Five different UE categories have been defined for LTE. These UE categories are often referred to as UE classes. As can be seen in the table above, the low end UE does not support MIMO but the high end UE will support 4x4 MIMO. It is also worth noting that UE class 1 would be inferior to that of the best HSPA UE. It is important to note that regardless of whatever category a UE belongs to, it has to be capable of receiving transmissions from upto four antenna ports. This is because the system information can be transmitted on upto four antenna ports.
It should be noted that some of the capabilities are outside the UE category info. For example the Inter-RAT capabilities like the support of EV-DO or GSM, etc is not specified as part of the UE categories. Similarly the support of duplexing schemes and the support of UE-specific reference signals are outside the scope of this.
Reference:3GPP TS 36.306 - E-UTRA User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities
Thanks for the info.
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ReplyDeleteHow does the eNB or MME know that the UE is a CellPhone or a Data Card?
ReplyDeleteI dont think the eNB cares either way.
ReplyDeletethis table is for which BW ?
ReplyDelete2.5 , 5, 10 or 20 mhz?
I believe it is in a 10MHz channel
ReplyDeleteApologies, I missed the earlier comment. It is in 20MHz channel. See also the new post which specifies 20MHz bandwidth.
ReplyDeleteWhat does the term scaleable channel bandwidth means for the UE? Does this mean that a UE that is spec'd for supporting 10MHz bandwidth has the intelligence to scale down to other standard channel bandwidths automatically? Can you please point me to the 3gpp specs that provide more details on this? THnx!
ReplyDeleteRegarding "scaleable channel bandwidth", I am not sure what the exact definition means.
ReplyDeleteIn practice what it means is that the UE does not need to know a priori the Bandwidth (as you know LTE supports different BW's from 1.4MHz to 20MHz). Once the UE has performed a cell search successfully, it can find out what is the bandwidth of the channel and accordingly the number of sub-carriers.
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ReplyDeleteI think this is a hot topic for disscussion as well...:)