Frequency bands for 5G New Radio (5G NR), which is the air interface or radio access technology of the 5G mobile networks, are separated into two different frequency ranges. First there is Frequency Range 1 (FR1),[1] which includes sub-7 GHz frequency bands, some of which are traditionally used by previous standards, but has been extended to cover potential new spectrum offerings from 410 MHz to 7125 MHz. The other is Frequency Range 2 (FR2),[2] which includes frequency bands from 24.25 GHz to 71.0 GHz. In November and December 2023, a third band, Frequency Range 3 (FR3),[3] covering frequencies from 7.125 GHz to 24.25 GHz, was proposed by the World Radio Conference; as of September 2024, this band has not been added to the official standard. Frequency bands are also available for non-terrestrial networks (NTN)[4] in both the sub-7 GHz and in the 17.3 GHz to 30 GHz ranges.
From the latest published version (Rel. 18) of the respective 3GPP technical standard (TS 38.101),[5] 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 4G LTE band, they share the same band number.
Legend | Supplemental Downlink (SDL) | Supplemental Uplink (SUL) |
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Band | Duplex mode[A 1] | ƒ (MHz) |
Common name[6] | Subset of band | Uplink[A 2] (MHz) |
Downlink[A 3] (MHz) |
Duplex spacing (MHz) |
Channel bandwidths[A 4] (MHz) |
Notes |
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n1 | FDD | 2100 | IMT | n65 | 1920 – 1980 | 2110 – 2170 | 190 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50 | |
n2 | FDD | 1900 | PCS | n25 | 1850 – 1910 | 1930 – 1990 | 80 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 | |
n3 | FDD | 1800 | DCS | 1710 – 1785 | 1805 – 1880 | 95 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 | ||
n5 | FDD | 850 | CLR | n26 | 824 – 849 | 869 – 894 | 45 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25[B 1] | |
n7 | FDD | 2600 | IMT‑E | 2500 – 2570 | 2620 – 2690 | 120 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50 | ||
n8 | FDD | 900 | Extended GSM | 880 – 915 | 925 – 960 | 45 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25[B 1], 35[B 1] | ||
n12 | FDD | 700 | Lower SMH | n85 | 699 – 716 | 729 – 746 | 30 | 5, 10, 15 | |
n13 | FDD | 700 | Upper SMH | 777 – 787 | 746 – 756 | −31 | 5, 10 | ||
n14 | FDD | 700 | Upper SMH | 788 – 798 | 758 – 768 | −30 | 5, 10 | ||
n18 | FDD | 850 | Lower 800 | n26 | 815 – 830 | 860 – 875 | 45 | 5, 10, 15 | Japan |
n20 | FDD | 800 | Digital Dividend | 832 – 862 | 791 – 821 | −41 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | EU | |
n24 | FDD | 1600 | Upper L-band | 1626.5 – 1660.5[B 2] | 1525 – 1559[B 3] | −101.5 | 5, 10 | US | |
n25 | FDD | 1900 | Extended PCS | 1850 – 1915 | 1930 – 1995 | 80 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45[B 1] | ||
n26 | FDD | 850 | Extended CLR | 814 – 849 | 859 – 894 | 45 | 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25[B 4], 30[B 4] | ||
n28 | FDD | 700 | APT | 703 – 748 | 758 – 803 | 55 | 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 | ||
n29 | SDL | 700 | Lower SMH | — | 717 – 728 | — | 5, 10 | ||
n30 | FDD | 2300 | WCS | 2305 – 2315 | 2350 – 2360 | 45 | 5, 10 | ||
n31 | FDD | 450 | NMT | 452.5 – 457.5 | 462.5 – 467.5 | 10 | 3, 5 | ||
n34 | TDD | 2100 | IMT | 2010 – 2025 | — | 5, 10, 15 | |||
n38 | TDD | 2600 | IMT‑E[B 5] | n41, n90 | 2570 – 2620 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40 | ||
n39 | TDD | 1900 | DCS–IMT Gap | 1880 – 1920 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 | |||
n40 | TDD | 2300 | S-Band | 2300 – 2400 | — | 5[B 6], 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 | |||
n41 | TDD | 2500 | BRS | 2496 – 2690 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 | |||
n46 | TDD | 5200 | U-NII-1–4 | 5150 – 5925 | — | 10[B 4], 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 | [B 7] | ||
n47 | TDD | 5900 | U-NII-4 | 5855 – 5925 | — | 10, 20, 30, 40 | V2X | ||
n48 | TDD | 3500 | CBRS | n77, n78 | 3550 – 3700 | — | 5[B 6], 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50[B 4], 60[B 4], 70[B 4], 80[B 4], 90[B 4], 100[B 4] | US | |
n50 | TDD | 1500 | L‑Band | 1432 – 1517 | — | 5[B 6], 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80[B 1] | EU | ||
n51 | TDD | 1500 | L‑Band Extension | 1427 – 1432 | — | 5 | EU | ||
n53 | TDD | 2400 | S band | 2483.5 – 2495 | — | 5, 10 | |||
n54 | TDD | 1600 | L-band | 1670 – 1675 | — | 5 | |||
n65 | FDD | 2100 | Extended IMT | 1920 – 2010 | 2110 – 2200 | 190 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 50 | ||
n66 | FDD | 1700 2100 |
Extended AWS | 1710 – 1780 | 2110 – 2200[B 8] | 400 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 | [B 9] | |
n67 | SDL | 700 | EU 700 | — | 738 – 758 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
n70 | FDD | 2000 | Supplementary AWS | 1695 – 1710 | 1995 – 2020 | 300 | 5, 10, 15, 20[B 1], 25[B 1] | [B 9] | |
n71 | FDD | 600 | Digital Dividend | 663 – 698 | 617 – 652 | −46 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25[B 1], 30[B 1], 35[B 1] | US[B 9] | |
n72 | FDD | 450 | PMR | 451 – 456 | 461 – 466 | 10 | 3, 5 | EU | |
n74 | FDD | 1500 | Lower L‑Band | 1427 – 1470 | 1475 – 1518 | 48 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | US | |
n75 | SDL | 1500 | L‑Band | — | 1432 – 1517 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 | EU | |
n76 | SDL | 1500 | L‑Band Extension | — | 1427 – 1432 | — | 5 | EU | |
n77 | TDD | 3700 | C-Band | 3300 – 4200 | — | 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 | [7][8][9] | ||
n78 | TDD | 3500 | C-Band | n77 | 3300 – 3800 | — | 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 | [7][8][9] | |
n79 | TDD | 4900 | C-Band | 4400 – 5000 | — | 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 | [7][8][9] | ||
n80 | SUL | 1800 | DCS | 1710 – 1785 | — | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40 | ||
n81 | SUL | 900 | Extended GSM | 880 – 915 | — | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | ||
n82 | SUL | 800 | Digital Dividend | 832 – 862 | — | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | EU | |
n83 | SUL | 700 | APT | 703 – 748 | — | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 | ||
n84 | SUL | 2100 | IMT | 1920 – 1980 | — | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 | ||
n85 | FDD | 700 | Extended Lower SMH | 698 – 716 | 728 – 746 | 30 | 3, 5, 10, 15 | ||
n86 | SUL | 1700 | Extended AWS | n80 | 1710 – 1780 | — | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 40 | |
n89 | SUL | 850 | CLR | 824 – 849 | — | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, | ||
n90 | TDD | 2500 | BRS | 2496 – 2690 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 | [B 10] | ||
n91 | FDD | 800 1500 |
DD L-Band |
n20, n51 | 832 – 862 | 1427 – 1432 | 570 – 595[B 11] | 5, 10[B 12] | EU[B 9] |
n92 | FDD | 800 1500 |
DD L-Band |
n20, n50 | 832 – 862 | 1432 – 1517 | 600 – 660[B 11] | 5, 10, 15, 20 | EU[B 9] |
n93 | FDD | 900 1500 |
Extended GSM L-Band |
n8, n51 | 880 – 915 | 1427 – 1432 | 527 – 547[B 11] | 5, 10[B 12] | EU[B 9] |
n94 | FDD | 900 1500 |
Extended GSM L-Band |
n8, n50 | 880 – 915 | 1432 – 1517 | 532 – 632[B 11] | 5, 10, 15, 20 | EU[B 9] |
n95 | SUL | 2100 | IMT | 2010 – 2025 | — | — | 5, 10, 15 | ||
n96 | TDD | 6000 | U-NII-5–8 | 5925 – 7125 | — | 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 | [B 7] | ||
n97 | SUL | 2300 | S-Band | 2300 – 2400 | — | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 | ||
n98 | SUL | 1900 | DCS–IMT Gap | 1880 – 1920 | — | — | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 | ||
n99 | SUL | 1600 | Upper L-band | 1626.5 – 1660.5[B 2] | — | — | 5, 10 | US | |
n100 | FDD | 900 | GSM-R | 874.4 – 880 | 919.4 – 925 | 45 | 3, 5 | EU | |
n101 | TDD | 1900 | FRMCS | n39 | 1900 – 1910 | — | 5, 10 | ||
n102 | TDD | 6200 | U-NII-5 | n96 | 5925 – 6425 | — | 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 | [B 7] | |
n104 | TDD | 6700 | U-NII-6–8 | 6425 – 7125 | — | 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 | |||
n105 | FDD | 600 | Digital Dividend | 663 – 703 | 612 – 652 | −51 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25[B 1], 30[B 1], 35[B 1] | APT | |
n106 | FDD | 900 | LMRS | 896 – 901 | 935 – 940 | 39 | 3 | US | |
n109 | FDD | 700 1500 |
APT L-Band |
703 – 733 | 1432 – 1517 | 729 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40[B 1], 50[B 1] | EU[B 9] |
Band | ƒ (GHz) |
Common name | Subset of band | Uplink / Downlink[C 1] (GHz) |
Channel bandwidths[C 2] (MHz) |
Notes |
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n257 | 28 | LMDS | 26.50 – 29.50 | 50, 100, 200, 400 | ||
n258 | 26 | K-band | 24.25 – 27.50 | 50, 100, 200, 400 | ||
n259 | 41 | V-band | 39.50 – 43.50 | 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 | |
n262 | 47 | V-band | 47.20 – 48.20 | 50, 100, 200, 400 | ||
n263 | 60 | V-band | 57.00 – 71.00 | 100, 400, 800, 1600, 2000 | [D 1] |
Band | Duplex mode[E 1] | ƒ (MHz) |
Common name | Uplink[E 2] (MHz) |
Downlink[E 3] (MHz) |
Duplex spacing (MHz) |
Channel bandwidths[E 4] (MHz) |
Notes |
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n254 | FDD | 2400 | S-band | 1610 – 1626.5 | 2483.5 – 2500 | 873.5 | 5, 10, 15 | MSS[10] |
n255 | FDD | 1600 | Upper L-band | 1626.5 – 1660.5 | 1525 – 1559 | −101.5 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | MSS[10] |
n256 | FDD | 2100 | S-band | 1980 – 2010 | 2170 – 2200 | 190 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | MSS[10] |
Band | Duplex mode[F 1] | ƒ (GHz) |
Common name | Uplink[F 2] (GHz) |
Downlink[F 3] (GHz) |
Channel bandwidths[F 4] (MHz) |
Notes |
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n510 | FDD | 28 | Ka-band | 27.50 – 28.35 | 17.30 – 20.20 | 50, 100, 200, 400 | US |
n511 | FDD | 28 | Ka-band | 28.35 – 30.00 | 17.30 – 20.20 | 50, 100, 200, 400 | US |
n512 | FDD | 28 | Ka-band | 27.50 – 30.00 | 17.30 – 20.20 | 50, 100, 200, 400 | EU |