Lower B&C 700 MHz (NA) 800 (Japan) Digital Dividend (EU)
LTE TDD BANDS Operatin g Band
Uplink (UL) operating band BS receive UE transmit
Downlink (DL) operating band BS transmit UE receive
Duplex Mode
Name
UMTS UMTS NA NA NA UMTS-EXTENSION CHINESE TDD 2300 MHz US 2600 3500 MHz 3700 MHz
FUL_low – FUL_high
FUL_low – FUL_high
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
LTE Bands vs Channel Bandwith
Source: 3GPP TS 36.101 version 10.7.0 Release 10
More spectrum i.e. more capacity available at higher frequencies
LTE and Carrier Aggregation • LTE Rel 8 & 9 – Single-carrier operation – Bandwith from 1.4 MHz, through 3, 5, 10, and 15, up to 20 MHz
• LTE Rel 10 – Aggregation of up to 5 “component carriers” i.e. the LTE Rel 8 & 9 carriers – As a result up to 100 MHz (i.e. 5 X 20 Mhz) – Each component fully compatible with Rel 8 & 9 i.e. coexistence of Rel 8, 9, & 10 Ues possible