LTE-A Main Features Recap in 3GPP Releases

…LTE LTE-A LTE-B…

Rel-9 Rel-10 Rel-11 Rel-12

HetNet TDM eICIC Enhanced eICIC LTE-Hi Hotspot
enhancements

UL-MIMO 4x4
Dual Layer BF New Carrier Type

DL/UL CoMP
DL 8X8 MIMO
with DRS 3D BF with AAS

Relay (basics) CA Enhancement

SON, MDT and Related Enhancements

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 3GPP LTE/LTE-A UE Categories

UE Category 1 2 3 4 5
DL peek rate (Mbps) 10 50 100 150 300

UL peek rate (Mbps) 5 25 50 50 75

DL Modulation QPSK/16QAM/64QAM

UL Modulation QPSK/16QAM QPSK/16QAM/64QAM

Transport layer number 1 2 4

3GPP R8/R9/R10 LTE UE (up to 20MHz):

• Cat 1, 2, 3, 4 (MIMO DL2x2)
• Cat5 (MIMO DL4x4)

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 3GPP LTE/LTE-A UE Categories
UE Category DL CA Capability DL Layers max

Category 6 1/20MHz 4
2/10MHz+10MHz 4
2/20MHz+20MHz 2
2/10MHz+20MHz 4 (10MHz) / 2 (20MHz)
Category 7 1/20MHz 4
2/10MHz+10MHz 4
2/20MHz+20MHz 2
2/10MHz+20MHz 4 (10MHz) / 2 (20MHz)
Category 8 2/20MHz+20MHz 8

3GPP R10/R11 LTE-A UE (up to 40MHz):

• Cat 6 (MIMO DL4x4, UL1x2)
• Cat 7 (MIMO DL4x4, UL2x4)
• Cat 8 (MIMO DL8x8, UL2x8 )

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 3GPP LTE/LTE-A UE Categories
UE Category UL CA Capability UL Layers max
Category 6 1/20MHz 1
2/10MHz+10MHz 1
1/10MHz 2
Category 7 2/20MHz+20MHz 1
1/20MHz 2
2/10MHz+20MHz 2 (10MHz) / 1 (20MHz)
Category 8 2/20MHz+20MHz 4

3GPP R10/R11 LTE-A UE (up to 40MHz):

• Cat 6 (MIMO DL4x4, UL1x2)
• Cat 7 (MIMO DL4x4, UL2x4)
• Cat 8 (MIMO DL8x8, UL2x8 )

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