Wireless Frequencies#
Reference table of wireless standards and their frequency ranges. The operator (or signal-side analyst) reaches for this when picking a radio, scoping site survey results, or correlating a captured spectrum to the protocol that produced it.
Frequencies#
Standard |
Frequencies |
|---|---|
802.11 |
2.4, 3.6, 4.9, 5.0, 5.2, 5.6, 5.8, 5.9 and 60 GHz |
802.11a |
5.0 GHz |
802.11b/g |
2.4 GHz |
802.11n |
2.4, 5.0 GHz |
Bluetooth / BLE |
2.4 to 2.4835 GHz |
CDMA2000 (inc. EV-DO, 1xRTT) |
450, 850, 900 MHz, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, and 2.1 GHz |
EDGE / GPRS |
850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, and 1.9 GHz |
EnOcean |
868.3 MHz |
Flash-OFDM |
450 and 870 MHz |
iBurst |
1.8, 1.9, and 2.1 GHz |
ISM Band |
4.33 GHz, 915 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz |
Keyless FOB |
315 MHz (US) 433.92 MHz (EU, Asia) |
Low Rate WPAN (802.15.4) |
868 MHz (EU), 915 MHz (US), 2.4 GHz |
RFID |
120-150 kHz (LF) 13.56 MHz (HF) |
UMTS FDD |
850 MHz, 900 MHz, 2.0, 1.9/2.1, 2.1, and 1.7/2.1 GHz |
UMTS-TDD |
450, 850 MHz, 1.9, 2, 2.5, and 3.5 GHz |
Vemesh |
868 MHz, 915 MHz, and 953 MHz |
WiMax (802.16e) |
2.3, 2.5, 3.5, 3.7, and 5.8 GHz |
Wireless USB, UWB |
3.1 to 10.6 GHz |
AT&T 4G [2, 4, 5, 12, 14, 17, 29, 30, 66] |
1900 MHz, 1700 MHz abcde, 700 MHz bc |
Verizon Wireless 4G [2, 4, 5, 13, 66] |
1900 MHz, 1700 MHz f, 700 MHz c |
T-Mobile 4G [2, 4, 5, 12, 66, 71] |
1900 MHz, 1700 MHz def, 700 MHz a, 600 MHz |
Sprint 4G [25, 26, 41] |
1900 MHz g, 850 MHz, 2500 MHz |
Europe 4G [3, 7, 20] |
1800 MHz, 2600 MHz, 800 MHz |
China, India 4G [40, 41] |
2300 MHz, 2500 MHz |
Longwave AM Radio |
148.5 kHz to 283.5 kHz |
Mediumwave AM Radio |
525 kHz to 1710 kHz |
Shortwave AM Radio |
3 MHz to 30 MHz |
HF |
0.003 to 0.03 GHz |
VHF |
0.03 to 0.3 GHz |
UHF |
0.3 to 1 GHz |
L |
1 to 2 GHz |
S |
2 to 4 GHz |
C |
4 to 8 GHz |
X |
8 to 12 GHz |
Ku |
12 to 18 GHz |
K |
18 to 27 GHz |
Ka |
27 to 40 GHz |
V |
40 to 75 GHz |
W |
75 to 110 GHz |
mm or G |
110 to 300 GHz |