What is LTE Cat 17?

LTE Cat 17 (LTE Category 17) 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 17 UE. LTE Cat 17 UEs are based on LTE-Advanced Pro technology with support for a data rate of 25,065 Mbit/s on the downlink. They provide higher data rates by utilizing MIMO (Multiple Input - Multiple Output) and 32 Carrier Aggregation. These UEs support 8 layers of spatial multiplexing and 256-QAM in downlink (DL) and 64-QAM in uplink (UL). 

Key Specifications of LTE Cat 17 UEs

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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