LTE & LTE Advanced

5Physical Layer

5.1. Frequency plan

5.1.1. Frequency bands

The medium for the two directions of transmission uses two matching bandwidths in the Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode or a single bandwidth in the Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode.

For the FDD mode, each direction of transmission functions simultaneously in the allocated bandwidth.

For the TDD mode, the two directions of transmission function in the same bandwidth, each direction is allocated a certain amount of time.

Table 5.1 shows the frequency bands which are used for the radio interface in FDD mode.

The frequency bands allocated in uplink direction have a value lower than those allocated in downlink direction, except for bands 13, 14, 20 and 24, in order to obtain better propagation conditions.

Band 6 was removed from the frequency plan in Release 9 and 10 and replaced with band 19.

Table 5.1. Frequency plan: FDD mode

Number	Uplink frequency band	Downlink frequency band
1	1920-MHz–1980-MHz	2110-MHz–2170-MHz
2	1850-MHz–1910-MHz	1930-MHz–1990-MHz
3	1710-MHz–1785-MHz	1805-MHz–1880-MHz
4	1710-MHz–1755-MHz	2110-MHz–2155-MHz
5	824-MHz–849-MHz	869-MHz–894MHz
6	830-MHz–840-MHz	875-MHz–885-MHz
7	2500-MHz–2570-MHz	2620-MHz–2690-MHz
8	880-MHz–915-MHz	925-MHz–960-MHz
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
12	699-MHz–716-MHz	729-MHz–746-MHz
13	777-MHz–787-MHz	746-MHz–756-MHz
14	788-MHz–798-MHz