5G NR frequency bands

RF Frequency bands for 5G NR are being separated into two different frequency ranges.

Frequency Range 1 (FR1)

FR1 includes sub-6GHz frequency bands, some of which are bands traditionally used by previous standards, but has been extended to cover potential new spectrum offerings from 410 MHz to 7125 MHz.

Frequency Range 2 (FR2)

FR2 includes frequency bands from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz. Bands in this millimeter wave (mmWave, MMW) range have much shorter range but higher available bandwidth than bands in the FR1.

Frequency bands and channel bandwidths

From the latest published version of the 3GPP TS 38.101, the following tables list the specified frequency bands and the channel bandwidths of the 5G NR standard.

Note that the NR bands are defined with prefix of “n”. When the NR band is overlapping with the legacy 4G LTE band, they share the same band number.

Frequency Range 1

Band	Duplex mode	ƒ (MHz)	Common name	Subset of band	Uplink (MHz)	Downlink (MHz)	Duplex spacing (MHz)	Channel bandwidths (MHz)
n1	FDD	2100	IMT		1920 – 1980	2110 – 2170	190	5, 10, 15, 20
n2	FDD	1900	PCS[A 4]	n25	1850 – 1910	1930 – 1990	80	5, 10, 15, 20
n3	FDD	1800	DCS		1710 – 1785	1805 – 1880	95	5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30
n5	FDD	850	CLR		824 – 849	869 – 894	45	5, 10, 15, 20
n7	FDD	2600	IMT‑E		2500 – 2570	2620 – 2690	120	5, 10, 15, 20
n8	FDD	900	Extended GSM		880 – 915	925 – 960	45	5, 10, 15, 20
n12	FDD	700	Lower SMH		699 – 716	729 – 746	30	5, 10, 15
n20	FDD	800	Digital Dividend (EU)		832 – 862	791 – 821	−41	5, 10, 15, 20
n25	FDD	1900	Extended PCS		1850 – 1915	1930 – 1995	80	5, 10, 15, 20
n28	FDD	700	APT		703 – 748	758 – 803	55	5, 10, 15, 20
n34	TDD	2100	IMT		2010 – 2025	N/A	5
n38	TDD	2600	IMT‑E[A 5]	n41	2570 – 2620	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
n39	TDD	1900	DCS–IMT Gap		1880 – 1920	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40
n40	TDD	2300	S-Band		2300 – 2400	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80
n41	TDD	2500	BRS		2496 – 2690	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100
n50	TDD	1500	L‑Band (EU)		1432 – 1517	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20, 40, 50, 60, 80[A 6]
n51	TDD	1500	Extended L‑Band (EU)		1427 – 1432	N/A	5
n66	FDD	1700	Extended AWS[A 7]		1710 – 1780	2110 – 2200[6]	400	5, 10, 15, 20, 40
n70	FDD	2000	AWS‑4		1695 – 1710	1995 – 2020	300	5, 10, 15, 20[A 6], 25[A 6]
n71	FDD	600	Digital Dividend (US)		663 – 698	617 – 652	−46	5, 10, 15, 20
n74	FDD	1500	Lower L‑Band (US)		1427 – 1470	1475 – 1518	48	5, 10, 15, 20
n75	SDL[A 8]	1500	L‑Band (EU)		N/A	1432 – 1517	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
n76	SDL[A 8]	1500	Extended L‑Band (EU)		N/A	1427 – 1432	N/A	5
n77	TDD	3700	C-Band		3300 – 4200	N/A	10, 20, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100
n78	TDD	3500	C-Band	n77	3300 – 3800	N/A	10, 20, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100
n79	TDD	4700	C-Band		4400 – 5000	N/A	40, 50, 60, 80, 100
n80	SUL[A 9]	1800	DCS		1710 – 1785	N/A	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30
n81	SUL[A 9]	900	Extended GSM		880 – 915	N/A	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
n82	SUL[A 9]	800	Digital Dividend (EU)		832 – 862	N/A	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
n83	SUL[A 9]	700	APT		703 – 748	N/A	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
n84	SUL[A 9]	1900	IMT		1920 – 1980	N/A	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
n86	SUL[A 9]	1700	Extended AWS	n80	1710 – 1780	N/A	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20, 40

Frequency Range 2

Band	ƒ (GHz)	Common name	Subset of band	Uplink / Downlink(GHz)	Channel bandwidths (MHz)
n257	26	LMDS		26.50 – 29.50	50, 100, 200, 400
n258	24	K-band		24.25 – 27.50	50, 100, 200, 400
n260	39	Ka-band		37.00 – 40.00	50, 100, 200, 400
n261	28	Ka-band	n257	27.50 – 28.35	50, 100, 200, 400

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