Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); LTE Advanced inter-band Carrier Aggregation (CA) Rel-16 for 2 bands Down Link (DL) / 2 band Up Link (UL)
The present document is a technical report on LTE inter-band CA for 2 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 2 bands DL/2 band UL Inter-band Carrier Aggregation requirements for the Rel-16 band combinations in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1: Release 16 2 bands DL/2 bands UL inter-band carrier aggregation combinations
CA combination
REL independent from
CA_3A-11A
Rel-11
CA_26A-48C
CA_26A-48A-48A
Rel-14
CA_25A-41A
CA_25A-41C
CA_25A-41D
CA_25A-41E
CA_25A-41F
Rel-12
CA_25A-25A-41A
CA_25A-25A-41C
CA_25A-25A-41D
CA_25A-25A-41E
CA_25A-25A-41F
Rel-12
CA_25A-26A
CA_25A-25A-26A
Rel-12
CA_2A-48A
CA_2A-48A-48A
CA_2A-48C
CA_2A-48D
CA_2A-48A-48C
CA_2A-48E
CA_2A-48A-48D
CA_2A-48A-48E
Rel-11
CA_2A-14A
Rel-12
CA_4A-28A
Rel-11
CA_13A-66A
CA_13A-66A-66A
CA_13A-66B
CA_13A-66C
Rel-11
CA_14A-30A
Rel-12
CA_14A-66A
Rel-12
CA_1A-7A-7A
Rel-11
CA_2A-5A
Rel-11
CA_4A-5A
Rel-11
CA_2A-2A-13A
Rel-11
CA_1A-41C
Rel-11
CA_18A-41A
Rel-11
CA_18A-41C
Rel-11
This TR contains a band specific combination part. The actual requirements are added to the corresponding technical specifications.