LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation supporting

CAT6 data speeds of up to 300Mbps

Conventional LTE Network: Single channel approach to data transfer

101
20 MHZ Data Pipe Up to
> 280 LTE networks are
20 MHZ 150 Mbps
(Up to 150 Mbps) commercially launched in 101
countries as of March 2014*
20 MHZ Second LTE radio channel is idle when
device receives on the other channel Conventional
LTE Device
Conventional LTE
LTE Network 20 MHZ Third LTE radio channel is idle when
device receives on the other channel
> 1563 LTE user devices
LTE device receives only on one radio channel with maximum data speed limited by announced by 154 suppliers
radio channel bandwidth and 3 devices support CAT6*
340 tri-band (1.8/2.6/0.8 GHz)
LTE devices announced*
LTE Advanced Network: 2x Carrier Aggregation CAT6 effectively doubles data rates
75

0 150
MBPS

20 MHZ Up to
Aggregated 300 Mbps
Data Pipe > LTE CAT6 Networks require
40 MHZ 2x
(Up to 300 Mbps) 40 MHz spectrum to achieve
20 MHZ Faster 300 Mbps peak data rates
Advanced
LTE Network
Qualcomm® Gobi™ 9x35
first announced CAT6 MAX
LTE Advanced device simultaneously receives on two radio channels which increases
user data rates and reduces latency (faster network response time) as compared to
Device
CAT6
conventional LTE devices > For FDD operators without
Typical TDD operator CAT 6 configuration
40 MHz of spectrum in
2 bands, LTE Advanced 3X
LTE Advanced Network: 3x Carrier Aggregation CAT6 effectively doubles data rates carrier aggregation enables
maximum CAT6 data rates
using 10+10+20 MHz
10 MHZ
Up to
Aggregated 300 Mbps
10 MHZ Data Pipe 40 MHZ 2x
(Up to 300 Mbps) Faster
Advanced > Qualcomm® Snapdragon™
LTE Network 20 MHZ
810 processor and
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810 Qualcomm® Gobi™ 9x35
first announced 3xCA
Device modem first announced
LTE Advanced device simultaneously receives on three radio channels which increases
LTE Advanced CAT6 carrier
user data rates and reduces latency (faster network response time) as compared to
conventional LTE devices aggregation support
Typical FDD operator CAT 6 configuration * Source: GSA, March 2014

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