FIG. 2A is a graph illustrating an example frequency spectrum 200 of band-separated, frequency division duplex operation. The example frequency spectrum 200 includes a first frequency band 201a extending from a first lower frequency, f1, to a first upper frequency f2, and a second frequency band 201b extending from a second lower frequency, f3, to a second upper frequency f4, wherein f4>f3>f2>f1. The first frequency band 201a may correspond to an uplink frequency band, having a first bandwidth BW1, which may be determined as a difference between the first upper and lower frequencies, i.e., BW1=f2?f1. Likewise, the second frequency band 201b may correspond to a downlink band, having a second bandwidth BW2, which may be determined as a difference between the second upper and lower frequencies, i.e., BW2=f4?f3.