UserEquipment(UE)categories3GPPRelease8definesfiveLTEuserequipmentcategoriesdependingonmaximumpeakdatarateandMIMOcapabilitiessupport.With3GPPRelease10,whichisreferredtoasLTEAdvanced,threenewcategorieshavebeenintroduced.[2]3GPPreleaseUserequipmentcategoryMaximumL1dataratedownlinkMaximumnumberofDLMIMOlayersMaximumL1datarateuplinkRelease8Category110.3Mbit/s15.2Mbit/sRelease8Category251.0Mbit/s225.5Mbit/sRelease8Category3102.0Mbit/s251.0Mbit/sRelease8Category4150.8Mbit/s251.0Mbit/sRelease8Category5299.6Mbit/s475.4Mbit/sRelease10Category6301.5Mbit/s2or451.0Mbit/sRelease10Category7301.5Mbit/s2or4102.0Mbit/sRelease10Category82,998.6Mbit/s81,497.8Mbit/sFrequencybandsandchannelbandwidths[edit]E-UTRAoperatingbandUplink(UL)BSreceiveUEtransmit(MHz)Downlink(DL)BStransmitUEreceive(MHz)DuplexmodeChannelbandwidths(MHz)CommonnameFrequencyband(MHz)Duplexspacing(MHz)11,920–1,9802,110–2,170FDD5,10,15,20IMT2,10019021,850–1,9101,930–1,990FDD1.4,3,5,10,15,20PCS1,9008031,710–1,7851,805–1,880FDD1.4,3,5,10,15,20DCS1,8009541,710–1,7552,110–2,155FDD1.4,3,5,10,15,20AWS-11,7004005824–849869–894FDD1.4,3,5,10CLR850456830–840875–885FDD5,10UMTS800(notapplicable,replacedbyband19)8504572,500–2,5702,620–2,690FDD5,10,15,20IMT-E2,600120E-UTRAoperatingbandUplink(UL)BSreceiveUEtransmit(MHz)Downlink(DL)BStransmitUEreceive(MHz)DuplexmodeChannelbandwidths(MHz)CommonnameFrequencyband(MHz)Duplexspacing(MHz)8880–915925–960FDD1.4,3,5,10E-GSM9004591,749.9-1,784.91,844.9-1,879.9FDD5,10,15,20UMTS1700/JapanDCS(subsetofband3)1,80095101,710–1,7702,110–2,170FDD5,10,15,20ExtendedAWS(supersetofband4)1,700400111,427.9–1,447.91,475.9–1,495.9FDD5,10LowerPDC1,5004812699–716729–746FDD1.4,3,5,10LowerSMHblocksA/B/C7003013777–787746–756FDD5,10UpperSMHblockC700−3114788–798758–768FDD5,10UpperSMHblockD700−30151,900–1,9202,600–2,620FDD5,10Reserved700E-UTRAoperatingbandUplink(UL)BSreceiveUEtransmit(MHz)Downlink(DL)BStransmitUEreceive(MHz)DuplexmodeChannelbandwidths(MHz)CommonnameFrequencyband(MHz)Duplexspacing(MHz)162,010–2,0252,585–2,600FDD5,10,15Reserved57517704–716734–746FDD5,10LowerSMHblocksB/C(subsetofband12)7003018815–830860–875FDD5,10,15Japanlower8008504519830–845875–890FDD5,10,15Japanupper800(supersetofband6)8504520832–862791–821FDD5,10,15,20EUDigitalDividend800−41211,447.9–1,462.91,495.9-1,510.9FDD5,10,15UpperPDC1,50048223,410–3,4903,510–3,590FDD5,10,15,203,500100232,000–2,0202,180–2,200FDD1.4,3,5,10S-Band(a/k/aAWS-4)2,000180E-UTRAoperatingbandUplink(UL)BSreceiveUEtransmit(MHz)Downlink(DL)BStransmitUEreceive(MHz)DuplexmodeChannelbandwidths(MHz)CommonnameFrequencyband(MHz)Duplexspacing(MHz)241,626.5–1,660.51,525–1,559FDD5,10L-Band1,600−101.5251,850–1,9151,930-1,995FDD1.4,3,5,10,15,20ExtendedPCS(supersetofband2)1,9008026814–849859–894FDD1.4,3,5,10,15ExtendedCLR(supersetofbands5,6,18and19)8504527807–824852–869FDD1.4,3,5,10,15SMR8504528703–748758–803FDD5,10,15,20APAC7005529n/a716–728FDD5,10LowerSMHblocksD/E(additionalDLviaCarrierAggregation)700n/a302,305–2,3152,350–2,360FDD5,10WCSblocksA/B2,30045E-UTRAoperatingbandUplink(UL)BSreceiveUEtransmit(MHz)Downlink(DL)BStransmitUEreceive(MHz)DuplexmodeChannelbandwidths(MHz)CommonnameFrequencyband(MHz)Duplexspacing(MHz)31452.5–457.5462.5–467.5FDD45010notassigned1,915–1,9201,995–2,000FDDAWS-21,90080notassigned1,755–1,7802,155–2,180FDDAWS-31,700400331,900–1,920TDD5,10,15,20IMT2,100342,010–2,025TDD5,10,15IMT2,100351,850–1,910TDD1.4,3,5,10,15,20PCS(Uplink)1,900361,930–1,990TDD1.4,3,5,10,15,20PCS(Downlink)1,900371,910–1,930TDD5,10,15,20PCS(Duplexspacing)1,900382,570–2,620TDD5,10,15,20IMT-E2,600E-UTRAoperatingbandUplink(UL)BSreceiveUEtransmit(MHz)Downlink(DL)BStransmitUEreceive(MHz)DuplexmodeChannelbandwidths(MHz)CommonnameFrequencyband(MHz)Duplexspacing(MHz)391,880–1,920TDD5,10,15,201,900402,300–2,400TDD5,10,15,202,300412,496–2,690TDD5,10,15,20BRS/EBS2,500423,400–3,600TDD5,10,15,203,500433,600–3,800TDD5,10,15,203,70044703–803TDD5,10,15,20APAC700Deploymentsbyregion[edit]ThefollowingtableshowsthestandardizedLTEbandsandtheirregionaluse.ThemainLTEbandsareinboldprint.NetworksonLTE-bands1,3,7,28(FDD-LTE)or38,40(TDD-LTE)aresuitableforfutureglobalroaminginITURegions1,2and3.NetworksonLTE-band8(FDD-LTE)mayallowglobalroaminginthefuture(ITURegions1,2and3)(Long-termperspective).NetworksonLTE-band20(FDD-LTE)aresuitableforroaminginITURegion1(EMEA)only.NetworksonLTE-bands2and4(FDD-LTE)aresuitableforroaminginITURegion2(Americas)only.OperatingbandFrequencybandCommonnameNorthAmericaLatinAmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaOceania012100IMTNoNoSweden(3)YesAngola(Unitel),SouthAfrica(CellC)(nodeployments)021900PCSA-FUSA(CSpire)DominicanRepublic(Tricom),Paraguay(Personal)NoNoNoNo031800DCSNoDominicanRepublic(Orange),Venezuela(DigitelGSM)YesYesYesYes041700AWSA-FUSA(AT&T,T-Mobile,BendBroadband,BigRiverBroadband,CSpire,Leap,Verizon),Canada(Bell,Eastlink,MTS,Rogers,Telus,SaskTel)Argentina(Movistar)(inTrial),Mexico(Telcel),Paraguay(Copaco),Peru(Movistar)(inTrial),Uruguay(Ancel)NoNoNoNoOperatingbandFrequencybandCommonnameNorthAmericaLatinAmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaOceania05850CLR