Is LTE CAT 1 5G?

Cellular LTE Cat 1 modules support 4G and 5G .

LTE Cat 18 is the new technology introduced by 3GPP as part of the LTE Advanced protocol , that supports up to 8 spatial streams, 4×4 MIMO on 3 LTE carriers, 5×20 MHz carrier aggregation and 64/256 QAM.

What is LTE Cat 1? 4G LTE Cat 1 speeds reach 10 Mbit/s in the downlink and 5 Mbit/s in the uplink , making it ideal for a vast number of feature-rich M2M and IoT applications including those requiring video streaming and voice support.18 Oca 2022

In short, Gigabit (Category 16) LTE is 256QAM, 3×20 MHz CA, and 4×4 MIMO . The actual rated downlink speed achieved through this combination of technologies is not quite 1 Gbps, but 979 Mbps. Later we’ll discuss what sort of real-world speeds you can expect. Paired with a Cat 16. LTE will be a Cat 13.