5.2 Operating bands

38.521-23GPPNRPart 2: Range 2 StandaloneRadio transmission and receptionRelease 17TSUser Equipment (UE) conformance specification

NR is designed to operate in the FR2 operating bands defined in Table 5.2-1.

Table 5.2-1: NR operating bands in FR2

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

n257

26500 MHz

–

29500 MHz

26500 MHz

–

29500 MHz

TDD

n258

24250 MHz

–

27500 MHz

24250 MHz

–

27500 MHz

TDD

n259

39500 MHz

–

43500 MHz

39500 MHz

–

43500 MHz

TDD

n260

37000 MHz

–

40000 MHz

37000 MHz

–

40000 MHz

TDD

n261

27500 MHz

–

28350 MHz

27500 MHz

–

28350 MHz

TDD