Valid Channel Number and Bandwidth Combinations

Specifying an invalid combination of band, channel number, and channel bandwidth in your WLAN Toolbox™ system-level simulations can cause errors. For example, if you specify the BandAndChannel and ChannelBandwidth properties of a wlanDeviceConfig object as values that result in an invalid combination, the wlanNode object will display an error when you specify its DeviceConfig property as the wlanDeviceConfig object. The same happens if you specify the DeviceConfig property as a wlanMultilinkDeviceConfig object whose LinkConfig property contains a wlanLinkConfig object that has an invalid combination of band, channel number, and bandwidth. To prevent errors, refer to Primary Channel Designation and Valid Combinations.

Primary Channel Designation

When a channel is a combination of two smaller-bandwidth channels, you must designate one of the smaller channels as the primary channel. You can determine the primary channel by specifying the PrimaryChannelIndex property of a wlanDeviceConfig or wlanLinkConfig object. This index specifies a primary 20 MHz channel. The indices that you can use correspond to the channels listed in Valid Combinations order of increasing frequency. Your choice of primary 20 MHz channel determines which higher-bandwidth channels are primary. For example, the 160 MHz channel 50 has eight possible choices of primary 20 MHz channel:

• If you specify a primary channel index of 3, the number of the primary 20 MHz channel is 44 because it has the third-lowest frequency of the eight channels.

• The number of the primary 40 MHz channel is 46 because it contains the 20 MHz channel 44.

• The number of the primary 80 MHz channel is 42 because it contains the 40 MHz channel 46.

Valid Combinations

These tables show the valid combinations of channel number and channel bandwidth for the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands. For each band, if a channel number does not appear under a bandwidth, that combination of band, channel number, and bandwidth is invalid.

For the 5 and 6 GHz bands, vertical space in the tables corresponds to bandwidth. For example, in the 5 GHz band:

• The 160 MHz channel 50 covers the same bandwidth as the two 80 MHz channels 42 and 58.

• The 80 MHz channel 42 covers the same bandwidth as the two 40 MHz channels 38 and 46.

• The 40 MHz channel 38 covers the same bandwidth as the two 20 MHz channels 36 and 40.

The channel numbers for the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands are defined in Annex E of [1]. For the 6 GHz, band, the channel numbers for bandwidths up to and including 160 MHz are defined in Annex E of [2]. The 320 MHz channel numbers are defined in Annex E of [3].

2.4 GHz (20 MHz)

Channel Number	Channel Center Frequency and Frequency Range (MHz)
1	2412 (2402–2422)
2	2417 (2407–2427)
3	2422 (2412–2432)
4	2427 (2417–2437)
5	2432 (2422–2442)
6	2437 (2427–2447)
7	2442 (2432–2452)
8	2447 (2437–2457)
9	2452 (2442–2462)
10	2457 (2447–2467)
11	2462 (2452–2472)
12	2467 (2457–2477)
13	2472 (2462–2482)

2.4 GHz (40 MHz)

Channel Number	Channel Center Frequency and Frequency Range (MHz)	Corresponding 20 MHz Channel Numbers
3	2422 (2402–2442)	1 and 5
4	2427 (2407–2447)	2 and 6
5	2432 (2412–2452)	3 and 7
6	2437 (2417–2457)	4 and 8
7	2442 (2422–2462)	5 and 9
8	2447 (2427–2467)	6 and 10
9	2452 (2432–2472)	7 and 11
10	2457 (2437–2477)	8 and 12

5 GHz

Channel Number (20 MHz)	Channel Center Frequency and Frequency Range (MHz)	Channel Number (40 MHz)	Channel Number (80 MHz)	Channel Number (160 MHz)
36	5180 (5170–5190)	38	42	50
40	5200 (5190–5210)
44	5220 (5210–5230)	46
48	5240 (5230–5250)
52	5260 (5250–5270)	54	58
56	5280 (5270–5290)
60	5300 (5290–5310)	62
64	5320 (5310–5330)
100	5500 (5490–5510)	102	106	114
104	5520 (5510–5530)
108	5540 (5530–5550)	110
112	5560 (5550–5570)
116	5580 (5570–5590)	118	122
120	5600 (5590–5610)
124	5620 (5610–5630)	126
128	5640 (5630–5650)
132	5660 (5650–5670)	134	138	—
136	5680 (5670–5690)
140	5700 (5690–5710)	142
144	5720 (5710–5730)
149	5745 (5735–5755)	151	155	163
153	5765 (5755–5775)
157	5785 (5775–5795)	159
161	5805 (5795–5815)
165	5825 (5815–5835)	167	171
169	5845 (5835–5855)
173	5865 (5855–5875)	175
177	5885 (5875–5895)

6 GHz

Channel Number (20 MHz)	Channel Center Frequency and Frequency Range (MHz)	Channel Number (40 MHz)	Channel Number (80 MHz)	Channel Number (160 MHz)	Channel Number (320 MHz)
2	5935 (5925–5945)	—
1	5955 (5945–5965)	3	7	15	31	—
5	5975 (5965–5985)
9	5995 (5985–6005)	11
13	6015 (6005–6025)
17	6035 (6025–6045)	19	23
21	6055 (6045–6065)
25	6075 (6065–6085)	27
29	6095 (6085–6105)
33	6115 (6105–6125)	35	39	47		63
37	6135 (6125–6145)
41	6155 (6145–6165)	43
45	6175 (6165–6185)
49	6195 (6185–6205)	51	55
53	6215 (6205–6225)
57	6235 (6225–6245)	59
61	6255 (6235–6265)
65	6275 (6265–6285)	67	71	79	95
69	6295 (6285–6305)
73	6315 (6305–6325)	75
77	6335 (6325–6345)
81	6355 (6345–6365)	83	87
85	6375 (6355–6385)
89	6395 (6385–6405)	91
93	6415 (6405–6425)
97	6435 (6425–6445)	99	103	111		127
101	6455 (6445–6465)
105	6475 (6465–6485)	107
109	6495 (6485–6505)
113	6515 (6505–6525)	115	119
117	6535 (6525–6545)
121	6555 (6545–6565)	123
125	6575 (6565–6585)
129	6595 (6585–6605)	131	135	143	159
133	6615 (6605–6625)
137	6635 (6625–6645)	139
141	6655 (6645–6665)
145	6675 (6665–6685)	147	151
149	6695 (6685–6705)
153	6715 (6705–6725)	155
157	6735 (6725–6745)
161	6755 (6745–6765)	163	167	175		191
165	6775 (6765–6785)
169	6795 (6785–6805)	171
173	6815 (6805–6825)
177	6835 (6825–6845)	179	183
181	6855 (6845–6865)
185	6875 (6865–6885)	187
189	6895 (6885–6905)
193	6915 (6905–6925)	195	199	207	—
197	6935 (6925–6945)
201	6955 (6945–6965)	203
205	6975 (6965–6985)
209	6995 (6985–7005)	211	215
213	7015 (7005–7025)
217	7035 (7025–7045)	219
221	7055 (7045–7065)
225	7075 (7065–7085)	227	—	—		—
229	7095 (7085–7105)
233	7115 (7105–7125)	—