NR inter-band Carrier Aggregation (CA) / Dual Connectivity (DC) Rel-16 for 3 bands Down Link (DL) / 2 bands Up Link (UL)
The present document is a technical report for NR inter-band CA and DC for 3 bands DL with 2 bands UL under Rel-16 time frame. The purpose is to gather the relevant background information and studies in order to address NR inter-band CA and DC for 3 bands DL with 2 bands UL for the Rel-16 band combinations in Table 1-1 to Table 1-3
Table 1-1: Release 16 Inter-band NR CA for 3 bands DL with 2 band UL
CA combination
REL independent from
n1-n3-n41
Rel-15
n1-n3-n78
Rel-15
n1-n7-n28
Rel-15
n3-n8-n78
Rel-15
n3-n77-n257
Rel-15
n3-n28-n77
Rel-15
n3-n78-n257
Rel-15
n3-n40-n41
Rel-15
n28-n77-n257
Rel-15
n28-n78-n257
Rel-15
n40-n41-n79
Rel-15
n66-n70-n71
Rel-15
n77-n79-n257
Rel-15
n78-n79-n257
Rel-15
Table 1-2: Release 16 Inter-band NR DC for 3 bands DL
DC combination
REL independent from
This TR contains a general part and band specific combination part. The actual requirements are added to the corresponding technical specifications.