User Equipment category

LTE category 36.306 v13.2.0 (Rel 13 Jun 2016)

UE category
The UE category (without suffix) defines a combined uplink and downlink radio throughput capability

Downlink Uplink

Maxim Maximu
um m
numbe number
Maximum Maximum Maximum of bits of
r of Suppo
number of DL- number number of UL- an UL-
bits of Total rt for
3GPP SCH transport of Suppo SCH transport SCH
Categor a DL- numbe 64QA
relea block bits supporte rt for block bits transport
y SCH r of M in
se received d layers 256QA transmitted block
transpo soft UL
within a TTI for M in within a TTI transmitt
rt channe
spatial DL ed
block l bits
multiplex within a
receive
ing in DL TTI
d
within
(Mbit/ (Mbit/
a TTI
s) s)

1 Rel 8 10296 10 10296 250368 1 No 5160 5 5160 No

 Downlink Uplink

Maxim Maximu
um m
numbe number
Maximum Maximum Maximum of bits of
r of Suppo
number of DL- number number of UL- an UL-
bits of Total rt for
3GPP SCH transport of Suppo SCH transport SCH
Categor a DL- numbe 64QA
relea block bits supporte rt for block bits transport
y SCH r of M in
se received d layers 256QA transmitted block
transpo soft UL
within a TTI for M in within a TTI transmitt
rt channe
spatial DL ed
block l bits
multiplex within a
receive
ing in DL TTI
d
within
(Mbit/ (Mbit/
a TTI
s) s)

123724
2 Rel 8 51024 51 51024 2 No 25456 25 25456 No
8

10204 123724
3 Rel 8 102 75376 2 No 51024 51 51024 No
8 8

15075 182707
4 Rel 8 150 75376 2 No 51024 51 51024 No
2 2

29955 366720
5 Rel 8 299 149776 4 No 75376 75 75376 Yes
2 0

75376
(2
layers,
64QAM
Rel 30150 ) 365414
6 4 301 2 or 4 No 51024 51 51024 No
10 4 149776 4
(4
layers,
64QAM
)

75376
(2
layers,
64QAM
Rel 30150 ) 365414 10204
7 4 301 2 or 4 No 102 51024 No
10 4 149776 4 8
(4
layers,
64QAM
)

8 5 Rel 29985 2998 299856 359827 8 No 14977 1497 149776 Yes

 Downlink Uplink

Maxim Maximu
um m
numbe number
Maximum Maximum Maximum of bits of
r of Suppo
number of DL- number number of UL- an UL-
bits of Total rt for
3GPP SCH transport of Suppo SCH transport SCH
Categor a DL- numbe 64QA
relea block bits supporte rt for block bits transport
y SCH r of M in
se received d layers 256QA transmitted block
transpo soft UL
within a TTI for M in within a TTI transmitt
rt channe
spatial DL ed
block l bits
multiplex within a
receive
ing in DL TTI
d
within
(Mbit/ (Mbit/
a TTI
s) s)

10 60 20 60

75376
(2
layers,
64QAM
Rel 45225 ) 548121
9 6,4 452 2 or 4 No 51024 51 51024 No
11 6 149776 6
(4
layers,
64QAM
)

75376
(2
layers,
64QAM
1 Rel 45225 ) 548121 10204
7,4 452 2 or 4 No 102 51024 No
0 11 6 149776 6 8
(4
layers,
64QAM
)

1 9,6, Rel 60300 603 75376 730828 2 or 4 Option 51024 51 51024 No

1 4 11 8 (2 8 al
layers,
64QAM
)
97896
(2
layers,
256QA
M)
149776
 Downlink Uplink

Maxim Maximu
um m
numbe number
Maximum Maximum Maximum of bits of
r of Suppo
number of DL- number number of UL- an UL-
bits of Total rt for
3GPP SCH transport of Suppo SCH transport SCH
Categor a DL- numbe 64QA
relea block bits supporte rt for block bits transport
y SCH r of M in
se received d layers 256QA transmitted block
transpo soft UL
within a TTI for M in within a TTI transmitt
rt channe
spatial DL ed
block l bits
multiplex within a
receive
ing in DL TTI
d
within
(Mbit/ (Mbit/
a TTI
s) s)

(4
layers,
64QAM
)
195816
(4
layers,
256QA
M)

75376
(2
layers,
64QAM
)
97896
(2
layers,
256QA
1 10,7 Rel 60300 M) 730828 Option 10204
603 2 or 4 102 51024 No
2 ,4 11 8 149776 8 al 8
(4
layers,
64QAM
)
195816
(4
layers,
256QA
M)
A UE indicating category 6 or 7 shall also indicate category 4
A UE indicating category 8 shall also indicate category 5
A UE indicating category 9 shall also indicate category 6 and 4
A UE indicating category 10 shall also indicate category 7 and 4
A UE indicating category 11 shall also indicate category 9, 6 and 4
A UE indicating category 12 shall also indicate category 10, 7 and 4

RRC UE-EUTRA-Capability
ue-Category INTEGER (1..5)
ue-Category-v1020 INTEGER (6..8) OPTIONAL
ue-Category-v1170 INTEGER (9..10) OPTIONAL
ue-Category-v11a0 INTEGER (11..12) OPTIONAL
ue-CategoryDL-r12 INTEGER (0..14) OPTIONAL
ue-CategoryUL-r12 INTEGER (0..13) OPTIONAL
ue-CategoryDL-v1260 INTEGER (15..16) OPTIONAL

UE category Downlink
The field ue-CategoryDL defines downlink capability

Downlink

Maximum number of Maximum Maximum number

Downlin 3GPP DL-SCH transport number of bits of
Total
k releas block bits of supported layers Support for
number of
category e received within a TTI a DL-SCH for 256QAM in
soft channel
transport block spatial DL
bits
(Mbit/s) received within multiplexing in
a TTI DL

M1 Rel 13 1000 1 1000 25344 1 No

0 Rel 12 1000 1 1000 25344 1 No

75376 (2 layers,
64QAM)
6 Rel 12 301504 301 3654144 2 or 4 No
149776 (4 layers,
64QAM)

75376 (2 layers,
64QAM)
7 Rel 12 301504 301 3654144 2 or 4 No
149776 (4 layers,
64QAM)

9 Rel 12 452256 452 75376 (2 layers, 5481216 2 or 4 No

 Downlink

Maximum number of Maximum Maximum number

Downlin 3GPP Total
DL-SCH transport number of bits of Support for
k releas number of
block bits of supported layers 256QAM in
category e soft channel
received within a TTI a DL-SCH for DL
transport block bits spatial
(Mbit/s) received within multiplexing in
a TTI DL
64QAM)
149776 (4 layers,
64QAM)

75376 (2 layers,
64QAM)
10 Rel 12 452256 452 5481216 2 or 4 No
149776 (4 layers,
64QAM)

75376 (2 layers,
64QAM)
97896 (2 layers,
256QAM)
11 Rel 12 603008 603 7308288 2 or 4 Optional
149776 (4 layers,
64QAM)
195816 (4 layers,
256QAM)

75376 (2 layers,
64QAM)
97896 (2 layers,
256QAM)
12 Rel 12 603008 603 7308288 2 or 4 Optional
149776 (4 layers,
64QAM)
195816 (4 layers,
256QAM)

97896 (2 layers,
256QAM)
13 Rel 12 391632 391 3654144 2 or 4 Mandatory
195816 (4 layers,
256QAM)

391656 (8 layers,
14 Rel 12 3916560 3916 47431680 8 Mandatory
256QAM)

75376 (2 layers,
64QAM)
97896 (2 layers,
256QAM)
15 Rel 12 798800 798 9744384 2 or 4 Optional
149776 (4 layers,
64QAM)
195816 (4 layers,
256QAM)

16 Rel 12 1051360 1051 75376 (2 layers, 12789504 2 or 4 Optional

 Downlink

Maximum number of Maximum Maximum number

Downlin 3GPP Total
DL-SCH transport number of bits of Support for
k releas number of
block bits of supported layers 256QAM in
category e soft channel
received within a TTI a DL-SCH for DL
transport block bits spatial
(Mbit/s) received within multiplexing in
a TTI DL
64QAM)
97896 (2 layers,
256QAM)
149776 (4 layers,
64QAM)
195816 (4 layers,
256QAM)

391656 (8 layers,
17 Rel 13 25065984 25065 303562752 8 Mandatory
256QAM)

UE category Uplink
The field ue-CategoryUL defines uplink capability

Uplink

Maximum number of
Uplink 3GPP Maximum number of bits of
UL-SCH transport block bits Support for
category release an UL-SCH transport block
transmitted within a TTI 64QAM in UL
transmitted within a TTI
(Mbit/s)

M1 Rel 13 1000 1 1000 No

0 Rel 12 1000 1 1000 No

3 Rel 12 51024 51 51024 No

5 Rel 12 75376 75 75376 Yes

7 Rel 12 102048 102 51024 No

8 Rel 12 1497760 1497 149776 Yes

13 Rel 12 150752 150 75376 Yes

14 Rel 13 9585664 9585 149776 Yes

Supported DL/UL categories combinations set
Defines the only combinations for UE UL and DL categories that are allowed to be signalled with ue-CategoryDL
and ue-CategoryUL
It also defines which UE Categories a UE shall indicate in addition to the combinations for UE UL and DL Categories

Additional RRC signalling Maximum UE channel

DL Category UL Category
UE Category DL Category UL Category bandwidth [PRB]

M1 M1 N/A 6

0 0 N/A (1)

6 5 6, 4

7 13 7, 4

9 5 9, 6, 4

10 13 10, 7, 4

11 5 11, 9, 6, 4

12 13 12, 10, 7, 4

13 3 6, 4

13 5 6, 4

13 7 7, 4

13 13 7, 4

14 8 8, 5

15 3 11, 9, 6, 4

15 5 11, 9, 6, 4 11 5

15 7 12, 10, 7, 4

15 13 12, 10, 7, 4 12 13

16 3 11, 9, 6, 4

16 5 11, 9, 6, 4 11 5

16 7 12, 10, 7, 4

16 13 12, 10, 7, 4 12 13

17 14 8, 5 14 8
(1) 36.331 : A UE indicating DL category 0 shall also indicate any of the categories (1..5) in ue-Category,
which is ignored by the eNB

Example of RRC signalling for the highest combination

UE-EUTRA-Capability
ue-Category = 4
ue-Category-v1020 = 7
ue-Category-v1170 = 10
ue-Category-v11a0 = 12
ue-CategoryDL-r12 = 12
ue-CategoryUL-r12 = 13
ue-CategoryDL-v1260 = 16

UE category Narrow Band

Total
layer 2
Downlink Uplink
buffer
size

3GPP Maximum Maximum

Categor Maximum number
releas number of DL- number of Maximum
y Total of UL-SCH
e SCH transport bits of a DL- number of bits
number transport block
block bits SCH of an UL-SCH
of soft bits transmitted
received within transport transport block
channel within a TTI
a TTI block transmitted
bits
received within a TTI
(Kbit/s) within a TTI (Kbit/s) Bytes

NB1 Rel 13 680 680 680 2112 1000 1000 1000 4000