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LTE frequency bands

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Long-Term Evolution (LTE) telecommunications networks use several frequency bands with associated bandwidths.

Frequency bands

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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] TS 36.104[2] and TS 36.106,[3] the following table lists the specified frequency bands of LTE and the channel bandwidths each band supports. Band numbers can be written prefixed by a "b" as in "b66" for band 66.

  1. Frequency-division duplexing (FDD); time-division duplexing (TDD); FDD supplemental downlink (SDL); standalone downlink only (SDO)
  2. User Equipment transmit; Base Station receive
  3. User Equipment receive; Base Station transmit
  1. 1 2 Bands b6 and b23 are not applicable
  2. Uplink restricted to 1627.5–1637.5 MHz and 1646.5–1656.5 MHz
  3. Downlink restricted to 1526–1536 MHz
  4. Downlink between 2180–2200 MHz restricted to intra-band Supplemental Downlink
  5. 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
  6. Carrier aggregation only
  7. 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
  8. Restricted to NB-IoT only
  9. 1 2 3 4 LTE based 5G terrestrial broadcast
  10. For private LTE networks operated primarily by utility companies

Frequency bands for satellite access

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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 36.102[4] and TS 36.108,[5] the following table lists the specified frequency bands of LTE and the channel bandwidths each band supports for satellite access.

Band[C 1] Duplex mode[C 2] ƒ
(MHz)
Common name Uplink[C 3]
(MHz)
Downlink[C 4]
(MHz)
Duplex spacing
(MHz)
Channel bandwidths[C 5]
(MHz)
Notes
256 FDD 2100 S-band 1980 – 2010 2170 – 2200 190 MSS[6]
255 FDD 1600 L-band (US) 1626.5 – 1660.5 1525 – 1559 −101.5 MSS[6]
254 FDD 2400 S-band 1610 – 1626.5 2483.5 – 2500 873.5 MSS[6]
253 FDD 1600 L-band (US) 1668 – 1675 1518 – 1525 −150 MSS
252 FDD 2100 AWS-4 2000 – 2020 2180 – 2200 180 MSS
249 TDD 1600 L-band (US) 1616 – 1626.5 N/a [D 1]
246 SDO 1500 L-band N/a 1467 – 1492 N/a [D 2]
  1. Satellite bands are numbered in descending order from 256
  2. Frequency-division duplexing (FDD); time-division duplexing (TDD); standalone downlink only (SDO)
  3. UE transmit; SAN receive
  4. UE receive; SAN transmit
  5. Supported channel bandwidths depend on the UE category
  1. Band 249 is defined only for NB-IoT operation
  2. Band 246 only applies for LTE-based 5G Broadcast over Geosynchronous Satellite in region 3

Deployments by region

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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.

See also

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References

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  1. "TS 36.101: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception". 3GPP (19.3.0 ed.). 2025-10-05. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  2. "TS 36.104: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception". 3GPP (19.1.0 ed.). 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  3. "TS 36.106: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); FDD repeater radio transmission and reception". 3GPP (19.0.0 ed.). 2025-10-03. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  4. "TS 36.102: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception for satellite access". 3GPP (19.1.0 ed.). 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  5. "TS 36.108: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Satellite Access Node radio transmission and reception". 3GPP (19.1.0 ed.). 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  6. 1 2 3 "ITU News: Latest from the UN agency for digital technologies".
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