Key Features - Quectel LTE-A Series Hardware Design

2.2. Key Features

The following table describes the detailed features of EG18.
Table 2: Key Features of EG18
Feature
Power Supply
Transmitting Power
LTE Features
UMTS Features
Internet Protocol Features
SMS
(U)SIM Interfaces
Audio Features
PCM Interface
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Supply voltage: 3.3V~4.3V
Typical supply voltage: 3.8V
Class 3 (23dBm± 2dB) for LTE-TDD bands
Class 3 (23dBm± 2dB) for LTE-FDD bands
Class 3 (24dBm+1/-3dB) for WCDMA bands
Support FDD/TDD LTE Category 18 with CA and MIMO
Support uplink QPSK and 16-QAM and 64-QAM modulation
Support downlink QPSK, 16-QAM and 64-QAM and 256-QAM modulation
Support 1.4MHz to 100MHz (5×CA) RF bandwidth
Support 4×4 MIMO in DL direction
FDD: Max 1.175Gbps (DL)/150Mbps (UL)
TDD: Max 545Mbps (DL)/90.6Mbps (UL)
Support 3GPP R9 DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA, HSPA+, HSDPA, HSUPA and
WCDMA
Support QPSK, 16-QAM and 64-QAM modulation
DC-HSDPA: Max 42Mbps
DC-HSUPA: Max 11.5Mbps
WCDMA: Max 384Kbps (DL)/384Kbps (UL)
Support PPP/QMI/TCP*/UDP*/FTP*/HTTP*/NTP*/PING*/HTTPS*/SMTP*/
MMS*/FTPS*/SMTPS*/SSL* protocols
Support PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) and CHAP (Challenge
Handshake Authentication Protocol) usually used for PPP connections
Text and PDU mode
Point to point MO and MT
SMS cell broadcast
SMS storage: ME by default
Support (U)SIM card: 1.8V/3.0V
Dual SIM Single Standby
Provide one digital audio interface: PCM interface
LTE: AMR/AMR-WB
Support echo cancellation and noise suppression
Used for audio function with external codec
Support 16-bit linear data format
Support long frame synchronization and short frame synchronization
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