{"id":34,"date":"2019-04-24T22:01:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T22:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migrate.5gworldpro.com\/5g-knowledge\/dual-connectivity-in-5g-option-3x-focus.html"},"modified":"2019-04-24T22:01:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T22:01:52","slug":"58-dual-connectivity-in-5g-option-3x-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.5gworldpro.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"Dual Connectivity in 5G: option 3x focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dual Connectivity (DC) was introduced in 3GPP to allow a UE to simultaneously transmit and receive data on multiple component carriers from two cell groups one providing E-UTRA access<\/strong> (4G)and the other one providing New Radio access(5G)<\/strong>. One scheduler is located in the Master Node and the other in the Secondary Node. The Master Node and Secondary Node are connected via a network interface and at least the Master Node is connected to the core network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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