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LTE UE Category & Class Definitions - LTE utilises UE or User Equipment categories or classes to define the performance specifications an enable base stations to be able to communicate effectively with them knowing their performance levels. Some like LTE Cat 3, LTE Cat 4 and LTE Cat 0 are widely quoted and used. Other like LTE Cat 7 and LTE Cat 8 are much newer. LTE TUTORIAL INCLUDES LTE Introduction (3g-lte-basics.php) OFDM, OFDMA, SC-FDMA (lte-ofdm-ofdma-scfdma.php) LTE MIMO (lte-mimo.php) TDD & FDD (lte-fdd-tdd-duplex.php) Frame & subframe (lte-frame-subframe-structure.php) Physical logical & transport transport-channels.php)

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LTE UE Categories | LTE Cat 4 | LTE Cat 3 | Radio... See also 4G LTE Advanced (3gpp-4g-imt-lte-advanced-tutorial.php) In the same way that a variety of other systems adopted different categories for the handsets or user equipments, so too there are 3G LTE UE categories. These LTE categories define the standards to which a particular handset, dongle or other equipment will operate.

LTE UE category rationale The LTE categories or UE classes are needed to ensure that the base station, or eNodeB, eNB can communicate correctly with the user equipment. By relaying the LTE UE category information to the base station, it is able to determine the performance of the UE and communicate with it accordingly. As the LTE category defines the overall performance and the capabilities of the UE, it is possible for the eNB to communicate using capabilities that it knows the UE possesses. Accordingly the eNB will not communicate beyond the performance of the UE.


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LTE UE category definitions There are 9 different LTE UE categories that are defined. As can be seen in the table below, the different LTE categories have a wide range in the supported parameters and performance. LTE category 1, for example does not support MIMO, but LTE UE category five supports 4x4 MIMO. It is also worth noting that UE class 1 does not offer the performance offered by that of the highest performance HSPA category. Additionally all LTE UE categories are capable of receiving transmissions from up to four antenna ports. A summary of the different LTE UE category parameters is given in the tables below.

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HEADLINE DATA RATES FOR LTE CATEGORIES LTE UE CATEGORY LINK

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Downlink

10

50

100

150

300

300

300

1200

Uplink

5

25

50

50

75

50

150

600

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It can be seen that the headline data rates for category 8 exceed the requiremetns for IMT-Advanced by a considerable margin. While the headline rates for the different LTE UE categories or UE classes show the maximum data rates achievable, it is worth

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UL AND DL PARAMETERS FOR LTE UE CATEGORIES 1 - 5 LTE CATEGORY PARAMETER

LTE CAT 1

LTE CAT 2

LTE CAT 3

LTE CAT 4

LTE CAT 5

Max number of DL-SCH transport block bits received in a TTI

10 296

51 024

102 048

150 752

302 752

Max number of bits of a DL-SCH block received in a TTI

10 296

51 024

75 376

75 376

151 376

Total number of soft channel bits

250 368

1 237 248

1 237 248

1 827 072

3 667 200

Maximum number of supported layers for spatial multiplexing in DL

1

2

2

2

4

Max number of bits of an UL-SCH transport block received in a TTI

5 160

25 456

51 024

51 024

75 376

Support for 64-QAM in UL

No

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No

No

Yes

UL AND DL PARAMETERS FOR LTE UE CATEGORIES 6, 7, 8 LTE CATEGORY PARAMETER

LTE CAT 6

LTE CAT 7

LTE CAT 8

Max number of DL-SCH transport block bits received in a TTI

299 552

299 552

1 200 000

Max number of bits of a DL-SCH block received in a TTI

TBD

TBD

TBD

Total number of soft channel bits

3 667 200

TBD

TBD

Maximum number of supported layers for spatial multiplexing in DL

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Max number of bits of an UL-SCH transport block received in a TTI

TBD

TBD

TBD

Support for 64-QAM in UL

No

Yes, up to RAN 4

Yes

From this it can be seen that the peak downlink data rate for a Category 5 UE using 4x4 MIMO is approximately 300 Mbps, and 150 Mbps for a Category 4 UE using 2x2 MIMO. Also in the Uplink, LTE UE category 5 provides a peak data rate of 75 Mbps using 64-QAM. Note: DL-SCH = Downlink shared channel UL-SCH = Uplink shared channel TTI = Transmission Time Interval

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With the considerable level of development being undertaken into the Internet of Things, IoT and general machine to machine, M2M communications, there has been a growing need to develop an LTE category focussed on these applications. Here, much lower data rates are needed, often only in short bursts and an accompanying requirement is for the remote device or machine to be able to draw only low levels of current. To enable the requirements of these devices to be met using LTE, and new LTE category was developed. Referred to as LTE Category 0, or simply LTE Cat 0, this new category has a reduced performance requirement that meets the needs of many machines while significantly reducing complexity and current consumption. Whilst Category 0 offered a reduced specification, it still complied with the LTE system requirements.

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LTE CATEGORY 0 PERFORMANCE SUMMARY PARAMETER

LTE CAT 0 PERFORMANCE

Peak downlink rate

1 Mbps

Peak uplink rate

1 Mbps

Max number of downlink spatial layers

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Number of UE RF chains

1

Duplex mode

Half duplex

UE receive bandwidth

20 MHz

Maximum UE transmit power

23 dBm

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The new LTE Cat 0 was introduced in Rel 12 of the 3GPP standards. And it is being advanced in further releases. One major advantage of LTE Category 0 is that the modem complexity is considerably reduced when compared to other LTE Categories. It is expected that the modem complexity for a Cat 0 modem will be around 50% that of a Category 1 modem.

LTE UE category summary In the same way that category information is used for virtually all cellular systems from GPRS onwards, so the LTE UE category information is of great importance. While users may not be particularly aware of the category of their UE, it will match the performance an allow the eNB to communicate effectively with all the UEs that are connected to it.

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