B.3 NR Operation with Shared Spectrum

NR Radio Access operating with shared spectrum channel access can support the following deployment scenarios:

• Scenario A: Carrier aggregation between NR in licensed spectrum (SpCell) and NR in shared spectrum (SCell);
• Scenario A.1: SCell is not configured with uplink (DL only);
• Scenario A.2: SCell is configured with uplink (DL+UL).
• Scenario B: Dual connectivity between LTE in licensed spectrum and NR in shared spectrum (PSCell);
• Scenario C: NR in shared spectrum (PCell);
• Scenario D: NR cell in shared spectrum and uplink in licensed spectrum;
• Scenario E: Dual connectivity between NR in licensed spectrum (PCell) and NR in shared spectrum (PSCell).

Carrier aggregation of cells in shared spectrum is applicable to all deployment scenarios.