What is an FDD used for?

Frequency-division duplexing (FDD) is a method for establishing a full-duplex communications link that uses two different radio frequencies for transmitter and receiver operation . FDD operation normally assigns the transmitter and receiver to different communication channels.

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What is NSA in 5G?

Devices running Android 10 or higher can support 5G non-standalone (NSA). 5G NSA is a solution for 5G networks where the network is supported by the existing 4G infrastructure . On Android 10, devices can display a 5G icon on the status bar when a device connects to a 5G network.

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What is SDL and Sul in 5G?

Supplementary Downlink ( SDL ) and Supplementary Uplink ( SUL ) are modes that allow only downlink or uplink in those bands . SDL and SUL are meant to provide additional capacity. In practice, industry looks at 5G spectrum in terms of low-band (600-700 kHz), mid-band (3-5 GHz) and high-band (26-100 GHz).

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What are SA NSA 5G bands?

The main difference of NSA (Non-Standalone Architecture) and SA (Standalone Architecture) is that NSA anchors the control signaling of 5G Radio Networks to the 4G Core, while the SA scheme connects the 5G Radio directly to the 5G core network , and the control signaling does not depend on the 4G network at all.

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