Intra-Band Contiguous CA

Technical Explanation

Intra-band contiguous CA combines adjacent RF carriers with zero or minimal frequency gap between them. Because the carriers share RF front-end components, power amplifiers, and antennas, it minimizes hardware complexity on UEs while doubling or tripling data rates in wide operator blocks.

Key Functions

• Combines adjacent spectrum channels using a single RF transceiver chain
• Maximizes spectrum utilization within single contiguous operator allocations
• Supported in both FR1 (e.g. 100 MHz + 100 MHz in n77) and FR2 (4 x 100 MHz in n257)