Quectel RG500Q-EA: NR + LTE_CA Issue

Hi,

I have a Quectel RG500Q-EA and I’m experiencing issues with aggregating multiple LTE bands along with the NR (5G) part. My BTS supports all bands (1+3+7+20+32) + N78 and N1.

I know that the module can aggregate up to 3 LTE bands.

The problem is that if I aggregate the N78 band, I can only combine 2 LTE bands. With the N1 band, however, I can aggregate LTE 7+3+20 + N1.

I don’t understand what the issue is. Below are some tests I performed:

Currently configured bands in LTE:
+QNWPREFCFG: “lte_band”,1:2:3:4:5:7:8:12:13:14:17:18:19:20:25:26:28:29:30:32:34:38:39:40:41:42:43:46:48:66:71

Currently configured bands in 5G:
+QNWPREFCFG: “nsa_nr5g_band”,1:3:5:7:8:20:28:38:40:41:77:78:79

Current band aggregation:
+QCAINFO: “PCC”,3175,75,“LTE BAND 7”,1,211,-90,-13,-59,14
+QCAINFO: “SCC”,1350,100,“LTE BAND 3”,1,410,-94,-13,-60,14,0,-,-
+QCAINFO: “SCC”,648768,10,“NR5G BAND 78”,241

However, if I use N1, it seems to aggregate all the bands:

+QCAINFO: “PCC”,1350,100,“LTE BAND 3”,1,410,-94,-14,-60,12
+QCAINFO: “SCC”,3175,75,“LTE BAND 7”,1,211,-90,-10,-68,0,0,-,-
+QCAINFO: “SCC”,6300,50,“LTE BAND 20”,2,418,-92,-12,-60,13,0,-,-
+QCAINFO: “SCC”,427230,2,“NR5G BAND 1”,698

The current version in use is: RG500QEAAAR13A01M4G

Could you please check? Thank you.

@silvia

Dear @SuperKali
Please query your firmware via AT+QGMR.
RG500QEA supports 3LTE+n78, could you confirm your basestations support the combinations?Or you can share the list of combinations, I can check later.

Hello @silvia,

I can confirm that my base station support this combination through another x55:

For example:

4G Cell Information

eNB ID/Cell ID208183/31

Cell ID (HEX)32d37/1f

PCI State Connected Band 3G/4G Frequency DL BW UL RSRP RSRQ SINR RSSI
PCC 46 2 1 275 15.0MHz 1 -64 dBm -13 dB 21.2 dB -32 dB
SCC0 410 1 3 1350 20.0MHz 0 -66.6 dBm -12.0 dB 19.9 dB -46.8 dB
SCC1 211 1 7 3175 15.0MHz 0 -67.1 dBm -13.3 dB 10.0 dB -46.0 dB
SCC2 418 1 20 6300 10.0MHz 0 -70.4 dBm -10.8 dB 18.7 dB -51.9 dB

5G Cell Information

gNB ID/Cell ID— —

Cell ID (HEX)— —

PCI State 5G Connected Band 5G Frequency DL BW UL RSRP RSRQ SINR RSSI
PCC 241 2 N78 648768 80MHz 1 -75 dBm -11 dB 20.5 dB -63.7 dB

The firmware: RG500QEAAAR13A01M4G_01.200.01.200

Thank you in advance.

Dear @SuperKali
For n78 combinations, it only supports max bandwidth 60MHz.

Hello, 60MHz of what? LTE aggregation or n78?

Dear @SuperKali

It is for n78.

But this limit is a firmware limit, is not possible to release a version with the possibility to use more bandwitdth?