What is 868 MHz band used for?

Systems that use the 868 MHz-band (868–870 MHz), for example, thermostats, fire systems, burglar systems, and DIN-transceivers may have difficulty communicating when there is a strong 800 MHz broadband transmitter nearby.
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What is the 900 MHz band used for?

The 900 MHz band is currently designated for narrowband land mobile radio communications and primarily used by land transportation, utility, manufacturing, and petrochemical companies.
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What is 800 MHz spectrum used for?

800 MHz Band Reconfiguration

This plan is designed to protect the lives of first responders and other emergency personnel and fulfills the Commission's obligation to promote safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communications.
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Is higher frequency band better?

Higher-frequency transmissions have more bandwidth than lower-frequency transmissions, which means higher-frequency transmissions can send substantially more data between devices in less time. However, more bandwidth only matters if you need it.
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Which radio band is best?

Many manufacturers currently make radios that operate 450-520MHz which covers both UHF and UHF T-Band which tends to be the best trade off of performance, antenna size, signal penetration into structures, equipment cost and availability.
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What is the most used frequency?

2400MHz (2.4Ghz) is the most broadly accepted frequency around the world.
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Which 4G band is fastest?

4G LTE offers fast download speeds, up to 50% faster speeds than 3G.
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4G LTE
  • Band 2 (1900 MHz)
  • Band 5 (850 MHz)
  • Band 4 (1700/2100 MHz)
  • Band 66 (Extension of band 4 on 1700/2100 MHz).
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Who uses 700 MHz band?

Land Mobile Radio for Public Safety

The 700 MHz Band is an important swathe of spectrum available for both commercial wireless and public safety communications. The Band consists of 108 megahertz of spectrum running from 698-806 MHz and was freed up as a result of the Digital Television Transition.
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Is 800 MHz low or high frequency?

In the United States, the frequencies used for these systems may be grouped into four general bands or ranges: low-band VHF (49-108 MHz), high-band VHF (169-216 MHz), low-band UHF (450-806 MHz), and high-band UHF (900-952 MHz). VHF represents “Very High Frequency” while UHF represents “Ultra High Frequency.”
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Can 900MHz be used for 5G?

The 900 MHz spectrum is known as the low band and carries mobile signals for 4G and 5G technologies further than higher bands, so fewer base stations are needed to service a broad area.
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How far can 900 MHz travel?

The lower frequency radio waves of 900 MHz radios provide greater penetration through walls, trees and other obstacles, making it optimal for most non-line-of-sight applications. A typical AW900xTR Radio using high powered AW-15 15dbi antenna can go distances of up to 1500 feet with buildings and/or trees in the way.
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Which is better 900 MHz or 2.4 GHz?

Higher frequencies can use less power, but will reflect off of dense surfaces. The 900MHz radio system is at a lower frequency and will penetrate surfaces more easily. Tempest 2.4GHz systems are more reflective and tend to be affected more by bodies, foliage, or moisture that can attenuate the signal.
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Can 433 MHz go through walls?

Its very much dependant on which '433Mhz transmitter and receiver' modules you are using. There are such modules, low cost, that will have no issues going through several walls, although of course it depends on the walls.
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How far can 433 MHz transmit?

Realistically, the range you can expect at 433 MHz with helical antennas and a compliant transmitter is in the order of 100-300 feet outdoors and 30-100 feet indoors.
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How far can 433 MHz travel?

The frequency is lower compared to Z-Wave (868-928 MHz), Zigbee (2.4 GHz), or Wi-Fi (2.4 / 5.8 GHz), which makes the point-to-point range of 433 MHz devices impressive. When a 433 MHz hub like Homey sends a command to a device, it can travel over 100 meters (300 feet).
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Which is better 2100 MHz or 700 MHz?

Our results show that, in addition to giving better cellular coverage, 700 MHz is the most cost-effective band, its TCO being approximately one-fourth of that of 1800 MHz band, and one-sixth of that of 2100 MHz band.
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What are the frequency bands for 5G?

Today, a majority of commercial 5G networks rely on spectrum in the 3.5 GHz range (3.3 GHz-4.2 GHz). This momentum makes it vital that regulators assign as much contiguous 5G spectrum as possible in the range. However, 5G needs more mid-band spectrum to maintain quality of service and meet growing demand.
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Why is 700 MHz better?

Coveted Frequencies

The advantage of the 700 MHz spectrum is that the signals travel longer distances than the higher frequencies used by many other wireless systems. Networks using this spectrum require fewer cell towers to reach the same geographic area.
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How many MHz is 4G LTE?

In many markets 4G data (LTE, WiMax) is on 700 MHz, 1700-2100 MHz, 1900MHz and 2500-2700 MHz). Please contact us directly for 4G solutions. In the case of mid to large building repeater systems, single band systems may be adequate.
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Which band is good for LTE?

Far more LTE networks have been deployed at 1800 MHz (band 3) than in any other frequency band. Band 3 is now widely used throughout Europe, APAC, MEA and is also deployed in selected countries in South America. It has become a core band for LTE deployments.
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Which Sim has fastest Internet?

Mumbai: Vodafone Idea (Vi) has the fastest 4G download and upload speeds for October -December period of last year, compared to rivals Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio), said speed testing platform Ookla.
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What radio frequency is harmful to humans?

Scientific evidence suggests that cancer is not only linked to mobile phone radiation and that other factors also may be involved in its development. Most mobile operators use from radiofrequency waves in the range up 300 MHz to 3 GHz that can be harmful for human health (1).
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What frequencies do satellites use?

Satellite frequency bands
  • L-band (1–2 GHz) Global Positioning System (GPS) carriers and also satellite mobile phones, such as Iridium; Inmarsat providing communications at sea, land and air; WorldSpace satellite radio. ...
  • C-band (4–8 GHz) ...
  • X-band (8–12 GHz) ...
  • Ku-band (12–18 GHz) ...
  • Ka-band (26–40 GHz)
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