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Figure 1a presents the 3GPP Release Status for Carrier Aggregation as of September 2014. Figure 1bpresents the CA bands in Re-10 and Rel-11 and Figure 1c presents the CA bands in Rel-12 as ofSeptember 2014.Figure 1a. 3GPP Release Status for Carrier Aggregation.Carrier aggregation bandsin 3GPP Rel-10(Source: TS36.104)Intra-band contiguous CA (2DL/2UL):CA Band E-UTRA operating bandCA_C_1 1CA_C_40 40Inter-band CA (2DL/1UL):CA Band E-UTRA operating bandsCA_1-5 15Carrier Aggregation bands in 3GPP Rel-11Inter-band CA (2DL/1UL):CA Band E-UTRA operating band Requested byCA_1-19 1 + 19 NTT DOCOMOCA_3-7 3 + 7 TeliaSoneraCA_4-13 4 + 13 Verizon WirelessCA_4-17 4 + 17 AT&TCA_7-20 7 + 20 Orange et alCA_5-12 5 + 12 US CellularCA_4-12 4 + 12 Cox CommunicationCA_2-17 2 + 17 AT&TCA_4-5 4 + 5 AT&TCA_5-17 5 + 17 AT&TCA_3-5 3 + 5 SK TelecomCA_4-7 4 + 7 Rogers WirelessCA_3-20 3 + 20 VodafoneCA_8-20 8 + 20 VodafoneCA_1-18 1 + 18 KDDICA_1-21 1 + 21 NTT DOCOMOCA_11-18 11 + 18 KDDICA_3-8 3 + 8 KTCA_2-29 2 + 29 AT&TCA_4-29 4 + 29 AT&TIntra-band contiguous and DL non-contiguous CA:CA Band E-UTRA operating band Requested byCA_C_41 41 (2DL/2UL) Clearwire, CMCC,…CA_C_38 38 (2DL/2UL) CMCCCA_C_7 7 (2DL/2UL) CUC, CT, Telenor et alCA_NC_B25 25 (2DL/1UL) SprintCA_NC_B41 41 (2DL/1UL) CMCCFigure 1b. 3GPP Carrier Aggregation Bands in Rel-10 and Rel-11.4G Americas LTE Carrier Aggregation October 2014 10