Carrier aggregation in LTE-Advanced can increase bandwidth and bitrate by aggregating multiple component carriers. Each component carrier can have bandwidth of 1.4-20 MHz, and up to 5 carriers can be aggregated for a total of 100 MHz. Carrier aggregation supports both intra-band aggregation within the same frequency band and inter-band aggregation across different bands. Scheduling in carrier aggregation can occur either on the same carrier or across different carriers.