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LTE Frequency Bands & Spectrum Allocations

- a summary and tables of the LTE frequency band spectrum allocations for 3G & 4G LTE TDD and FDD.

See also: 4G LTE Advanced

There is a growing number of LTE frequency bands that are being designated as possibilities for use with LTE. Many of the LTE frequency bands are already in use for other cellular systems, whereas other LTE bands are new and being introduced as other users are re-allocated spectrum elsewhere.

FDD and TDD LTE frequency bands

FDD spectrum requires pair bands, one of the uplink and one for the downlink, and TDD requires a single band as uplink and downlink are on the same frequency but time separated. As a result, there are different LTE band allocations for TDD and FDD. In some cases these bands may overlap, and it is therefore feasible, although unlikely that both TDD and FDD transmissions could be present on a particular LTE frequency band. The greater likelihood is that a single UE or mobile will need to detect whether a TDD or FDD transmission should be made on a given band. UEs that roam may encounter both types on the same band. They will therefore need to detect what type of transmission is being made on that particular LTE band in its current location. The different LTE frequency allocations or LTE frequency bands are allocated numbers. Currently the LTE bands between 1 & 22 are for paired spectrum, i.e. FDD, and LTE bands between 33 & 41 are for unpaired spectrum, i.e. TDD.

LTE frequency band definitions

FDD LTE frequency band allocations

There is a large number of allocations or radio spectrum that has been reserved for FDD, frequency division duplex, LTE use. The FDDLTE frequency bands are paired to allow simultaneous transmission on two frequencies. The bands also have a sufficient separation to enable the transmitted signals not to unduly impair the receiver performance. If the signals are too close then the receiver may be "blocked" and the sensitivity impaired. The separation must be sufficient to enable the roll-off of the antenna filtering to give sufficient attenuation of the transmitted signal within the receive band.
LTE BAND NUMBER UPLINK (MHZ) DOWNLINK (MHZ) WIDTH OF BAND (MHZ) DUPLEX SPACING (MHZ) BAND GAP (MHZ)

LTE BAND NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

UPLINK (MHZ)

DOWNLINK (MHZ)

WIDTH OF BAND (MHZ) 60 60 75 45 25 10 70 35 35 60 20 18 10 10 20 15 12 15 15 30 15 90 20 34 65

DUPLEX SPACING (MHZ) 190 80 95 400 45 35 120 45 95 400 48 30 -31 -30 700 575 30 45 45 -41 48 100 180 -101.5 80

BAND GAP (MHZ) 130 20 20 355 20 25 50 10 60 340 28 12 41 40 680 560 18 30 30 71 33 10 160 135.5 15

1920 - 1980 1850 - 1910 1710 - 1785 1710 - 1755 824 - 849 830 - 840 2500 - 2570 880 - 915 1749.9 - 1784.9 1710 - 1770 1427.9 - 1452.9 698 - 716 777 - 787 788 - 798 1900 - 1920 2010 - 2025 704 - 716 815 - 830 830 - 845 832 - 862 1447.9 - 1462.9 3410 - 3500 2000 - 2020 1625.5 - 1660.5 1850 - 1915

2110 - 2170 1930 - 1990 1805 -1880 2110 - 2155 869 - 894 875 - 885 2620 - 2690 925 - 960 1844.9 - 1879.9 2110 - 2170 1475.9 - 1500.9 728 - 746 746 - 756 758 - 768 2600 - 2620 2585 - 2600 734 - 746 860 - 875 875 - 890 791 - 821 1495.5 - 1510.9 3510 - 3600 2180 - 2200 1525 - 1559 1930 - 1995

TDD LTE frequency band allocations

With the interest in TDD LTE, there are several unpaired frequency allocations that are being prepared for LTR TDD use. The TDD LTE allocations are unpaired because the uplink and downlink share the same frequency, being time multiplexed.
LTE BAND NUMBER 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 ALLOCATION (MHZ) 1900 - 1920 2010 - 2025 1850 - 1910 1930 - 1990 1910 - 1930 2570 - 2620 1880 - 1920 2300 - 2400 2496 - 2690 3400 - 3600 20 15 60 60 20 50 40 100 194 200 WIDTH OF BAND (MHZ)

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3600 - 3800

200

There are regular additions to the LTE frequency bands / LTE spectrum allocations as a result of negotiations at the ITU regulatory meetings. These LTE allocations are resulting in part from the digital dividend, and also from the pressure caused by the ever growing need for mobile communications. Many of the new LTE spectrum allocations are relatively small, often 10 - 20MHz in bandwidth, and this is a cause for concern. With LTE-Advanced needing bandwidths of 100 MHz, channel aggregation over a wide set of frequencies many be needed, and this has been recognised as a significant technological problem. . . . . . . . .