the discussions that are taking place on LTE public-safety networks in Europe, Asia and the rest of the world and provides an insight into some of spectral and standards issues that need to be resolved in order to translate present market am- bition into practical reality. As can be seen from Tables 16.5 and 16.6 there is no commonality between the US band plan and the LTE 700 band plan in Asia. Table 16.5 Upper band 700-MHz LTE including the public-safety bands Band description Frequency (MHz) Mob/UE TX or RX Bands Used by/Owned by C (Band 13) 746-757 Verizon LTE D (Band 14) 758-763 Regional public-safety LTE broadband 763-768 Nationwide public-safety LTE broadband 768-776 Narrowband public safety C (Band 13) 776-787 Verizon LTE D (Band 14) 787-793 Regional public-safety LTE broadband 793-798 Nationwide public-safety LTE broadband 798-806 Narrowband public safety Satellite Networks Table 16.6 LTE 700 band in Asia (Region 3) 698-703 703-748 748-758 758-803 803-806 806-824 Top of the 5 MHz 45 MHz 10 MHz 45 MHz 3 MHz guard centre guard P25 or 16.12 The LTE 700 MHz Public-Safety-Band Plan It has been just over ten years since the 9/11 attacks in the US. The attacks prompted a major reassessment of public-safety communication needs that have been at least partially reflected in spectral allocation and auction policy and to a lesser extent in technology policy. The upper 700-MHz band plan adopted by the FCC on 1 July 2007 allocated a 2 by 5 MHz duplex band at 763 to 768 and 793 to 798 MHz for a single nationwide public-safety broadband network and a second duplex band known as D band/Band 14 at 758 to 763 and 788 to 793 MHz to be auctioned with public-safety requirements. Both channel pairs work as reverse duplex with mobile transmit in the upper duplex. This means that the two lower channel pairs supporting base transmit (the downlink) are adjacent to Verizon's ten MHz of C band LTE 700 downlink (Band 13). There are also proximate 6-MHz allocations for regional and national narrowband networks, dangerously proximate 