3GPP CATEGORIES AND DATA RATES FOR 3G, 4G AND 5G For more information:

3G data rates and UE categories 5G NR data rate calculation 4G data rates and UE categories
HSDPA UE CATEGORIES – 3GPP TS 25.306 UE SUPPORTED MAXIMUM DATA RATE – 3GPP TS 38.306 LTE UE CATEGORIES – 3GPP TS 36.306
Maximum
Minimum
Total number of Total number of serving/­ Support Support Theoretical max. Available radio resources Layers Modulation/coding Downlink Uplink
3GPP number of serving/secondary secondary serving HS-DSCH for for downlink Category 3GPP release Maximum ­number of Maximum n­ umber of
Category inter-TTI DL data rate in Mbit/s Support for 256QAM # of CC UL data rate in Mbit/s Support for 64QAM # of CC
release HS-DSCH serving ­HS-DSCH cells in which MIMO mode 16QAM 64QAM physical data ­supported layers ­supported layers
interval
codes received cells can be configured in DL in DL rate in Mbit/s
J 1 Rel. 8 10 1 no 1 5 1 no 1

Data rate = ∑ N PRB Qm(j) × Rmax × ƒ (j) × 1 Mbit

1 Rel. 5 5 3 1 0 1.2
BW(j), µ
× 12 / T sµ × ( 1 – OH (j) ) × v (j) ×
2 Rel. 8 50 2 no 1 25 1 no 1
2 Rel. 5 5 3 1 0 1.2
3 Rel. 8 100 2 no 1 50 1 no 1
3
4
Rel. 5
Rel. 5
5
5
2
2
1
1
0
0
1.8
1.8 j=1
layers 106 bit 4
5
Rel. 8
Rel. 8
150
300
2
4
no
no
1
1
50
75
1
1
no
yes
1
1
5 Rel. 5 5 1 1 0 3.6
yes no 6 Rel. 10 300 2 or 4 no 1 or 2 50 1 no 1
6 Rel. 5 5 1 1 0 3.6
7 Rel. 10 300 2 or 4 no 1 or 2 100 1 or 2 no 1 or 2
7 Rel. 5 10 1 1 0 7.2
8 Rel. 10 3000 8 no 5 1500 4 yes 5
8 Rel. 5 10 1 1 0 7.2
Number of aggregated Number of Average OFDM Maximum Scaling factor reflects the UE 9 Rel. 11 450 2 or 4 no 2 or 3 50 1 no 1
9 Rel. 5 15 1 1 0 10.1
10 Rel. 5 15 1 1 0 13.9 component carriers J subcarriers symbol number of capabilities (layers, modulation, 10 Rel. 11 450 2 or 4 no 2 or 3 100 1 or 2 no 1 or 2
11 Rel. 11 600 2 or 4 optional 2 to 4 50 1 no 1
11 Rel. 5 5 2 1 0
no no
0.9 per band or band per RB duration MIMO layers band combination). 12 Rel. 11 600 2 or 4 optional 2 to 4 100 1 or 2 no 1 or 2
12
13
Rel. 5
Rel. 7
5
15
1
1
1
1
0
0
1.8
17.6
combination (≤ 16) Values 1, 0.8, 0.75, 0.4 NB1 Rel. 13 0.7 1 no 1 1.0 1 no 1

yes yes
Modulation Max. signaled per band NB2 Rel. 14 2.5 1 no 1 2.5 1 no 1

= 0.001 sµ
14 Rel. 7 15 1 1 0 21.1
µ
15 Rel. 7 15 1 1 1 (MIMO 2x2) 23.3 T s order code rate
16 Rel. 7 15 1 1 1 (MIMO 2x2)
yes no
27.9 14 × 2 Single layer uplink data rate in Gbit/s

17 Rel. 7 15 1
1
1
1
0
1 (MIMO 2x2)
0
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
yes
17.6
23.3
21.1 Overhead due
BPSK
QPSK
Qm
1
2
Rmax
314/1024
679/1024
2.5
2.4 LTE UE DL CATEGORIES LTE UE UL CATEGORIES
18 Rel. 7 15 1
1 1 (MIMO 2x2) yes no 27.9 to signaling 16QAM 4 658/1024 2.0 Downlink 3GPP
Downlink
Uplink 3GPP
Uplink
19 Rel. 7 15 1 1 1 (MIMO 2x2) 35.2 64QAM 6 948/1024 category release DL data rate Maximum ­number of Support for Support for
# of CC category release UL data rate Maximum number of Support for Support for
# of CC
20 Rel. 7 15 1 1 1 (MIMO 2x2)
yes yes
42.2 Maximum number of resource FR1 FR2 256QAM 8 948/1024
in Mbit/s supported ­layers 256QAM 1024QAM in Mbit/s supported layers 64QAM 256QAM
1.5 M1 Rel. 13 1 1 no no 1 M1 Rel. 13 1 1 no no 1
21 Rel. 8 15 1 2 (Dual-Cell) 0
yes no
23.3 blocks (RB) per bandwidth for DL 0.14 0.18 1024QAM * 10 948/1024
M2 Rel. 14 4 1 no no 1 M2 Rel. 14 6 1 no no 1
22 Rel. 8 15 1 2 (Dual-Cell) 0 27.9 UL 0.08 0.10 1.2

23 Rel. 8 15 1 2 (Dual-Cell) 0 35.2

CP-OFDM based on TS 38.817-01 * Planned for Release 17
1.0
0 Rel. 12 1 1 no no 1 0 Rel. 12 1 1 no no 1
yes yes 1bis Rel. 14 10 1 no no 1 1bis Rel. 14 5 1 no no 1
24 Rel. 8 15 1 2 (Dual-Cell) 0 42.2 Bandwidth for UE and base station ([ ] optional for UE)
SCS µ 0.6 0.6 3 n/a 3 Rel. 12 50 1 no no 1
25 Rel. 9 15 1 2 (Dual-Cell) 2 (MIMO 2x2)
yes no
46.7 5 10 15 20 25 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 400 0.5 4 Rel. 14 150 2 no no 1 4 n/a
26 Rel. 9 15 1 2 (Dual-Cell) 2 (MIMO 2x2) 55.9 15 kHz 0 25 52 79 106 133 [160] 216 270 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.3
5 n/a 5 Rel. 12 75 1 yes no 1
27 Rel. 9 15 1 2 (Dual-Cell) 2 (MIMO 2x2) 70.5 FR1 30 kHz 1 11 24 38 51 65 [78] 106 133 162 [189] 217 [245] 273 n.a. n.a. 0.1
yes yes 6 Rel. 12 300 2 or 4 no no 1 or 2 6 n/a
28 Rel. 9 15 1 2 (Dual-Cell) 2 (MIMO 2x2) 84.3 60 kHz 2 n.a. 11 18 24 31 [38] 51 65 79 [93] 107 [121] 135 n.a. n.a. SCS (kHz) 15 15 30 60 60 120 7 Rel. 12 300 2 or 4 no no 1 or 2 7 Rel. 12 100 1 or 2 no no 1 or 2
29 Rel. 10 15 1 3 (Triple-Cell) 0 yes yes 63.2 60 kHz 2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 66 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 132 264 n.a. BW (MHz) 20 50 100 100 200 400
FR2 8 n/a 8 Rel. 12 1500 4 yes no 5
30 Rel. 10 15 1 3 (Triple-Cell) 3 (MIMO 2x2) yes yes 126.5 120 kHz 3 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 32 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 66 132 264 LTE 5G FR1 5G FR2
9 Rel. 12 450 2 or 4 no no 2 or 3 9 n/a
31 Rel. 10 15 1 4 (Quad-Cell) 0 yes yes 84.3
10 Rel. 12 450 2 or 4 no no 2 or 3 10 n/a
32 Rel. 10 15 1 4 (Quad-Cell) 4 (MIMO 2x2) yes yes 168.7
11 Rel. 12 600 2 or 4 yes no 2 to 4 11 n/a
33 Rel. 11 15 1 6 (Hexa-Cell) 0 yes yes 126.5

FACTORS DETERMINING THE MAXIMUM DATA RATE

12 Rel. 12 600 2 or 4 yes no 2 to 4 12 n/a
34 Rel. 11 15 1 6 (Hexa-Cell) 6 (MIMO 2x2) yes yes 253.1
13 Rel. 12 390 2 or 4 yes no 1 or 2 13 Rel. 12 150 1 or 2 yes no 1 or 2
35 Rel. 11 15 1 8 (Octa-Cell) 0 yes yes 168.7
14 Rel. 12 3920 8 yes no 5 14 Rel. 13 9590 4 yes no 32
36 Rel. 11 15 1 8 (Octa-Cell) 8 (MIMO 2x2) yes yes 337.5
15 Rel. 12 780 2 or 4 yes no 2 to 5 15 Rel. 13 230 1 or 2 yes no 2 or 3
37 Rel. 11 15 1 2 (Dual-Cell) 2 (MIMO 4x4) yes yes 168.7
16 Rel. 12 1020 2 or 4 yes no 3 to 7 16 Rel. 14 110 1 yes yes 1
38 Rel. 11 15 1 4 (Quad-Cell) 4 (MIMO 4x4) yes yes 337.5 20 MHz
80 MHz Available radio resources Sradio (symbols/second) 17 Rel. 13 25070 8 yes no 32 17 Rel. 14 2120 4 yes yes 5
Carrier Depends on the numerology (symbol duration Ts and signaling overhead OH) 18 Rel. 13 1190 2 or 4 or 8 yes no 2 to 8 18 Rel. 14 210 1 or 2 yes yes 1 or 2
20 MHz aggregation and the available bandwidth resources including carrier aggregation 19 Rel. 13 1610 2 or 4 or 8 yes no 2 to 11 19 Rel. 14 13560 4 yes yes 32
CC#1 CC#2 CC#3
(number of component carriers J) 20 Rel. 14 1980 2 or 4 or 8 yes yes 2 to 13 20 Rel. 14 320 1 or 2 yes yes 2 or 3

HSUPA UE CATEGORIES – 3GPP TS 25.306

40 MHz 21 Rel. 14 1380 2 or 4 yes no 4 to 9 21 Rel. 14 300 1 or 2 yes no 2 or 4

Modulation / coding QMR (bits/symbol) 22 Rel. 15 2460 2 or 4 or 8 yes yes 3 to 16 22 Rel. 15 420 1 or 2 yes yes 2 or 4
MIMO layers (L) Sradio Depends on modulation order Q and applied code rate R. 23 Rel. 15 2780 2 or 4 or 8 yes yes 3 to 18 23 Rel. 15 530 1 or 2 yes yes 3 or 5
Maximum num- Determined by the number of TX and RX antennas in the base Maximum Q and R values only achievable under perfect radio conditions. 24 Rel. 15 2980 2 or 4 or 8 yes yes 3 to 20 24 Rel. 15 630 1 or 2 yes yes 3 or 6
Theoretical
ber of E-DCH Minimum Support for Support for station and UE and by the radio channel condition number. 25 Rel. 15 3220 2 or 4 or 8 yes yes 4 to 22 25 Rel. 15 740 1 or 2 yes yes 4 or 7
3GPP Support for Dual Cell UL maximum uplink 64QAM example
Category codes transmit- spreading 10 ms and 2 ms 64QAM in
release 16QAM in UL E-DCH MIMO ­physical data rate Q 26 Rel. 15 3480 2 or 4 or 8 yes yes 4 to 23 26 Rel. 15 840 1 or 2 yes yes 4 or 8
ted per transport factor TTI E-DCH UL TX1 RX1
in Mbit/s L1
block 000100 001100 011100 010100 110100 111100 101100 100100
1 Rel. 6 1 SF4 10 ms no no no no 0.7 BS a1 h11 b1

2
3
Rel. 6
Rel. 6
2
2
SF4
SF4
10 ms/2 ms
10 ms
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
1.45/1.40
1.4
h12
h21
UE
000101 001101 011101 010101 110101 111101 101101 100101
SUPPORTED LTE DL/UL CATEGORY COMBINATIONS
000111 001111 011111 010111 110111 111111 101111 100111
4 Rel. 6 2 SF2 10 ms/2 ms no no no no 2.0/2.8 a2 h22 b2
5 Rel. 6 2 SF2 10 ms no no no no 2.0 TX2
L2
RX2 UL M1 M2 0 1bis 3 5 7 8 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
000110 001110 011110 010110 110110 111110 101110 100110
6 Rel. 6 4 SF2 10 ms/2 ms no no no no 2.0/5.7
yes I
7 Rel. 7 4 SF2 10 ms/2 ms no no no 2.0/11.5
(2 ms TTI only) QMR
b1 h11 h21 a1
8 Rel. 9 4 SF2 2 ms no no yes no 11.5 000010 001010 011010 010010 110010 111010 101010 100010
= ×
9 Rel. 9 4 SF2 2 ms yes no yes no 22.9
b2 h21 h22 a2 000011 001011 011011 010011 110011 111011 101011 100011
10 Rel. 11 4 SF2 2 ms yes yes no no 17.2
11 Rel. 11 4 SF2 2 ms yes no no yes 22.9 L 000001 001001 011001 010001 110001 111001 101001 100001
12 Rel. 11 4 SF2 2 ms yes yes no yes 34.5
DL M1 M2 0 1bis 4 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
000000 001000 011000 010000 110000 111000 101000 100000

SOLUTIONS FROM ROHDE & SCHWARZ – YOUR PARTNER FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TESTING
Glossary
CC = component carrier (carrier aggregation);
DL = downlink, E-DCH = enhanced dedicated channel;
FR1 = frequency range from 0.41 GHz to 7.125 GHz;
FR2 = mmWave frequency range from 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz;
HS-DSCH = high speed downlink shared ­channel;
RB = resource block; SCS = subcarrier spacing;
TTI = transmission time interval; UL = uplink

5216297682
PD 5216.2976.82V02.00
R&S®FSW signal and spectrum analyzer R&S®SMW200A vector signal generator R&S®CMW wideband radio communications tester R&S®CMX 5G radio communication tester R&S®TS8980 RF conformance test system solution R&S®TSME6 ultracompact drive test scanner
The benchmark in innovation and usability with extreme wide The fine art of signal generation for the most demanding The universal test platform for RF, protocol and application Designed to cover all test applications for 5G FR1 and FR2, Fully automated RF conformance testing covering the Optimization, troubleshooting and mobile coverage measurements
analysis bandwidth and unparalleled low phase noise applications in device and infrastructure testing testing in the development of wireless devices supporting e2e data rates up to 20 Gbit/s full range of test cases for several mobile generations with non-intrusive scanner measurements

www.rohde-schwarz.com/wireless