LTE1092: Uplink Carrier Aggregation 2CC

LTE1092 benefits
The LTE1092: Uplink Carrier Aggregation 2CC feature provides the following benefits:up to
twice as high peak uplink throughput per UE in areas with overlapping cell deployments and
within supported band combinations
balancing the UL load across two UL component carriers (2CC UL), thus maximizing the
utilization of each carrier
enabling 2CC UL CA is supported in combination with up to three carrier component downlink
carrier aggregation (3CC DL CA)

Functional overview 1
Carrier aggregation consists of a primary cell (PCell) and one or more secondary cells (SCells).
With the LTE1092: Uplink Carrier Aggregation 2CC feature, uplink carrier aggregation (UL CA)
only works in combination with downlink carrier aggregation (DL CA).
Both DL and UL CA share the same PCell. The SCells can be DL-only SCells, or DL+UL SCells.
There is no such thing as a UL-only SCell; UL CA can be enabled only if DL CA is enabled. The
physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is transmitted on the PCell only.

Functional overview 2

With the LTE1092: Uplink Carrier Aggregation 2CC feature, the eNB supports UL CA for two component carriers with a combined bandwidth of up to 40 MHz. The receivers (RX
points) of the cells must be co-located.
To support an additional UL CC, the following functions are defined by the 3GPP specification:Extended Buffer Status Report (BSR). For UL-CA-capable UEs to be able to support
increased UL throughput, increased sizes of buffer for pending data are supported in the extended BSR at the expense of lesser granularity of buffer size values.
Extended Power Headroom Report (PHR). The eNB requires power headroom reports for both the PCell and the SCell. The extended PHR provides a power headroom report for each
CC.
Maximum Power Reduction (MPR) and Additional MPR (A-MPR). There are additional MPR/A-MPR requirements when the eNB is configured with an intra-band CA carrier. MPR is
specified in 3GPP 36.101, section 6.2.3A. A-MPR is enabled by the operator with the Additional MPR for UL intra-band carrier aggregation (caUlIntraBandAmpr) LNBTS parameter.
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actULCAggr Paramater that have to Tunned
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dlCaPreferred
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ulCaPathlossThr
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caMinUlAmbr
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caUlIntraBandAmpr
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actInterEnbULCAggr
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Abbreviated Name MO Class Full Name Description Default Value Parameter Relationships Tunning
actULCAggr MRBTS/LNBTS Activation of uplink carrier The
aggregation
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caMinUlAmbr MRBTS/LNBTS Min UE-AMBR uplink for carrier
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aggregation
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512 kb/s
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'UL_CA_with_smartSched',
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caUlIntraBandAmpr MRBTS/LNBTS Additional MPR for UL intra-band
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carrier aggregation
defines whether
1 or not A-MPR values Ifas
actULCAggr
defined in Tables
is set to
6.2.4.A-1
'UL_CA_with_smartSched',
anddisabled
6.2.4.A-2 of 3GPP
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dlCaPreferred MRBTS/LNBTS Preference for SCell addition
The parameter defines the 0preference for SCell addition
If actULCAggr
in case of DL+UL
is set to
carrier
'UL_CA_with_smartSched',
aggregation.dlCaPreferred
DLandUL dlC
ulCaPathlossThr MRBTS/LNBTS Pathlossonthreshold
Pathloss threshold UE scheduled for UE 100
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dB on single cell forIf actULCAggr
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'UL_CA_with_smartSched', ulC
actInterEnbULCAggr MRBTS/LNBTS Activate inter-eNB UL carrier
Thisaggregation
parameter activates the
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If actInterEnbULCAggr
uplink carrier aggregation'.
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FALSE
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