Global TDD band

Frequency Band of 3GPP LTE TDD mode

3GPP define the following operating bands for LTE TDD mode in the specification "TS 36.101".

Band No.
Frequency band
Band width
Carrier Aggregation
33
1900 MHz - 1920 MHz
20 MHz
 
34
2010 MHz - 2025 MHz
15 MHz
 
35
1850 MHz - 1910 MHz
60 MHz
 
36
1930 MHz - 1990 MHz
60 MHz
 
37
1910 MHz - 1930 MHz
20 MHz
38
2570 MHz - 2620 MHz
50 MHz
Intra-band contiguous CA_38
39
1880 MHz - 1920 MHz
40 MHz
40
2300 MHz - 2400 MHz
100 MHz
Intra-band contiguous CA_40
41
2496 MHz - 2690 MHz
194 MHz
Intra-band contiguous CA_41
42
3400 MHz - 3600 MHz
200 MHz
 
43
3600 MHz - 3800 MHz
200 MHz
 
44
703 MHz - 803 MHz
100 MHz
 
46
5150 MHz - 5925 MHz
775 MHz
Unlicensed band restricted to licensed-assisted operation

 

Current spectrum allocations of TDD frequency band in China, Japan and Taiwan are shown below.

In China, Band38, Band40, Band34 and Band39 are assigned as TD-LTE or TD-SCDMA. China Mobile gets access to 130MHz of spectrum (1880-1900 MHz, 2320-2370 MHz, 2575-2635 MHz), China Unicom gets 40MHz (2300-2320 MHz, 2555-2575 MHz) and China Telecom has 40MHz (2370-2390 MHz, 2635-2655 MHz) for TD-LTE operation. 

In Japan, a part of Band41 is assigned as AXGP (TD-LTE) and WiMAX, while PHS uses a part of Band39.

In Taiwan, a part of Band41 is assigned as WiMAX. Also, a part of Band39 is used by PHS and 3G TDD system.

Frequency Band of 3GPP LTE FDD mode

3GPP define the following operating bands for LTE FDD mode in the specification "TS 36.101".

Band No.
Uplink Frequency band
Downlink Frequency band
Carrier Aggregation
note
1
1920 MHz – 1980 MHz
2110 MHz – 2170 MHz
CA_1,
CA_1-5,
CA_1-18,
CA_1-19,
CA_1-21
 
2
1850 MHz – 1910 MHz
1930 MHz – 1990 MHz
CA_2-17,
CA_2-29
 
3
1710 MHz – 1785 MHz
1805 MHz – 1880 MHz
CA_3-5,
CA_3-7,
CA_3-8,
CA_3-20
 
4
1710 MHz – 1755 MHz
2110 MHz – 2155 MHz
CA_4-5,
CA_4-7,
CA_4-12,
CA_4-13,
CA_4-17,
CA_4-29
 
5
824 MHz – 849 MHz
869 MHz – 894MHz
CA_1-5,
CA_3-5,
CA_4-5,
CA_5-12
6
830 MHz – 840 MHz
875 MHz – 885 MHz
Band 6 is not applicable
7
2500 MHz – 2570 MHz
2620 MHz – 2690 MHz
CA_7,
CA_3-7,
CA_4-7,
CA_7-20
 
8
880 MHz – 915 MHz
925 MHz – 960 MHz
CA_3-8,
CA_8-20
 
9
1749.9 MHz – 1784.9 MHz
1844.9 MHz – 1879.9 MHz
 
10
1710 MHz – 1770 MHz
2110 MHz – 2170 MHz
 
11
1427.9 MHz – 1447.9 MHz
1475.9 MHz – 1495.9 MHz
CA_11-18
 
12
699 MHz – 716 MHz
729 MHz – 746 MHz
CA_4-12,
CA_5-12,
CA_5-17
 
13
777 MHz – 787 MHz
746 MHz – 756 MHz
CA_4-13
 
14
788 MHz – 798 MHz
758 MHz – 768 MHz
 
15
Reserved
Reserved
16
Reserved
Reserved
 
17
704 MHz – 716 MHz
734 MHz – 746 MHz
CA_2-17,
CA_4-17,
CA_5-17
 
18
815 MHz – 830 MHz
860 MHz – 875 MHz
CA_1-18,
CA_11-18
 
19
830 MHz – 845 MHz
875 MHz – 890 MHz
CA_1-19
 
20
832 MHz – 862 MHz
791 MHz – 821 MHz
CA_3-20,
CA_7-20,
CA_8-20
 
21
1447.9 MHz – 1462.9 MHz
1495.9 MHz – 1510.9 MHz
CA_1-21
 
22
3410 MHz – 3490 MHz
3510 MHz – 3590 MHz
 
23
2000 MHz – 2020 MHz
2180 MHz – 2200 MHz
 
24
1626.5 MHz – 1660.5 MHz
1525 MHz – 1559 MHz
 
25
1850 MHz – 1915 MHz
1930 MHz – 1995 MHz
CA_25-25
 
26
814 MHz – 849 MHz
859 MHz – 894 MHz
 
27
807 MHz – 824 MHz
852 MHz – 869 MHz
 
28
703 MHz – 748 MHz
758 MHz – 803 MHz
 
29
N/A
717 MHz – 728 MHz
CA_2-29,
CA_4-29
Restricted to E-UTRA operation when carrier aggregation is configured. The downlink operating band is paired with the uplink operating band (external) of the carrier aggregation configuration that is supporting the configured Pcell.