjusted floor().
Japan channel-spacing coverage
test/test_admin_radio/test_main.cpp
Four Japan-region tests validate spacing, padding, channel counts, and calculated frequencies.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 90f1b

The Japan frequency-plan update may leave the menu showing a different available channel count than the runtime uses for some non-Japan configurations, which could lead users to select an invalid or unexpected slot. The PR is otherwise mergeable with owner awareness and follow-up on using a shared calculation.

Suggested reviewers: xaositek, jp-bennett, harukitoreda

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sequenceDiagram
  participant RadioInterface
  participant RegionInfo
  participant Modem
  RadioInterface->>RegionInfo: Request spacing and padding for bandwidth
  RegionInfo-->>RadioInterface: Return region-specific values
  RadioInterface->>RadioInterface: Calculate channel count with floor()
  RadioInterface->>Modem: Apply channel count, spacing, and padding
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test/test_admin_radio/test_main.cpp (2)

979-982: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reduce this code comment to two lines.

The comment has four lines. Keep only the ARIB slot rule and the expected first center frequency.

As per coding guidelines, “Keep code comments minimal - one or two lines, max.”

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In `@test/test_admin_radio/test_main.cpp` around lines 979 - 982, Reduce the
comment near the ARIB channel test to two lines: retain only the ARIB slot rule
and the expected first center frequency, removing the intermediate bandwidth,
channel-count, and calculation details.

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977-1056: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Exercise the production channel-spacing calculation.

These tests duplicate calculations from RadioInterface::applyModemConfig() and menuHandler::FrequencySlotPicker() without calling either path. Test RadioInterface::reconfigure() through a lightweight test double, or extract and test a shared pure helper.

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In `@test/test_admin_radio/test_main.cpp` around lines 977 - 1056, The JP
channel-spacing tests currently reimplement production calculations instead of
exercising the behavior used by RadioInterface::applyModemConfig() and
menuHandler::FrequencySlotPicker(). Update these tests to invoke
RadioInterface::reconfigure() through a lightweight test double, or extract the
shared calculation into a pure helper and test that helper across the existing
presets while preserving the expected spacing, channel count, and frequencies.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/graphics/draw/MenuHandler.cpp`:
- Around line 470-477: Normalize the custom bandwidth in FrequencySlotPicker
before calling getSpacing(), getPadding(), or calculating channelBandwidthMHz,
matching the zero-bandwidth clamp used by RadioInterface.cpp. Use the normalized
value consistently throughout the slot-count calculation so menu slots match the
applied modem configuration.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@test/test_admin_radio/test_main.cpp`:
- Around line 979-982: Reduce the comment near the ARIB channel test to two
lines: retain only the ARIB slot rule and the expected first center frequency,
removing the intermediate bandwidth, channel-count, and calculation details.
- Around line 977-1056: The JP channel-spacing tests currently reimplement
production calculations instead of exercising the behavior used by
RadioInterface::applyModemConfig() and menuHandler::FrequencySlotPicker().
Update these tests to invoke RadioInterface::reconfigure() through a lightweight
test double, or extract the shared calculation into a pure helper and test that
helper across the existing presets while preserving the expected spacing,
channel count, and frequencies.
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470-477: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use a shared channel-count calculation.

MenuHandler.cpp and RadioInterface.cpp can return different counts. For example, the US region with bandwidth code 1 returns 26001 in the menu and 26000 at runtime. Use one shared helper or identical float arithmetic and add boundary tests.

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channel-count calculation used by the menu path around the visible spacing,
padding, numerator, denominator, and floor logic with
RadioInterface::applyModemConfig(), preferably by extracting and reusing a
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we have a similar situation on EU_866 and the definition can be re-used here to a certain extent. No matter what we do, this is a breaking change, and needs to go into 3.0, same as EU_433 is currently broken.

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we have a similar situation on EU_866 and the definition can be re-used here to a certain extent. No matter what we do, this is a breaking change, and needs to go into 3.0, same as EU_433 is currently broken.

thanks for the quick reply!

yes, even there's less than 100 active nodes overall this country, breaking change is breaking change.
so i'm agree that this needs to go into 3.0, meanwhile we can assume we're using one extra unit channels,
which is a waste of frequency, but believe still legit.

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