LTE was developed to work in a wide frequency ranges as well as in many band groups. Many of the LTE frequency bands are used by existing cellular technologies in the other hand others are new as other users are re allocated spectrum elsewhere.
This is the main advantage of LTE in terms of usage but when it comes to developing a new LTE modem or phone this becomes one of the toughest challenge. The developers need to support a majority of frequency bands and a number of band groups.
In the current LTE phones the main issues comes in terms of reselections, handovers and other mobilities between different frequency bands.
LTE frequency bands range from Band 1 which is 2100 band till Band 44 which is TDD band. The LTE frequency bands are designed keeping backward compatibility in mind.
The complete number of frequency bands supported in LTE can be found in 36.101 from section 5.6.1-1.
FDD And TDD LTE Frequency Bands
FDD spectrum requires pair bands, one for the uplink and one for the downlink, and TDD requires a single band as uplink and downlink are on exactly the same frequency but time separated. Because of this, you will find different LTE band allocations for TDD and FDD. In some instances these bands may overlap, and it is therefore feasible, although unlikely that both TDD and FDD transmissions might be present on a particular LTE frequency band.
The greater likelihood is that a single UE or mobile will have 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.
E-UTRA OPERATING BAND | UPLINK (UL) OPERATING BAND BS RECEIVE UE TRANSMIT | DOWNLINK (DL) OPERATING BAND BS TRANSMIT UE RECEIVE | DUPLEX MODE | ||
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FUL_low | – FUL_high | FDL_low | – FDL_high | ||
1 | 1920 MHz | 1980 MHz | 2110 MHz | 2170 MHz | FDD |
2 | 1850 MHz | 1910 MHz | 1930 MHz | 1990 MHz | FDD |
3 | 1710 MHz | 1785 MHz | 1805 MHz | 1880 MHz | FDD |
4 | 1710 MHz | 1755 MHz | 2110 MHz | 2155 MHz | FDD |
5 | 824 MHz | 849 MHz | 869 MHz | 894MHz | FDD |
6 | 830 MHz | 840 MHz | 875 MHz | 885 MHz | FDD |
7 | 2500 MHz | 2570 MHz | 2620 MHz | 2690 MHz | FDD |
8 | 880 MHz | 915 MHz | 925 MHz | 960 MHz | FDD |
9 | 1749.9 MHz | 1784.9 MHz | 1844.9 MHz | 1879.9 MHz | FDD |
10 | 1710 MHz | 1770 MHz | 2110 MHz | 2170 MHz | FDD |
11 | 1427.9 MHz | 1447.9 MHz | 1475.9 MHz | 1495.9 MHz | FDD |
12 | 699 MHz | 716 MHz | 729 MHz | 746 MHz | FDD |
13 | 777 MHz | 787 MHz | 746 MHz | 756 MHz | FDD |
14 | 788 MHz | 798 MHz | 758 MHz | 768 MHz | FDD |
15 | Reserved | Reserved | FDD | ||
16 | Reserved | Reserved | FDD | ||
17 | 704 MHz | 716 MHz | 734 MHz | 746 MHz | FDD |
18 | 815 MHz | 830 MHz | 860 MHz | 875 MHz | FDD |
19 | 830 MHz | 845 MHz | 875 MHz | 890 MHz | FDD |
20 | 832 MHz | 862 MHz | 791 MHz | 821 MHz | FDD |
21 | 1447.9 MHz | 1462.9 MHz | 1495.9 MHz | 1510.9 MHz | FDD |
22 | 3410 MHz | 3490 MHz | 3510 MHz | 3590 MHz | FDD |
23 | 2000 MHz | 2020 MHz | 2180 MHz | 2200 MHz | FDD |
24 | 1626.5 MHz | 1660.5 MHz | 1525 MHz | 1559 MHz | FDD |
25 | 1850 MHz | 1915 MHz | 1930 MHz | 1995 MHz | FDD |
26 | 814 MHz | 849 MHz | 859 MHz | 894 MHz | FDD |
27 | 807 MHz | 824 MHz | 852 MHz | 869 MHz | FDD |
28 | 703 MHz | 748 MHz | 758 MHz | 803 MHz | FDD |
... | |||||
33 | 1900 MHz | 1920 MHz | 1900 MHz | 1920 MHz | TDD |
34 | 2010 MHz | 2025 MHz | 2010 MHz | 2025 MHz | TDD |
35 | 1850 MHz | 1910 MHz | 1850 MHz | 1910 MHz | TDD |
36 | 1930 MHz | 1990 MHz | 1930 MHz | 1990 MHz | TDD |
37 | 1910 MHz | 1930 MHz | 1910 MHz | 1930 MHz | TDD |
38 | 2570 MHz | 2620 MHz | 2570 MHz | 2620 MHz | TDD |
39 | 1880 MHz | 1920 MHz | 1880 MHz | 1920 MHz | TDD |
40 | 2300 MHz | 2400 MHz | 2300 MHz | 2400 MHz | TDD |
41 | 2496 MHz | 2690 MHz | 2496 MHz | 2690 MHz | TDD |
42 | 3400 MHz | 3600 MHz | 3400 MHz | 3600 MHz | TDD |
43 | 3600 MHz | 3800 MHz | 3600 MHz | 3800 MHz | TDD |
44 | 703 MHz | 803 MHz | 703 MHz | 803 MHz | TDD |
NOTE 1: Band 6 is not applicable |
E-UTRA band / Channel bandwidth
E-UTRA BAND | 1.4 MHZ | 3 MHZ | 5 MHZ | 10 MHZ | 15 MHZ | 20 MHZ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 |
3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 |
4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | ||
6 | Yes | Yes1 | ||||
7 | Yes | Yes | Yes3 | Yes1, 3 | ||
8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | ||
9 | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 | ||
10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
11 | Yes | Yes1 | ||||
12 | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 | ||
13 | Yes1 | Yes1 | ||||
14 | Yes1 | Yes1 | ||||
... | ||||||
17 | Yes1 | Yes1 | ||||
18 | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 | |||
19 | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 | |||
20 | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | ||
21 | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 | |||
22 | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 | ||
23 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
24 | Yes | Yes | ||||
25 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 |
26 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 | |
27 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[1] | ||
28 | Yes | Yes | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1, 2 | |
... | ||||||
33 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
34 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
35 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
36 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
37 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
38 | Yes | Yes | Yes3 | Yes3 | ||
39 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
40 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
41 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
42 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
43 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
44 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
NOTE 1: 1 refers to the bandwidth for which a relaxation of the specified UE receiver sensitivity requirement is allowed.
NOTE 2: 2 For the 20 MHz bandwidth, the minimum requirements are specified for E-UTRA UL carrier frequencies confined to either 713-723 MHz or 728-738 MHz
NOTE 3: 3 refers to the bandwidth for which the uplink transmission bandwidth can be restricted by the network for some channel assignments in FDD/TDD co-existence scenarios in order to meet unwanted emissions requirements.