LTE-A or CA

(Carrier Aggregation)

LTE-A
3GPP Release 10
CA (Carrier Aggregation)
8x8 Downlink MIMO

4x4 Uplink MIMO

Enhanced uplink transmission
Relays

MDT (Minimization of Drive Tests)

Enhanced ICIC (Inter Cell Interference Coordination)

LTE / LTE-A

CA

Intra-Band Contiguous
(LTE Bandwidth ?)

Intra-Band Non-Contiguous

Inter-Band Non-Contiguous

CA

Primary Cell

Secondary Cell

Initial Connection Establishment

Handover procedure
PDCCH order to Random Access
Pcell - PRACH preamble
Pcell - Security Procedure
Pcell - NAS Mobility Information (e.g Tracking Area Identity)

Connection Establishment Radio Resource

Connection Scell .
RRC Layer Activate/Deactivate

Serving Cell

Pcell Scell Serving Cells

UE Serving Cell HARQ entity

MAC

RRC Message CA

RRC Message CA

RRC Message CA

RRC Message CA HO

10

LTE

11

LTE

12

LTE

13

14

MDT (Minimization of Drive Tests)

15

3GPP Spec

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