What is LTE Cat 13?

LTE Cat 13 (LTE Category 13) is an LTE user equipment (UE) category that defines the performance and specifications – such as data rate, power, type of modulation, bandwidth, etc. – of LTE Cat 13 UE. LTE Cat 13 UEs are based on LTE Advanced (LTE-A) technology with support for a data rate of 391.7 Mbit/s on the downlink and 150.8 Mbit/s on the uplink. They utilize MIMO (Multiple Input - Multiple Output) and Carrier Aggregation to deliver higher data rates. The LTE Cat 13 UEs support 2 or 4-layer spatial multiplexing and 256-QAM in downlink and 64-QAM in uplink. 

Key Specifications of LTE Cat 13 UE

 Note: 

• DL-SCH stands for Downlink shared channel,
• UL-SCH stands for Uplink shared channel,
• TTI stands for Transmission Time Interval,
• PDCP stands for Packet Data Convergence Protocol,
• SDU stands for Service Data Unit.

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