5.2F Operating bands for UE category NB1 and NB2

36.521-13GPPEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)Part 1: Conformance testingRadio transmission and receptionRelease 17TSUser Equipment (UE) conformance specification

Category NB1 and NB2 are designed to operate in the E-UTRA operating bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 31, 41, 42, 43, 65, 66, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 85, 87, 88 and 103 which are defined in Table 5.2-1.

Category NB1 and NB2 are designed to operate in the NR operating bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n18, n20, n25, n28, n41, n65, n66, n70, n71, n74, n90.

Category NB1 and NB2 systems operate in HD-FDD duplex mode.

In case UE receives network signaling value NS_04 on any of the operating bands listed in Table 5.2F-1 then the lower and upper limit of those bands are shown in Table 5.2F-1 to account for the USA emission requirements.

Table 5.2F-1 E-UTRA operating bands for NB-IoT in the USA

E‑UTRA Operating Band

Uplink (UL) operating band
BS receive
UE transmit

Downlink (DL) operating band
BS transmit
UE receive

Duplex Mode

FUL_low – FUL_high

FDL_low – FDL_high

2

1850.1 MHz

–

1909.9 MHz

1930.1 MHz

–

1989.9 MHz

FDD

4

1710.1 MHz

–

1754.9 MHz

2110.1 MHz

–

2154.9 MHz

FDD

5

824.1 MHz

–

848.9 MHz

869.1 MHz

–

893.9MHz

FDD

12

699 MHz

–

715.9 MHz

729 MHz

–

745.9 MHz

FDD

13

777 MHz

–

786.9 MHz

746 MHz

–

755.9 MHz

FDD

17

704.1 MHz

–

715.9 MHz

734.1 MHz

–

745.9 MHz

FDD

25

1850.1 MHz

–

1914.9 MHz

1930.1 MHz

–

1994.9 MHz

FDD

26

814.1 MHz

–

848.9 MHz

859.1 MHz

–

893.9 MHz

FDD

66

1710.1 MHz

–

1779.9 MHz

2110.1 MHz

–

2179.9 MHz

FDD4

71

663.1 MHz

–

697.9 MHz

617.1 MHz

–

651.9 MHz

FDD

85

698.1 MHz

–

715.9 MHz

728.1 MHz

–

745.9 MHz

FDD

103

787.1 MHz

–

787.9 MHz

757.1 MHz

–

757.9 MHz

FDD