What is band C spectrum?

C-band is all frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum measured between 4 Ghz and 8 Ghz ; but the sweet spot of C-band that Verizon and AT&T are buying up is between 3.7 to 3.98GHz. That is used by satellite transmissions, wifi devices, and weather.

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What is band N77?

n77 is a FR1 5G NR Band . It follows Time Division Duplexing (TDD) mode that requires only a single frequency band for both uplink and downlink. 5G NR Band n77 has a frequency range from 3300 – 4200 MHz with a bandwidth of 900 MHz.

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What are the 5G bands?

The frequency bands for 5G networks come in two sets. Frequency range 1 (FR1) is from 450 MHz to 6 GHz, which includes the LTE frequency range. Frequency range 2 (FR2) is from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz . The sub-6 GHz range is the name for FR1 and the mmWave spectrum is the name for FR2.

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How Far Will C-band travel?

Verizon’s C-band network showed decent range in testing in a dense part of Queens, NY. Cell distance is a tricky thing. This paper from 2006 estimates that 3.5GHz networks can go up to 1.2 miles from each site in an urban area and up to 6.2 miles in a rural area .

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