4G Americas Carrier Aggregation_FINALv1 0 (2)

TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 42. Introduction [1]........................................................................................................................................ 53. Global Market Trends, Milestones in Carrier Aggregation (CA) ........................................................ 54. 3GPP Status for Release 10, Release 11 and Release 12 CA Features ............................................. 64.1 3GPP CA Combinations Definition Process ........................................................................................ 64.2 CA Configurations ............................................................................................................................... 94.3 Contiguous and Non-Contiguous Intra-Band CA .............................................................................. 134.4 Inter-Band CA .................................................................................................................................... 175. CA Technology Description ................................................................................................................ 205.1 CA Benefits and Performance ........................................................................................................... 205.2 Cell Management and Cell Activation-Deactivation .......................................................................... 225.3 CA Scheduling ................................................................................................................................... 235.4 Mobility Scenarios with CA ................................................................................................................ 245.5 UL and DL Aggregation ..................................................................................................................... 255.6 UL CA [8] ........................................................................................................................................... 256. CA Deployment Schemes .................................................................................................................... 296.1 Intra-Band CA .................................................................................................................................... 296.1.1. Example of Contiguous Intra-Band CA Use Case: CA_41D .................................................... 296.1.2 Example of Non-Contiguous Intra-Band CA Use Case: CA_41C-41A ...................................... 296.2 Inter-Band CA .................................................................................................................................... 306.2.1. Low and High Band CA ..................................................................................................... 306.2.2. Low and Lower Band CA ................................................................................................... 316.2.3. High and Higher Band CA ................................................................................................. 326.3 FDD-TDD CA [5]................................................................................................................................ 326.4 Supplemental DL [6] .......................................................................................................................... 336.5 Het Net Scenarios [9] ........................................................................................................................ 346.6 CA and Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN)................................................................................. 364G Americas LTE Carrier Aggregation October 2014 2