What is LTE Cat 2?

LTE Cat-2 (LTE Category 2) 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 2 UE. LTE Cat-2 UEs support a downlink data rate of 51.0 Mbit/s and an uplink data rate of 25.5 Mbit/s with 2 layers for spatial multiplexing in downlink (DL).

Key Specifications of LTE Cat 2 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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