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BK C.
BK C.

Reputation: 583

what does 'carrier' generally mean in LTE?

In LTE they talk about carrier a lot. It's not verizon, at&t and etc but seems to be different things. What does 'carrier' mean in LTE?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3925

Answers (2)

Mbebwo
Mbebwo

Reputation: 139

In LTE, carrier is the center frequency of the spectrum being used to transmit the LTE signal. More spectrum, higher the speed.

This is called or referred to as EARFCN. Eutra Absolute radio-frequency channel number.

In recent times, you will hear about carrier-aggregation. This is the ability of the mobile device to combine multiple of these defined spectrum for transmission of signal for much higher download speeds.

Upvotes: 3

Mick
Mick

Reputation: 25481

Carrier can mean two things in the LTE world:

  • the operator, as Juan mentions
  • the radio channel that 'carrys' the data

I think the latter is probably what you are referring to and this is definitely what is meant when the term 'carrier aggregation' is used - this essentially allows LTE combine the data carrying capabilities of multiple 'channels' to increase the overall bandwidth either to or from the device.

Upvotes: 0

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