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5G NR (New Radio) Frequency Bands

Recently, 3GPP has freezes specification for 5G NR and TS 38.104 section 5.2 provides the list of bands in which NR (New Radio) can operate. As per 3GPP release 15 , these frequency bands are desingated for different frequency ranges (FR) and current specification (Release) defines them as FR1 and FR2. Below table shows the corresponding frequency range for each FR.

Frequency Range DesignationCorresponding Frequency Range
FR1450 MHz – 6000 MHz
FR2
24250 MHz – 52600 MHz

NR Bands Classification

Apart from FR (frequency range) NR bands can be classified into three into categories

  • Frequency Division Duplex Bands (FDD)
  • Time Division Duplex Bands (TDD)
  • Supplementary Bands (SUL) : Downlink Supplement Bands & Uplink Supplement Bands

NR has introduced a new notation for band which starts with “n” e.g. Band 20 is noted as n20 where in LTE it was termed as B20.

NR Operating Bands in FR1(450 MHz – 6000 MHz)

NR FR1 BandBand AliasUplink (UL) Operating Band
BS Receive / UE Transmit FUL_low – FUL_high
Downlink (DL) Operating Band
BS Transmit / UE Receive FDL_low – FDL_high
BandwidthDuplex Mode
n121001920 MHz – 1980 MHz2110 MHz – 2170 MHz60 MHzFDD
n21900 PCS1850 MHz – 1910 MHz1930 MHz – 1990 MHz60 MHzFDD
n318001710 MHz – 1785 MHz1805 MHz – 1880 MHz75 MHzFDD
n5850824 MHz – 849 MHz869 MHz – 894 MHz25 MHzFDD
n726002500 MHz – 2570 MHz2620 MHz – 2690 MHz70 MHzFDD
n8900880 MHz – 915 MHz925 MHz – 960 MHz35 MHzFDD
n20800832 MHz – 862 MHz791 MHz – 821 MHz30 MHzFDD
n28700 APT703 MHz – 748 MHz758 MHz – 803 MHz45 MHzFDD
n38TD 26002570 MHz – 2620 MHz2570 MHz – 2620 MHz50 MHzTDD
n41TD 25002496 MHz – 2690 MHz2496 MHz – 2690 MHz194 MHzTDD
n50TD 1500+1432 MHz – 1517 MHz1432 MHz – 1517 MHz85 MHzTDD
n51TD 1500-1427 MHz – 1432 MHz1427 MHz – 1432 MHz5 MHzTDD
n66AWS-31710 MHz – 1780 MHz2110 MHz – 2200 MHz70/90 MHzFDD
n70AWS-41695 MHz – 1710 MHz1995 MHz – 2020 MHz15/25 MHzFDD
n71600663 MHz – 698 MHz617 MHz – 652 MHz35 MHzFDD
n74L-Band1427 MHz – 1470 MHz1475 MHz – 1518 MHz43 MHzFDD
n75DL 1500+N/A1432 MHz – 1517 MHz85 MHzSDL
n76DL 1500-N/A1427 MHz – 1432 MHz5 MHzSDL
n77TD 37003300 MHz – 4200 MHz3300 MHz – 4200 MHz900 MHzTDD
n78TD 35003300 MHz – 3800 MHz3300 MHz – 3800 MHz500 MHzTDD
n79TD 45004400 MHz – 5000 MHz4400 MHz – 5000 MHz600 MHzTDD
n80UL 18001710 MHz – 1785 MHzN/A75 MHzSUL
n81UL 900880 MHz – 915 MHzN/A35 MHzSUL
n82UL 800832 MHz – 862 MHzN/A30 MHzSUL
n83UL 700703 MHz – 748 MHzN/A45 MHzSUL
n84UL 21001920 MHz – 1980 MHzN/A60 MHzSUL

NR Operating Bands in FR2

NR FR2 BandBand AliasUplink (UL) Operating Band
BS Receive / UE Transmit FUL_low – FUL_high
Downlink (DL) Operating Band
BS Transmit / UE Receive FDL_low – FDL_high
BandwidthDuplex Mode
n25728 GHz26500 MHz – 29500 MHz26500 MHz – 29500 MHz3000 MHzTDD
n25826 GHz24250 MHz – 27500 MHz24250 MHz – 27500 MHz3250 MHzTDD
n26039 GHz37000 MHz – 40000 MHz37000 MHz – 40000 MHz3000 MHzTDD