5.5B.1 General

38.101-33GPPNRPart 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radiosRelease 17TSUser Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception

The operating bands and bandwidth classes are specified for operation with EN-DC, NGEN-DC, NE-DC or NR-DC configured. The EN-DC, NGEN-DC or NE-DC band combinations include at least one E-UTRA operating band.

For EN-DC or NE-DC configurations indicated by column "Single Uplink allowed" (e.g., problematic band combinations as defined in TS 38.306 [11]) in tables in this clause the UE may indicate capability of not supporting simultaneous dual and triple uplink operation due to possible intermodulation interference to its own primary downlink channel bandwidth of PCell or PSCell if the intermodulation order is 2 or if the intermodulation order is 3 for the combinations when both operating bands are between 450 MHz – 960 MHz or between 1427 MHz – 2690 MHz. When LTE and NR transmissions collide, simultaneous dual transmissions may not be supported by UE for these EN-DC band combinations for which only single switched UL is supported.

In the case for EN-DC or NE-DC configurations listed in tables in this clause for which the intermodulation products caused by the dual and triple uplink operation fall into the receive band but do not interfere with its own primary downlink channel bandwidth of PCell or PSCell as defined in Annex I the UE is mandated to operate in dual and triple uplink mode. Single Uplink is also allowed for certain band combinations where intermodulation or reverse intermodulation products could create difficulty for meeting emission requirementsFor EN-DC combinations of order 3 or higher, "Single Uplink allowed" UL configurations captured in Table 5.5B.2-1, Table 5.5B.3-1, and Table 5.5B.4-1 apply.

If multiple UL DC configurations are listed for multiple DL DC configurations, valid uplink configurations are such that uplink does not have more carriers than downlink.

The configurations for operating bands for DC including Band n41 also apply for the corresponding operating bands for DC with Band n90 replacing Band n41 but with otherwise identical parameters. For brevity the said configuration for operating bands for DC with Band n90 are not listed in the tables below but are covered by this specification.

Non contiguous resource allocation and almost contiguous allocation are not applicable for E UTRA or NR carrier part of intra band EN DC configuration.

If the mandatory simultaneous Rx/Tx capability applies for a lower order DC configuration, when the applicable lower order DC configuration is a band pair in a higher order DC configuration, the mandatory simultaneous Rx/Tx capability also applies for the band pair in the higher order DC configuration.