Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); LTE Advanced intra-band Carrier Aggregation (CA) Rel-16 for x CC Down Link (DL) / y CC Up Link (UL) including contiguous and non-contiguous spectrum (x >= y)
The present document is a technical report for Intra-band Carrier Aggregation Rel-16 for xDL/yUL including contiguous and non-contiguous spectrum under Rel-16 time frame. The purpose is to gather the relevant background information and studies in order to address Intra-band Carrier Aggregation requirements for the Rel-16 band combinations in Table 1-1 and Table 1-2.
Table 1-1: Release 16 Intra-band carrier contiguous aggregation combinations
CA combination
CA_3DL_41D_3UL_41D_BCS0
CA_4DL_41E_3UL_41D_BCS0
CA_5DL_41F_3UL_41D_BCS0
CA_2DL_48C_2UL_48C_BCS0
CA_3DL_48D_2UL_48C_BCS0
CA_4DL_48E_2UL_48C_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B_1UL_48A_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B_1UL_48B_BCS0
Table 1-2: Release 16 Intra-band carrier non-contiguous aggregation combinations
CA combination
CA_3DL_48A-48C_2UL_48C_BCS0
CA_4DL_48C-48C_2UL_48C_BCS0
48C-48A-48A_1UL_48A_BCS0
42A-42A_BCS1
42A-42C_BCS1
42C-42C_BCS1
42A-42C_UL_42C_BCS1
42C-42C_UL_42C_BCS1
CA_66A-66B_UL_66B
CA_2DL_48A-48B_1UL_48A_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B-48B_1UL_48A_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B-48C_1UL_48A_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B-48D_1UL_48A_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B-48E_1UL_48A_BCS0
CA_2DL_48A-48B_1UL_48B_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B-48B_1UL_48B_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B-48C_1UL_48B_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B-48D_1UL_48B_BCS0
CA_2DL_48B-48E_1UL_48B_BCS0
This TR contains a band specific combination part. The actual requirements are added to the corresponding technical specifications.