UMTS 700 MHz Work Item Technical Report
The present document is a technical report of the UMTS 700 MHz work item, which was approved to establish in TSG RAN#35. The purpose of the work item is to provide UMTS specification support for UTRA/FDD in the new band allocations on pairing
• 698-716 MHz UL with 728-746 MHz DL and
• 746-768 MHz DL with 776-798 MHz UL.
UMTS 700 MHz work item is covering also E-UTRA aspects, especially narrower BW options 1.4 MHz and 3.0 MHz. Because E-UTRA work is still ongoing, changes for new specifications will be covered under E-UTRA work item.
In addition to schedule and status of the work item, the report includes a description of the motivation of requirements and specification recommendations.