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Background
p. 9
4.1
TR Maintenance
p. 11
5
Specific Band combinations
p. 11
5.1
CA_n5-n8
p. 11
5.1.0
General
p. 11
5.1.1
UE RF architecture assumption
p. 11
5.1.2
Common for 1 band UL and 2 bands UL of CA_n5-n8
p. 16
5.1.2.1
Operating bands for CA
p. 16
5.1.2.2
Channel bandwidths per operating band for CA
p. 16
5.1.2.3
UE co-existence studies
p. 16
5.1.2.4
ΔT
IB,c
and ΔR
IB,c
values
p. 17
5.1.2.5
REFSENS evaluation
p. 17
5.1.3
Specific for 2 bands UL of CA_n5-n8
p. 18
5.1.3.0
General
p. 18
5.1.3.1
Maximum output power for inter-band CA
p. 18
5.1.3.2
UE co-existence studies
p. 18
5.1.3.3
REFSENS evaluation
p. 19
5.1.4
Feasible RF implementations
p. 19
5.1.5
Output for 2UL/2DL CA_n5-n8 during the work item phase
p. 20
5.2
CA_n5-n28
p. 23
5.2.1
UE RF architecture assumption
p. 23
5.2.1.1
UE RF architecture with two antennas
p. 24
5.2.1.2
UE RF architecture with three antennas
p. 25
5.2.2
Common for 1 band UL and 2 bands UL of CA_n5-n28
p. 25
5.2.2.0
General
p. 25
5.2.2.1
Operating bands for CA
p. 25
5.2.2.2
Channel bandwidths per operating band for CA
p. 25
5.2.2.3
UE co-existence studies
p. 26
5.2.2.4
ΔT
IB,c
and ΔR
IB,c
values
p. 26
5.2.2.5
REFSENS evaluation
p. 26
5.2.3
Specific for 2 bands UL of fallback CA_n5-n28
p. 27
5.2.3.1
Maximum output power for inter-band CA
p. 27
5.2.3.2
UE co-existence studies
p. 27
5.2.3.3
REFSENS evaluation
p. 29
5.3
CA_n8-n20-n28
p. 31
5.3.1
UE RF architecture assumption
p. 31
5.3.1.0
General
p. 31
5.3.1.1
UE RF architecture with three antennas
p. 31
5.3.1.2
UE RF architecture with two antennas
p. 32
5.3.1.3
UE RF architecture with four antennas
p. 33
5.3.2
CA_n8-n20
p. 34
5.3.2.0
General
p. 34
5.3.2.1
Operating bands for CA
p. 34
5.3.2.2
Channel bandwidths per operating band for CA
p. 34
5.3.2.3
UE co-existence studies
p. 34
5.3.2.4
ΔT
IB,c
and ΔR
IB,c
values
p. 34
5.3.2.5
REFSENS requirements
p. 34
5.3.2.6
Maximum output power for UL inter-band CA
p. 34
5.3.2.7
UE co-existence studies for UL inter-band CA
p. 34
5.3.2.8
REFSENS evaluation for UL inter-band CA
p. 36
5.3.3
CA_n8-n28
p. 36
5.3.3.0
General
p. 36
5.3.3.1
Operating bands for CA
p. 36
5.3.3.2
Channel bandwidths per operating band for CA
p. 37
5.3.3.3
UE co-existence studies
p. 37
5.3.3.4
ΔT
IB,c
and ΔR
IB,c
values
p. 37
5.3.3.5
REFSENS requirements
p. 37
5.3.3.6
Maximum output power for UL inter-band CA
p. 37
5.3.3.7
UE co-existence studies for UL inter-band CA
p. 37
5.3.3.8
REFSENS requirements for UL inter-band CA
p. 39
5.3.4
CA_n20-n28
p. 39
5.3.4.1
General
p. 39
5.3.5
CA_n8-n20-n28
p. 40
5.3.5.1
Operating bands for CA
p. 40
5.3.5.2
Channel bandwidths per operating band for CA
p. 40
5.3.5.3
ΔT
IB,c
and ΔR
IB,c
values
p. 40
5.3.5.4
UE co-existence studies for UL inter-band CA
p. 41
5.3.5.5
REFSENS evaluation
p. 44
5.4
CA_n5-n105
p. 45
5.4.1
General
p. 45
5.4.2
UE RF architecture assumption
p. 45
5.4.2.1
UE RF architecture with two antennas
p. 45
5.4.2.2
UE RF architecture with three antennas
p. 46
5.4.3
Common for 1 band UL and 2 bands UL of CA_n5-n105
p. 47
5.4.3.1
Operating bands for CA
p. 47
5.4.3.2
Channel bandwidths per operating band for CA
p. 47
5.4.3.3
Identify the potential MSD issues due to harmonic/harmonic mixing/cross band isolation
p. 47
5.4.3.4
ΔT
IB,c
and ΔR
IB,c
values
p. 48
5.4.3.5
REFSENS exception evaluation for one UL band
p. 48
5.4.4
Specific for 2 bands UL of CA_n5-n105
p. 53
5.4.4.1
Maximum output power for inter-band CA
p. 53
5.4.4.2
UE co-existence studies
p. 53
5.4.4.3
REFSENS exception evaluation for two UL band
p. 55
5.5
CA_n28-n105
p. 55
5.5.1
General
p. 55
5.5.2
UE RF architectures assumption
p. 55
5.5.2.1
UE RF architectures with two antennas
p. 55
5.5.2.2
UE RF architectures with three antennas
p. 56
5.5.2.3
2UL IMD issue
p. 57
5.5.2.4
Cross-band interference
p. 57
5.5.3
Common for 1 band UL and 2 bands UL of CA_ n28-n105
p. 58
5.5.3.0
General
p. 58
5.5.3.1
Operating bands for CA
p. 58
5.5.3.2
Channel bandwidths per operating band for CA
p. 58
5.5.3.3
UE co-existence studies
p. 58
5.5.3.4
ΔT
IB,c
and ΔR
IB,c
values
p. 59
5.5.3.5
REFSENS evaluation
p. 59
5.5.4
Specific for 2 bands UL of fallback CA_n28-n105
p. 60
5.5.4.1
Maximum output power for inter-band CA
p. 60
5.5.4.2
UE co-existence studies
p. 60
5.5.4.3
REFSENS evaluation
p. 61
5.6
CA_n26-n28
p. 62
5.6.1
General
p. 62
5.6.2
UE RF architecture assumption
p. 63
5.6.2.1
UE RF architecture with lower 30MHz of n28 supporting
p. 63
5.6.2.2
UE RF architecture with entire n28 frequency range supporting
p. 64
5.6.3
Common for 1 band UL and 2 bands UL of CA_n26-n28
p. 66
5.6.3.1
Operating bands for CA
p. 66
5.6.3.2
Channel bandwidths per operating band for CA
p. 66
5.6.3.3
Identify the potential MSD issues due to harmonic/harmonic mixing/cross band isolation
p. 67
5.6.3.4
ΔT
IB,c
and ΔR
IB,c
values
p. 67
5.6.3.5
REFSENS exception evaluation for one UL band
p. 67
5.6.4
Specific for 2 bands UL of CA_n26-n28
p. 77
5.6.4.1
Maximum output power for inter-band CA
p. 77
5.6.4.2
UE co-existence studies
p. 77
5.6.4.3
REFSENS exception evaluation for two UL band
p. 79
5.7
CA_n5-n28-n105
p. 82
5.7.1
UE RF architecture assumption
p. 82
5.7.1.1
General
p. 82
5.7.1.2
UE RF architecture with two antennas
p. 82
5.7.1.3
UE RF architecture with three antennas
p. 84
5.7.1.4
UE RF architecture with four antennas
p. 86
5.7.2
Operating bands for CA
p. 87
5.7.3
Channel bandwidths per operating band for CA
p. 87
5.7.4
ΔT
IB,c
and ΔR
IB,c
values
p. 87
5.7.5
UE co-existence studies for UL inter-band CA
p. 88
5.7.6
REFSENS evaluation
p. 90
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