What is low band and high band?
What is low band and high band?
High-band spectrum may give you blazing fast speeds and lots of capacity —but only if you are close to the cell site. Low-band may provide excellent coverage but the network performance may only be a small step up from 4G.
What are the 3 bands of 5G?
The left side is called low band 5G, while the middle is known as mid band 5G, and the right is high band 5G. Understanding how 5G service works comes down to recognizing that all three bands are being used to deliver 5G service, each with its own combination of speed and range.
What is low/mid and high band in spectrum?
Mid-band spectrum refers to frequencies between 1GHz and 6GHz. The mid-band spectrum is considered to be ideal for 5G as it can carry lots of data across significant distances. Data speeds are significantly higher than the low-band spectrum, with speeds expecting to peak between 600-900Mbps.
What is high band?
High-band spectrum refers to frequencies typically above 6 GHz in bands that are not used for mobile wireless service today. Thanks to significant research and development, however, we can now start to use high-band spectrum above 24 GHz, known as “millimeter wave,” for mobile broadband.
What is 5G speed in Mbps?
Theoretical 5G speed
| Generation | 2G | 5G |
|---|---|---|
| Max speed | 0.3Mbps | 1-10Gbps |
| Average speed | 0.1Mbps | 50Mbps and up |
What is low band?
Low-band. Also known as the “coverage layer,” low-band refers to frequencies below 1 GHz used to roll out substantial 5G coverage as quickly as possible. One example is the 600 MHz spectrum deployed by T-Mobile nationwide.
Which 5G band is fastest?
mmWave bands
The fastest 5G speeds would be in the mmWave bands and can reach 4 Gbit/s with carrier aggregation and MIMO. Sub-6 GHz 5G (mid-band 5G), by far the most common, will usually deliver between 100 and 1,400 Mbit/s but will have a much further reach than mmWave, especially outdoors.
What is low-band?
