LTE frequency bands
Long-Term Evolution (LTE) telecommunications networks use several frequency bands with associated bandwidths.
Frequency bands[]
From Tables 5.5-1 "E-UTRA Operating Bands" and 5.6.1-1 "E-UTRA Channel Bandwidth" of the latest published version of the 3GPP TS 36.101,[1] the following table lists the specified frequency bands of LTE and the channel bandwidths each band supports.
Band | Duplex mode[A 1] |
ƒ (MHz) |
Common name |
Subset of band |
Uplink[A 2] (MHz) |
Downlink[A 3] (MHz) |
Duplex spacing (MHz) |
Channel bandwidths (MHz) |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FDD | 2100 | IMT | 65 | 1920 – 1980 | 2110 – 2170 | 190 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
2 | FDD | 1900 | PCS | 25 | 1850 – 1910 | 1930 – 1990 | 80 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
3 | FDD | 1800 | DCS | 1710 – 1785 | 1805 – 1880 | 95 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
4 | FDD | 1700 | AWS‑1 | 66 | 1710 – 1755 | 2110 – 2155 | 400 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
5 | FDD | 850 | Cellular | 26 | 824 – 849 | 869 – 894 | 45 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10 | |
7 | FDD | 2600 | IMT-E | 2500 – 2570 | 2620 – 2690 | 120 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
8 | FDD | 900 | Extended GSM | 880 – 915 | 925 – 960 | 45 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10 | ||
11 | FDD | 1500 | Lower PDC | 74 | 1427.9 – 1447.9 | 1475.9 – 1495.9 | 48 | 5, 10 | |
12 | FDD | 700 | Lower SMH | 85 | 699 – 716 | 729 – 746 | 30 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10 | |
13 | FDD | 700 | Upper SMH | 777 – 787 | 746 – 756 | −31 | 5, 10 | ||
14 | FDD | 700 | Upper SMH | 788 – 798 | 758 – 768 | −30 | 5, 10 | ||
17 | FDD | 700 | Lower SMH | 12, 85 | 704 – 716 | 734 – 746 | 30 | 5, 10 | |
18 | FDD | 850 | Lower 800 (Japan) | 26 | 815 – 830 | 860 – 875 | 45 | 5, 10, 15 | |
19 | FDD | 850 | Upper 800 (Japan) | 26 | 830 – 845 | 875 – 890 | 45 | 5, 10, 15 | |
20 | FDD | 800 | Digital Dividend (EU) | 832 – 862 | 791 – 821 | −41 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
21 | FDD | 1500 | Upper PDC | 74 | 1447.9 – 1462.9 | 1495.9 – 1510.9 | 48 | 5, 10, 15 | |
24 | FDD | 1600 | Upper L‑Band (US) | 1626.5 – 1660.5[B 1] | 1525 – 1559[B 2] | −101.5 | 5, 10 | ||
25 | FDD | 1900 | Extended PCS | 1850 – 1915 | 1930 – 1995 | 80 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
26 | FDD | 850 | Extended Cellular | 814 – 849 | 859 – 894 | 45 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15 | ||
28 | FDD | 700 | APT | 703 – 748 | 758 – 803 | 55 | 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
29 | SDL | 700 | Lower SMH | N/A | 717 – 728 | N/A | 3, 5, 10 | ||
30 | FDD | 2300 | WCS | 2305 – 2315 | 2350 – 2360 | 45 | 5, 10 | ||
31 | FDD | 450 | NMT | 452.5 – 457.5 | 462.5 – 467.5 | 10 | 1.4, 3, 5 | ||
32 | SDL | 1500 | L‑Band (EU) | 75 | N/A | 1452 – 1496 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
34 | TDD | 2000 | IMT | 2010 – 2025 | N/A | 5, 10, 15 | |||
35 | TDD | 1900 | PCS | 1850 – 1910 | N/A | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | PCS Uplink | ||
36 | TDD | 1900 | PCS | 1930 – 1990 | N/A | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | PCS Downlink | ||
37 | TDD | 1900 | PCS | 1910 – 1930 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | PCS Duplex Spacing | ||
38 | TDD | 2600 | IMT-E | 41 | 2570 – 2620 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | IMT-E Duplex Spacing | |
39 | TDD | 1900 | DCS–IMT Gap | 1880 – 1920 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
40 | TDD | 2300 | S-Band | 2300 – 2400 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
41 | TDD | 2500 | BRS (US) | 2496 – 2690 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
42 | TDD | 3500 | CBRS (EU, Japan) | 3400 – 3600 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
43 | TDD | 3700 | C-Band | 3600 – 3800 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
44 | TDD | 700 | APT | 703 – 803 | N/A | 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | No band allocations | ||
45 | TDD | 1500 | L-Band | 1447 – 1467 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
46 | TDD | 5200 | U-NII-1–4 | 5150 – 5925 | N/A | 10, 20 | LAA | ||
47 | TDD | 5900 | U-NII-4 | 5855 – 5925 | N/A | 10, 20 | V2X | ||
48 | TDD | 3500 | CBRS (US) | 3550 – 3700 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
49 | TDD | 3500 | C-Band | 48 | 3550 – 3700 | N/A | 10, 20 | ||
50 | TDD | 1500 | L‑Band (EU) | 1432 – 1517 | N/A | 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
51 | TDD | 1500 | L‑Band Extension (EU) | 1427 – 1432 | N/A | 3, 5 | |||
52 | TDD | 3300 | C-Band | 3300 – 3400 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
53 | TDD | 2400 | S-Band | 2483.5 – 2495 | N/A | 1.4, 3, 5, 10 | |||
65 | FDD | 2100 | Extended IMT | 1920 – 2010 | 2110 – 2200 | 190 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
66 | FDD | 1700 | Extended AWS (AWS‑1–3) | 1710 – 1780 | 2110 – 2200[B 3] | 400 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
67 | SDL | 700 | EU 700 | N/A | 738 – 758 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
68 | FDD | 700 | ME 700 (MEA) | 698 – 728 | 753 – 783 | 55 | 5, 10, 15 | ||
69 | SDL | 2600 | IMT-E | N/A | 2570 – 2620 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | IMT-E Duplex Spacing | |
70 | FDD | 1700 | Supplementary AWS (AWS‑2–4) | 1695 – 1710 | 1995 – 2020 | 295 – 300[B 4] | 5, 10, 15, 20[B 5] | [2] | |
71 | FDD | 600 | Digital Dividend (US) | 663 – 698 | 617 – 652 | −46 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
72 | FDD | 450 | PMR (EU) | 451 – 456 | 461 – 466 | 10 | 1.4, 3, 5 | ||
73 | FDD | 450 | PMR (APT) | 450 – 455 | 460 – 465 | 10 | 1.4, 3, 5 | ||
74 | FDD | 1500 | Lower L‑Band (US) | 1427 – 1470 | 1475 – 1518 | 48 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
75 | SDL | 1500 | L‑Band (EU) | N/A | 1432 – 1517 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
76 | SDL | 1500 | L‑Band Extension (EU) | N/A | 1427 – 1432 | N/A | 5 | ||
85 | FDD | 700 | Extended Lower SMH | 698 – 716 | 728 – 746 | 30 | 5, 10 | ||
87 | FDD | 410 | PMR (APT) | 410 – 415 | 420 – 425 | 10 | 1.4, 3, 5 | ||
88 | FDD | 410 | PMR (EU) | 412 – 417 | 422 – 427 | 10 | 1.4, 3, 5 | ||
Band | Duplex mode |
ƒ (MHz) |
Common name |
Subset of band |
Uplink (MHz) |
Downlink (MHz) |
Duplex spacing (MHz) |
Channel bandwidths (MHz) |
Notes |
- ^ Downlink restricted to 1526–1536 MHz
- ^ Uplink restricted to 1627.5–1637.5 MHz and 1646.5–1656.5 MHz
- ^ Downlink between 2180–2200 MHz restricted to intra-band Supplemental Downlink
- ^ Duplex spacing depends on whether the Uplink is paired with the lower or the upper part of the Downlink, with the remainder of the Downlink available for use as intra-band Supplemental Downlink
- ^ Carrier aggregation only
Obsolete frequency bands[]
These bands were defined by the 3GPP, but have never been deployed commercially, supported by commercial devices or are no longer used.[1]
Band | Duplex mode[A 1] |
ƒ (MHz) |
Common name |
Subset of band |
Uplink[A 2] (MHz) |
Downlink[A 3] (MHz) |
Duplex spacing (MHz) |
Channel bandwidths (MHz) |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | FDD | 800 | UMTS 800 | 5, 26 | 830 – 840 | 875 – 885 | 45 | 5, 10 | |
9 | FDD | 1800 | UMTS 1700 | 3 | 1749.9 – 1784.9 | 1844.9 – 1879.9 | 95 | 5, 10 | |
10 | FDD | 1700 | Extended AWS | 66 | 1710 – 1770 | 2110 – 2170 | 400 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
22 | FDD | 3500 | C-Band | 3410 – 3500 | 3510 – 3600 | 100 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
23 | FDD | 2000 | AWS-4 | 2000 – 2020 | 2180 – 2200 | 180 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
27 | FDD | 800 | SMR | 807 – 824 | 852 – 869 | 45 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10 | ||
33 | TDD | 1900 | IMT | 1900 – 1920 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |||
252 | SDL | 5200 | U-NII-1 | N/A | 5150 – 5250 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | LTE-U | |
255 | SDL | 5800 | U-NII-3 | N/A | 5725 – 5850 | N/A | 5, 10, 15, 20 | LTE-U | |
Band | Duplex mode |
ƒ (MHz) |
Common name |
Subset of band |
Uplink (MHz) |
Downlink (MHz) |
Duplex spacing (MHz) |
Channel bandwidths (MHz) |
Notes |
Deployments by region[]
The following table shows the standardized LTE bands and their regional use. The main LTE bands are in bold print. Not yet deployed are not available (N/A). Partial deployments varies from country to country and the details are available at List of LTE networks.
- Networks on LTE bands 7, 28 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for global roaming in ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3.
- Networks on LTE bands 1, 3 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 1, 3 and partially Region 2 (e.g. Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil and some Caribbean countries or territories.
- Networks on LTE band 20 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 1 only.
- Networks on LTE band 5 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 2 and 3.
- Networks on LTE bands 38, 40 (LTE-TDD) may allow global roaming in the future (ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3).
- Networks on LTE band 8 (LTE-FDD) may allow roaming suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 1, 3 and partially Region 2 (e.g. Peru, El Salvador, Brazil and some Caribbean countries or territories) in the future.
- Networks on LTE bands 2 and 4 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 2 (Americas) only.
Band | Duplex Mode[B 1] |
ƒ (MHz) |
Common Name |
North America[B 2] |
Central and South America[B 2] | Caribbean[B 2] | Europe[B 3] | Africa[B 3] | Asia[B 4] | Oceania[B 4] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | FDD | 2100 | IMT | No | Brazil, Costa Rica | No | Yes | South Africa (Cell C, MTN, Vodacom), Namibia (MTC), Kenya (Airtel) | Yes | Australia (Vodafone), New Zealand (2degrees, Spark, Vodafone), French Polynesia (Vini, PMT-Vodafone) |
02 | FDD | 1900 | PCS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
03 | FDD | 1800 | DCS | No | Brazil, Costa Rica (Claro, Movistar), French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Digitel GSM) | Aruba (SETAR), Cayman Islands (Digicel Cayman), Dominican Republic (Altice Dominicana) | Yes | Yes | Yes | French Polynesia (PMT-Vodafone), New Zealand (2degrees, Spark, Vodafone) |
04 | FDD | 1700 | AWS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
05 | FDD | 850 | CLR | Yes | El Salvador, Guatemala | Barbados, Bermuda, Dominican Republic (Altice) | No | Malawi () | Cambodia (), India (Jio, Airtel), Indonesia (Smartfren), Malaysia (Telekom Malaysia), Pakistan (Telenor), Philippines (Smart), South Korea (LG U+, SK Telecom), China(China Telecom) | Australia (Vodafone) |
07 | FDD | 2600 | IMT-E | Canada (Bell, Rogers, Telus, Freedom Mobile), Mexico (AT&T, Telcel) | Yes | Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Dominican Republic (Claro) | Yes | Ghana (Surfline), Zambia (MTN, Zamtel) | Yes | Australia (Vodafone), New Zealand (Spark, Vodafone), French Polynesia (Vini, Viti, PMT-Vodafone) |
08 | FDD | 900 | EGSM | No | Peru | British Virgin Islands | Yes | Nigeria (), South Africa (Vodacom) | Yes | Australia (Vodafone), New Zealand (2degrees) |
11 | FDD | 1500 | LPDC | No | No | No | No | No | Japan (au, SoftBank) | No |
12 | FDD | 700 | LSMH | Canada, USA | Bolivia, Belize | Yes | No | No | No | Kiribati (TSKL) |
13 | FDD | 700 | USMH | Canada (Bell, Telus), USA (Verizon) | Bolivia, Belize | Yes | No | No | No | No |
14 | FDD | 700 | USMH | USA (FirstNet/AT&T) | N/A | Barbados (Neptune)[3][4] | No | No | No | No |
17 | FDD | 700 | LSMH | Canada (Bell, Rogers, Telus), USA (AT&T) | Bolivia, Belize | Yes | No | No | No | No |
18 | FDD | 800 | No | No | No | No | No | Japan (au) | No | |
19 | FDD | 800 | No | No | No | No | No | Japan (NTT Docomo) | No | |
20 | FDD | 800 | EUDD | No | No | Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti | Yes | Yes | Kazakhstan (Beeline, Kcell), Nepal (Nepal Telecom), Iran () | Fiji (Digicel), French Polynesia (Vini, PMT-Vodafone), New Caledonia () |
21 | FDD | 1500 | UPDC | No | No | No | No | No | Japan (NTT Docomo) | No |
25 | FDD | 1900 | EPCS | USA (C Spire, T-Mobile)) | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No |
26 | FDD | 850 | ECLR | USA (T-Mobile) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Japan (au, NTT Docomo)[B 5] | N/A |
28 | FDD | 700 | APT | Mexico (Altan) | Yes | Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago | Yes | Nigeria (Glo Mobile), Kenya () | Yes | Yes |
29 | SDL | 700 | LSMH | USA (AT&T), Canada (Bell, Telus) | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No |
30 | FDD | 2300 | WCS | USA (AT&T), Canada (Telus, Xplornet) | No | No | No | No | No | No |
31 | FDD | 450 | NMT | No | Brazil | No | Denmark (Net1), Finland (Ukko Mobile), Norway (ice), Russia (Skylink), Sweden (Net1) | N/A | Armenia (Beeline), Indonesia (), Philippines () | N/A |
32 | SDL | 1500 | L‑Band | No | N/A | N/A | Italy (TIM, Vodafone) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
38 | TDD | 2600 | IMT-E | Canada, Mexico (AT&T) | Brazil, Colombia | Dominican Republic | Yes | Namibia (TN Mobile) | Malaysia (Yes 4G), Myanmar (), Sri Lanka (SLT), Iran () | N/A |
39 | TDD | 1900 | No | No | No | No | No | China (China Mobile) | No | |
40 | TDD | 2300 | No | N/A | N/A | Latvia (LMT), Lithuania (MEZON), United Kingdom (O2), Russia (Tele2) | Zambia (Zamtel) | Yes | Yes | |
41 | TDD | 2500 | BRS | USA (C Spire, T-mobile), Canada (Xplornet) | N/A | Trinidad and Tobago (bmobile) | Russia (MTS MFBI) | Madagascar () | China (China Mobile), Japan (KDDI (UQ), SoftBank (WCP)), Philippines (Globe), India (Vodafone Idea) | No |
42 | TDD | 3500 | C-Band | Canada (Bell, Xplornet) | Chile, Argentina, Colombia (DirecTV)[5][6][7][8][9] | N/A | Slovakia (O2, , ) | No | Iran (MTN Irancell, Mobinnet), Japan (au, NTT Docomo, SoftBank) | N/A |
43 | TDD | 3700 | C-Band | No | Argentina (DirecTV)[7] | No | Slovakia (O2, ) | No | Iran MTN Irancell | No |
46 | TDD | 5200 | LAA | USA (AT&T,[10] T-Mobile,[11] Verizon[12]) | N/A | N/A | ||||
48 | TDD | 3500 | CBRS | USA (Verizon[13]) | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No |
65 | FDD | 2100 | EIMT | No | N/A | N/A | EAN (T-Mobile, Inmarsat) |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
66 | FDD | 1700 | EAWS | Yes | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No |
67 | SDL | 700 | No | No | No | N/A | No | No | No | |
68 | FDD | 700 | No | No | No | No | N/A | N/A | No | |
69 | SDL | 2600 | IMT-E | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
70 | FDD | 2000 | AWS‑4 | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No |
71 | FDD | 600 | USDD | Canada (Rogers), USA (C Spire, T-Mobile) |
N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No |
72 | FDD | 450 | PMR | No | No | No | N/A | No | No | No |
Band | Duplex Mode |
ƒ (MHz) |
Common Name |
North America |
Central and South Americas | Caribbean | Europe | Africa | Asia | Oceania |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "TS 36.101: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception" (17.4.0 ed.). 3GPP. 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Downlink is made up of the PCS-H downlink block and the AWS-4 uplink blocks. The uplink is made up of the AWS-3 unpaired blocks.
- ^ "Barbados Experience with Open RAN for Government Mission Critical Services". Neptune Communications. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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- ^ Alleven, Monica (2020-07-09). "Verizon's CBRS 3.5 GHz deployments on the rise – RootMetrics". FierceWireless. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
External links[]
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- LTE (telecommunication)