2022-12-09
On 21st December 2017, in Lisbon, the 3GPP TSG RAN Plenary Meeting successfully approved first implementable 5G NR specification. The completion of the first 5G NR standard enables the full-scale development of 5G NR for large-scale trials and commercial deployments as early as in 2019. This first specification was completed as part of 3GPP Release 15.
As per 3GPP release 15, the frequency bands for 5G NR have been designated and TS 38.104 section 5.2 provides the list of bands in which 5G NR can operate. The specification defines the frequency bands as FR1 and FR2.
| Band | Frequency | Type |
| FR1 | 450 to 6000 MHz | Sub-6 GHz |
| FR2 | 24250 to 52600 MHz | mm-Wave |
FR1 and FR2 are the basic frequency band classifications for 5G-NR. These can be further classified into three bands:
FR1 FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) Frequency Bands for 5G-New Radio
| 5G NR Band | Uplink Frequency | Downlink Frequency | Bandwidth |
| n1 | 1920 -1989 MHz | 2110 - 2170 MHz | 60 MHz |
| n2 | 1850 - 1910 MHz | 1930 - 1990 MHz | 60 MHz |
| n3 | 1710 - 1785 MHz | 1805 - 1880 MHz | 75 MHz |
| n5 | 824 - 849 MHz | 869 - 894 MHz | 25 MHz |
| n7 | 2500 - 2670 MHz | 2620 - 2690 MHz | 70 MHz |
| n8 | 880 - 915 MHz | 925 - 960 MHz | 35 MHz |
| n20 | 832 - 862 MHz | 791 - 821 MHz | 30 MHz |
| n28 | 703 - 748 MHz | 758 - 803 MHz | 45 MHz |
| n66 | 1710 - 1780 MHz | 2110 - 2200 MHz | 90 MHz |
| n70 | 1695 - 1710 MHz | 1995 - 2020 MHz | 15/25 MHz |
| n71 | 663 - 698 MHz | 617 - 652 MHz | 35 MHz |
| n74 | 1427 - 1470 MHz | 1475 - 1518 MHz | 43 MHz |
FR1 TDD (Time Division Duplex) Frequency Bands for 5G-New Radio
| 5G NR Band | Uplink Frequency | Downlink Frequency | Bandwidth |
| n38 | 2570 - 2620 MHz | 2570 - 2620 MHz | 50 MHz |
| n41 | 2469 - 2690 MHz | 2496 - 2690 MHz | 194 MHz |
| n50 | 1431 - 1517 MHz | 1432 - 1517 MHz | 85 MHz |
| n51 | 1427 - 1432 MHz | 1427 - 1432 MHz | 5 MHz |
| n77 | 3300 - 4200 MHz | 3300 - 4200 MHz | 900 MHz |
| n78 | 3300 - 3800 MHz | 3300 - 3800 MHz | 500 MHz |
| n79 | 4400 - 5000 MHz | 4400 - 5000 MHz | 600 MHz |
FR1 Supplementary Downlink Bands (SDL) & Supplementary Uplink Bands (SUL) for 5G-New Radio
| 5G NR Band | Uplink Frequency | Downlink Frequency | Bandwidth | Type |
| n75 | - | 1432 - 1517 MHz | 85 MHz | SDL |
| n76 | - | 1427 - 1432 MHz | 5 MHz | SDL |
| n80 | 1710 - 1785 MHz | - | 75 MHz | SUL |
| n81 | 880 - 915 MHz | - | 35 MHz | SUL |
| n82 | 832 - 862 MHz | - | 30 MHz | SUL |
| n83 | 703 - 748 MHz | - | 45 MHz | SUL |
| n84 | 1920 - 1980 MHz | - | 60 MHz | SUL |
5G NR Frequency Bands in FR2
| 5G NR Band | Band Alias | Uplink Band | Downlink Band | Bandwidth | Type |
| n257 | 28 GHz | 26.5 - 29.5 GHz | 26.5 - 29.5 GHz | 3 GHz | TDD |
| n258 | 26 GHz | 24.250 - 27.5 GHz | 24.250 - 27.5 GHz | 3.250 GHz | TDD |
| n260 | 39 GHz | 37 - 40 GHz | 37 - 40 GHz | 3 GHz | TDD |
5G Applications
5G’s speed and reduced latency have the potential to transform entire industries.
Cars
Connected cars are a key growth driver. Futurists predict that the self-driving vehicles of the future will exchange cloud management info, sensor data, and multimedia content with one another over low-latency networks. According to ABI Research, 67 million automotive 5G vehicle subscriptions will be active, three million of which will be low latency connections mainly deployed in autonomous cars.
IoT
According to Asha Keddy, general manager of mobile standards for advance tech at Intel, 5G will be the first network designed with the Internet of Things (IoT) in mind. “These next-generation networks and standards will need to solve a more complex challenge of combining communications and computing together,” Keddy told Quartz in an interview ahead of the 2017 Mobile World Congress. “With 5G, we’ll see computing capabilities getting fused with communications everywhere, so trillions of things like wearable devices don’t have to worry about computing power because the network can do any processing needed.” Eventually, everything from wearables to internet-connected things such as washing machines, smart meters, traffic cameras, and even trees with tiny sensors could be connected.
Virtual reality and augmented reality
5G could bring about advances in virtual reality and streaming video. Sprint recently demonstrated streaming wireless VR at the Copa America soccer tournament, and Huawei showed a demo of 360-degree video streamed live from a 5G network.
Cloud-powered apps
Remote storage and web apps stand to benefit from 5G. “The cloud becomes an infinite extension of your phone’s storage,” El-Kadi said. “You never have to worry about running out of photo space.”
In addition to additional phone storage, you may see a significant difference in mobile hardware design overall. With 5G many of the computing tasks completed on your device can be moved to the network. Since the devices will not require the same computing capabilities, we may see so-called “dummy phones” with minimal hardware using the network to complete tasks. The transfer of power from the device to the network also means that your cell phone may have greater longevity as it will not necessarily require incremental hardware improvements to keep pace.
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