WiFi frequency spectrum

Wi-Fi service is using unlicensed spectrum

2.4 GHz spectrum

5 GHz spectrum

Unlicensed wireless
Within each country, Telecom companies pay a state fee for the licensed channels, whereas the
use of unlicensed wireless is free to use

 
ISM bands defined by the ITU Radio regulation
Frequency Frequency Uni
Bandwidth Availability Application
low high t
6765 6795 KHz 30
40.66 40.7 MHz 0.04
433.05 434.79 MHz 1.74 Region 1
UNB / Sigfox
LoRa
Z-Wave / Sigma
902 928 MHz 26 Region 2
Designs
Weightless-N /
Nwave
Bluetooth 802.15.1
2400 2500 MHz 100 WiFi 802.11b/g
ZigBee 802.15.4
WiFi 802.11a/n/ac
5725 5875 MHz 150
LAA
24 24.25 GHz 0.25

ISM
Industrial, Scientific and Medical radio bands
ITU
International Telecommunication Union´s (ITU)
Region 1
EMEA, Persian Gulf, Russia and Mongolia
Region 2
America, Greenland and eastern Pacific Islands
Region 3
Asia, Oceania

ETSI bands for Short Range Devices

Frequency Frequency Uni Max
Bandwidth Application
low high t power
26.957 27.283 MHz 0.33
40.66 40.70 MHz 0.04
433.05 434.79 MHz 1.74
863 870 MHz 7
868 868.6 MHz 0.6 25 mW UNB / Sigfox
 Z-Wave / Sigma
Designs
Weightless-N /
Nwave

ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
LTN
Low Throughput Networks (GS LTN 003)
SRD
Short Range Devices (EN 300 220)
UNB
Ultra Narrow Band
U-NII bands defined by the FCC regulation
Frequency Frequency Uni Max
Name Bandwidth Application
low high t power
WiFi
U-NII-1 5150 5250 MHz 100 50 mW 802.11a/n/ac
LTE-U
U-NII-2 5250 5350 MHz 100 250 mW
U-NII-
5470 5725 MHz 255
2e
WiFi
U-NII-3 5725 5825 MHz 100 1W 802.11a/n/ac
LTE-U

FCC
Federal Communications Commission
U-NII
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
LTE deployment in unlicensed spectrum
LTE-U
LTE Unlicensed using CSAT access
LAA
License Assisted Access, defined by 3GPP, using Listen Before Talk (LBT) technique
LWA
LTE - WiFi Link Aggregation
MulteFire
LTE-based technology for small cells operating solely in unlicensed spectrum
SDL
Supplemental Downlink
CSAT
Carrier Sensing Adaptive Transmission
LBT
 Listen Before Talk
Example : LTE Band + Wi-Fi aggregationPCell 10 MHz + SCell unlicensed
20MHzFrequencyDLULWi-Fi : SDL

WiFi channel frequency

List of WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) channels using IEEE 802.11 protocols

802.11 b/g/n (2.4 GHz band)

Frequency (MHz)
Channe
F+
l F - 10 Center Area
10
1 2402 2412 2422
2 2407 2417 2427
3 2412 2422 2432
4 2417 2427 2437
5 2422 2432 2442
6 2427 2437 2447
7 2432 2442 2452
8 2437 2447 2457
9 2442 2452 2462
10 2447 2457 2467
11 2452 2462 2472
12 2457 2467 2477
13 2462 2472 2482
14 2474 2484 2494 Japan

Transmission can be on a 22MHz (802.11b), 20MHz (802.11g/n), or 40MHz (802.11n) wide

channel

802.11 a/n (5 GHz band)

Frequency (MHz)
Channel
F - 10 Center F + 10 Area
36 5170 5180 5190
40 5190 5200 5210
44 5210 5220 5230
48 5230 5240 5250
52 5250 5260 5270
56 5270 5280 5290
60 5290 5300 5310
64 5310 5320 5330
100 5490 5500 5510
104 5510 5520 5530
 Frequency (MHz)
Channel
F - 10 Center F + 10 Area
108 5530 5540 5550
112 5550 5560 5570
116 5570 5580 5590
120 5590 5600 5610
124 5610 5620 5630
128 5630 5640 5650
132 5650 5660 5670
136 5670 5680 5690
140 5690 5700 5710
144 5710 5720 5730
149 5735 5745 5755
153 5755 5765 5775
157 5775 5785 5795
161 5795 5805 5815
165 5815 5825 5835

Transmission can be on a 20 or 40MHz (802.11a/n), or 80 MHz (802.11ac) wide channel

Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) data rates

Filter        Streams       Modulation       Coding rate       Throughput      

Sorted by throughput
Data rate (Mbit/s)
20 MHz 40 MHz 80 MHz 160 MHz
HT Spati VHT
Codi channel channel channel channel
MCS Modulat al MCS
ng 40
ind ion strea 800 400 800 800 ind
rate 0 400 800 400
ex ms ns ns ns ns ex
ns ns GI ns GI ns GI
GI GI GI GI
GI
0 BPSK 1/2 1 6.5 7.2 13. 15 29. 32.5 58.5 65 0
Sorted by throughput
Data rate (Mbit/s)
20 MHz 40 MHz 80 MHz 160 MHz
HT Spati VHT
Codi channel channel channel channel
MCS Modulat al MCS
ng 40
ind ion strea 800 400 800 800 ind
rate 0 400 800 400
ex ms ns ns ns ns ex
ns ns GI ns GI ns GI
GI GI GI GI
GI
5 3
14. 58.
1 QPSK 1/2 1 13 27 30 65 117 130 1
4 5
14. 58.
8 BPSK 1/2 2 13 27 30 65 117 130 0
4 5
19. 21. 40. 87. 175.
2 QPSK 3/4 1 45 97.5 195 2
5 7 5 8 5
19. 21. 40. 87. 175.
16 BPSK 1/2 3 45 97.5 195 0
5 7 5 8 5
28.
3 16-QAM 1/2 1 26 54 60 117 130 234 260 3
9
28.
9 QPSK 1/2 2 26 54 60 117 130 234 260 1
9
28.
24 BPSK 1/2 4 26 54 60 117 130 234 260 0
9
43. 175
4 16-QAM 3/4 1 39 81 90 195 351 390 4
3 .5
43. 175
10 QPSK 3/4 2 39 81 90 195 351 390 2
3 .5
43. 175
17 QPSK 1/2 3 39 81 90 195 351 390 1
3 .5
57. 12
5 64-QAM 2/3 1 52 108 234 260 468 520 5
8 0
57. 12
11 16-QAM 1/2 2 52 108 234 260 468 520 3
8 0
57. 12
25 QPSK 1/2 4 52 108 234 260 468 520 1
8 0
58. 121 13 263 292. 526.
6 64-QAM 3/4 1 65 585 6
5 .5 5 .3 5 5
58. 121 13 263 292. 526.
18 QPSK 3/4 3 65 585 2
5 .5 5 .3 5 5
72. 15 292
7 64-QAM 5/6 1 65 135 325 585 650 7
2 0 .5
256- 86. 18
3/4 1 78 162 351 390 702 780 8
QAM 7 0
86. 18
12 16-QAM 3/4 2 78 162 351 390 702 780 4
7 0
Sorted by throughput
Data rate (Mbit/s)
20 MHz 40 MHz 80 MHz 160 MHz
HT Spati VHT
Codi channel channel channel channel
MCS Modulat al MCS
ng 40
ind ion strea 800 400 800 800 ind
rate 0 400 800 400
ex ms ns ns ns ns ex
ns ns GI ns GI ns GI
GI GI GI GI
GI
86. 18
19 16-QAM 1/2 3 78 162 351 390 702 780 3
7 0
86. 18
26 QPSK 3/4 4 78 162 351 390 702 780 2
7 0
256- 20 433. 866.
5/6 1 180 390 780 9
QAM 0 3 7
115 24
13 64-QAM 2/3 2 104 216 468 520 936 1040 5
.6 0
115 24
27 16-QAM 1/2 4 104 216 468 520 936 1040 3
.6 0
27 526
14 64-QAM 3/4 2 117 130 243 585 1053 1170 6
0 .5
27 526
20 16-QAM 3/4 3 117 130 243 585 1053 1170 4
0 .5
144 30
15 64-QAM 5/6 2 130 270 585 650 1170 1300 7
.4 0
256- 173 36
3/4 2 156 324 702 780 1404 1560 8
QAM .3 0
173 36
21 64-QAM 2/3 3 156 324 702 780 1404 1560 5
.3 0
173 36
28 16-QAM 3/4 4 156 324 702 780 1404 1560 4
.3 0
256- 40 866. 1733
5/6 2 360 780 1560 9
QAM 0 7 .3
175 364 40 1579
22 64-QAM 3/4 3 195 1755 6
.5 .5 5 .5
216 45 877
23 64-QAM 5/6 3 195 405 975 1755 1950 7
.7 0 .5
231 48
29 64-QAM 2/3 4 208 432 936 1040 1872 2080 5
.1 0
256- 54 105
3/4 3 234 260 486 1170 2106 2340 8
QAM 0 3
54 105
30 64-QAM 3/4 4 234 260 486 1170 2106 2340 6
0 3
256- 288 60 117
5/6 3 260 540 1300 9
QAM .9 0 0
31 64-QAM 5/6 4 260 288 540 60 117 1300 2340 2600 7
Sorted by throughput
Data rate (Mbit/s)
20 MHz 40 MHz 80 MHz 160 MHz
HT Spati VHT
Codi channel channel channel channel
MCS Modulat al MCS
ng 40
ind ion strea 800 400 800 800 ind
rate 0 400 800 400
ex ms ns ns ns ns ex
ns ns GI ns GI ns GI
GI GI GI GI
GI
.9 0 0
256- 346 72 140
3/4 4 312 648 1560 2808 3120 8
QAM .7 0 4
256- 80 156 1733 3466
5/6 4 720 3120 9
QAM 0 0 .3 .7

HT
High Throughput
GI
Guard Interval
VHT
Very High Throughput