The UE and the NR gNB in the 5G system support aggregation of multiple NR carriers with different numerologies. The 3GPP discusses achievement of aggregation of multiple NR carriers with different numerologies by lower layer aggregation, such as the existing LTE Carrier Aggregation (CA), or higher layer aggregation, such as the existing Dual Connectivity (see, for example, Non-Patent Literature 5 to 7).
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Non Patent Literature
- [Non-Patent Literature 1] 3GPP TR 23.799 V14.0.0 (2016-12) “3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Study on Architecture for Next Generation System (Release 14)”, December 2016
- [Non-Patent Literature 2] 3GPP TR. 38.801 V1.0.0 (2016-12) “3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Study on New Radio Access Technology; Radio Access Architecture and Interfaces (Release 14)”, December 2016
- [Non-Patent Literature 3] 3GPP R2-168400, NTT DOCOMO, INC., “QoS and bearer for DC between LTE and NR”, 3GPP TSG-RAN WG2 Meeting #96, Reno, USA, 14-18 Nov. 2016
- [Non-Patent Literature 4] 3GPP R2-168686, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, “EPC—NR PDCP interaction for tight interworking: User Plane aspects”, 3GPP TSG-RAN WG2 Meeting #96, Reno, USA, 14-18 Nov. 2016
- [Non-Patent Literature 5] 3GPP TR 38.804 V 0.4.0 (2016-11) “3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Study on New Radio Access Technology; Radio Interface Protocol Aspects (Release 14)”, November 2016