LTE Advanced UE category | LTE-A cat6,cat7,cat8 UE category
This page covers LTE Advanced UE category parameters including downlink and uplink parameters viz. DL-SCH, UL-SCH, data rate etc. It covers LTE Advanced UE category-6 (i.e. cat6), category-7 (cat7), category-8 (cat8), category-9 (cat9), category-10 (cat10), category-11 (cat11) and category-12 (cat12).
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LTE Advanced UE categories-LTE-A UE Cat.6, Cat.7, Cat.8
Following table mentions LTE Advanced UE categories including Category-6, Category-7 and Category-8. In the table, DL stands for Downlink (from eNB to UE) and UL stands for Uplink (from UE to eNB).
Feature | LTE-A UE Category 6 | LTE-A UE Cat-7 | LTE-A UE Cat-8 |
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Maximum Data Rate (DL/UL) | DL: 300 Mbps UL: 50 Mbps |
DL: 300 Mbps UL: 100 Mbps |
DL: 3000 Mbps UL: 1500 Mbps |
Maximum Number of DL-SCH TB bits per TTI (DL) | 301504 | 301504 | 2998560 |
Maximum Number of DL-SCH bits per TB per TTI (DL) | 149776 (4 layers) 75376 (2 layers) |
149776 (4 layers) 75376 (2 layers) |
299856 (8 layers) |
Total number of Soft Channel Bits (DL) | 3667200 | 3667200 | 35982720 |
Maximum Number of UL-SCH TB bits per TTI (UL) | 51024 | 102048 | 1497760 |
Maximum Number of UL-SCH bits per TB per TTI (UL) | 51024 | 51024 | 1497760 |
Support for 64-QAM | No | No | Yes |
LTE Advanced UE Categories-LTE-A category 9,cat.10,cat.11,cat.12
Following table mentions LTE-A category 9, cat.10, cat.11 and cat.12.
Feature | LTE-A UE Category 9 | LTE-A UE Cat-10 | LTE-A UE Cat-11 | LTE-A UE Cat-12 |
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Max. number of DL-SCH TB (transport block) bits within a TTI (DL) | 452256 | 452256 | 603008 | 603008 |
Max. number of bits of a DL-SCH TB in a TTI | 149776 ( 4 layers, 64 QAM) 75376 (2 layers, 64 QAM) |
149776 (4 layers, 64 QAM) 75376 (2 layers, 64 QAM) |
149776 (4 layers, 64 QAM) 195816 (4 layers, 256QAM) 75376 (2 layers, 64QAM) 97896 ( 2 layers, 256QAM) |
149776 (4 layers, 64QAM) 195816 (4 layers, 256QAM) 75376 (2 layers, 64QAM) 97896 (2 layers, 256QAM) |
Total number of soft channel bits (DL) | 5481216 | 5481216 | 7308288 | 7308288 |
Max. number of supported layers for spatial multiplexing (SM) in DL | 2 or 4 | 2 or 4 | 2 or 4 | 2 or 4 |
Max. number of UL-SCH TB bits transmitted in a TTI | 51024 | 102048 | 51024 | 102048 |
Max. number of bits of UL-SCH TB transmitted in a TTI | 51024 | 51024 | 51024 | 51024 |
64QAM modulation support in UL | No | No | No | No |
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