LTE FDD frequency band allocations

There is a large number of allocations or radio spectrum that has been reserved for FDD, frequency division duplex
use.
The FDD frequency bands are paired to allow simultaneous transmission on two frequencies. The bands also have
sufficient separation to enable the transmitted signals not to unduly impair the receiver performance. If the signals a
close then the receiver may be "blocked" and the sensitivity impaired. The separation must be sufficient to enable t
off of the antenna filtering to give sufficient attenuation of the transmitted signal within the receive band.

LTE TDD frequency band allocations

With the interest in TDD LTE, there are several unpaired frequency allocations that are being prepared for LTR TDD
The TDD LTE allocations are unpaired because the uplink and downlink share the same frequency, being time mul
 frequency division duplex, LTE

cies. The bands also have a

rformance. If the signals are too
st be sufficient to enable the roll-
receive band.

eing prepared for LTR TDD use.

requency, being time multiplexed.
 Frequency bands and channel bandwidths
From Tables 5.5-1 "E-UTRA Operating Bands" and 5.6.1-1 "E-UTRA Channel Bandwidth" of 3GPP TS 36.101,[16] the fo
the channel bandwidths each listed band supports:

Uplink (UL) Downlink (DL)

EUTRAN Operating
Operating Band Operating Band Duplex
Band
Mode
BS Receive BS Transmit
UE Transmit UE Receive
1 012 XII (12) 001 699 MHz to 716 MHz 001 729 MHz to 746 MHz FDD
2 017 XVII (17) 002 704 MHz to 716 MHz 002 734 MHz to 746 MHz FDD
3 018 XVIII (18) 002 815 MHz to 830 MHz 002 860 MHz to 875 MHz FDD
4 019 XIX (19) 002 830 MHz to 845 MHz 002 875 MHz to 890 MHz FDD
5 013 XIII (13) 003 776 MHz to 787 MHz 003 746 MHz to 757 MHz FDD
6 014 XIV (14) 004 788 MHz to 798 MHz 004 758 MHz to 768 MHz FDD
7 021 XXI (21) 005 1447.9 MHz to 1462.9 MHz 005 1495.9 MHz to 1510.9 MHz FDD
8 024 XXIV (24) 005 1626.5 MHz to 1660.5 MHz 005 1525 MHz to 1559 MHz FDD
9 025 XXV (25) 005 1850 MHz to 1915 MHz 005 1930 MHz to 1995 MHz FDD
10 023 XXIII (23) 005 2000 MHz to 2020 MHz 005 2180 MHz to 2200 MHz FDD
11 022 XXII (22) 005 3410 MHz to 3490 MHz 005 3510 MHz to 3590 MHz FDD
12 020 XX (20) 005 832 MHz to 862 MHz 005 791 MHz to 821 MHz FDD

13 005 V (5) 006 824 MHz to 849 MHz 006 869 MHz to 894 MHz FDD
14 006 VI (6) 007 830 MHz to 840 MHz 007 875 MHz to 885 MHz FDD
15 008 VIII (8) 008 880 MHz to 915 MHz 008 925 MHz to 960 MHz FDD

16 011 XI (11) 009 1427.9 MHz to 1447.9 MHz 009 1475.9 MHz to 1495.9 MHz FDD

17 004 IV (4) 009 1710 MHz to 1755 MHz 013 2110 MHz to 2155 MHz FDD

18 003 III (3) 010 1710 MHz to 1785 MHz 010 1805 MHz to 1880 MHz FDD

19 010 X (10) 011 1710 MHz to 1770 MHz 013 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz FDD
20 009 IX (9) 012 1749.9 MHz to 1784.9 MHz 011 1844.9 MHz to 1879.9 MHz FDD
21 002 II (2) 012 1850 MHz to 1910 MHz 012 1930 MHz to 1990 MHz FDD
1 035 XXXV (35) 014 1850 MHz to 1910 MHz TDD
2 039 XXXIX (39) 015 1880 MHz to 1920 MHz TDD
3 033 XXXIII (33) 016 1900 MHz to 1920 MHz TDD
4 037 XXXVII (37) 017 1910 MHz to 1930 MHz TDD
22 001 I (1) 017 1920 MHz to 1980 MHz 017 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz FDD
5 036 XXXVI (36) 019 1930 MHz to 1990 MHz TDD
6 034 XXXIV (34) 020 2010 MHz to 2025 MHz TDD
7 040 XL (40) 021 2300 MHz to 2400 MHz TDD
8 041 XLI (41) 021 2496 MHz to 2690 MHz TDD
23 007 VII (7) 021 2500 MHz to 2570 MHz 021 2620 MHz to 2690 MHz FDD
9 042 XLII (42) 021 3400 MHz to 3600 MHz TDD
 10 043 XLIII (43) 021 3600 MHz to 3800 MHz TDD
11 038 XXXVIII (38) 023 2570 MHz to 2620 MHz TDD

UTRA frequency band (36.101)

E-UTRA frequency band
Band Downlink Downlink Uplink
low
Name low (MHz) high (MHz)
(MHz)
Earfcn Earfcn Earfcn

1 2110 2170 1920

2.1 GHz 0 599 18000

2 1930 1990 1850

US PCS 1900 600 1199 18600

3 1805 1880 1710

1800 MHz 1200 1949 19200

4 2110 2155 1710

AWS 1950 2399 19950

5 869 894 824

850 MHz 2400 2649 20400

875 885 830

6
2650 2749 20650

7 2620 2690 2500

2.6 GHz 2750 3449 20750

8 925 960 880

900 MHz 3450 3799 21450

9 1844.9 1879.9 1749.9

1700 MHz 3800 4149 21800

10 2110 2170 1710

Extended AWS 4150 4749 22150

11 1475.9 1495.9 1427.9

Japan 1.5 GHz 4750 4949 22750

12 729 746 699

Lower 700 MHz, A+B+C 5010 5179 23010

13 746 756 777

Upper 700 MHz 5180 5279 23180

14 758 768 788

Public Safety 5280 5379 23280

17 734 746 704

Lower 700 MHz, B+C 5730 5849 23730

18 860 875 815

800 MHz 5850 5999 23850

19 875 890 830

Digital Dividend 6000 6149 24000
 20 791 821 832
850 MHz EDD 6150 6449 24150

21 1495.9 1510.9 1447.9

1.5 GHz 6450 6599 24450

22 3510 3590 3410

3.5 Ghz 6600 7399 24600

23 2180 2200 2000

2 GHz S-Band 7500 7699 25500

24 1525 1559 1626.5

L Band 7700 8039 25700

25 1930 1995 1850

US PCS + G Block 8040 8689 26040

33 1900 1920
TDD 2000 36000 36199

34 2010 2025
TDD 2000 36200 36349

35 1850 1910
TDD 1900 36350 36949

36 1930 1990
TDD 1900 36950 37549

37 1910 1930
TDD PCS 37550 37749

38 2570 2620
TDD IMT Extension 37750 38249

39 1880 1920
China TDD 1.9 GHz 38250 38649

40 2300 2400
China TDD 2.3 GHz 38650 39649

41 2496 2690
TDD 2.5 GHz 39650 41589

42 3400 3600
TDD 3.4 GHz 41590 43589

43 3600 3800
TDD 3.6 GHz 43590 45589

0MHz band plan for commercial services

. FCC broadband PCS band plan

ced Wireless Services (AWS-1) band plan

LTE FDD spectrum

LTE TDD spectrum

L.G. 2012
h" of 3GPP TS 36.101,[16] the following table lists the specified frequency bands of LTE and
s each listed band supports:

Channel
Bandwidths (MHz)
Alias Region(s)

lower SMH blocks

1.4, 3, 5, 10 US
A/B/C
5, 10 US (AT&T)
5, 10, 15 ESMR US (Sprint)
5, 10, 15
5, 10 upper SMH block C US (Verizon)
5, 10 upper SMH block D US
5, 10, 15
5, 10
1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 US (Sprint)
1.4, 3, 5, 10
5, 10, 15, 20
EU's Digital Dividend
5, 10, 15, 20 EU
800 MHz
Canada, US, Australia, Latin
1.4, 3, 5, 10 Cellular 850, UMTS850
America, South-Korea
5, 10 UMTS800 Japan
1.4, 3, 5, 10 GSM, UMTS900, EGSM900 EU, Latin America

5, 10 PDC Japan (Softbank, KDDI, DoCoMo)[23]

Canada, US (AT&T, T-Mobile),
1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 AWS, "1.7/2.1 GHz"
Latin America

Finland,[17] Hong Kong[18][19],

1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 DCS 1800, "1800"
Germany [20], Poland, South-Korea

5, 10, 15, 20 UMTS, IMT 2000 Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru

5, 10, 15, 20 UMTS1700 Japan
1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 PCS, "1900" Canada, US, Latin America
1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
5, 10, 15, 20
5, 10, 15, 20
5, 10, 15, 20
5, 10, 15, 20 UMTS IMT, "2100" Japan, Europe, Asia
1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
5, 10, 15
5, 10, 15, 20 IMT-2000 China, India, Australia
5, 10, 15, 20 BRS/EBS US (Clearwire)
EU, Latin America, South-Korea,
5, 10, 15, 20 IMT-E, "2.6 GHz"
Canada[21][22]
5, 10, 15, 20
 5, 10, 15, 20
5, 10, 15, 20 EU

requency band
Uplink Bandwidth FDL low

high (MHz) (MHz) - FUL low

Earfcn

1980
60 190 MHz
18599

1910
60 80 MHz
19199

1785
75 95 MHz
19949

1755
45 400 MHz
20399

849
25 45 MHz
20649

840
10 45 MHz
20749

2570
70 120 MHz
21449

915
35 45 MHz
21799

1784.9
35 95 MHz
22149

1770
60 400 MHz
22749

1447.9
20 48 MHz
22949

716
17 30 MHz
23179

787
10 -31 MHz
23279

798
10 -30 MHz
23379

716
12 30 MHz
23849

830
15 45 MHz
23999

845
15 45 MHz
24149
 862
30 -41 MHz
24449

1462.9
15 48 MHz
24599

3490
80 100 MHz
25399

2020
20 180 MHz
25699

1660.5
34 -101.5 MHz
26039

1915
65 80 MHz
26689

20 Tdd

15 Tdd

60 Tdd

60 Tdd

20 Tdd

50 Tdd

40 Tdd

100 Tdd

194 Tdd

200 Tdd

200 Tdd