LTE is a mobile broadband technology specified in 3GPP release 8 that provides higher data rates of up to 300 Mbps downlink and 75 Mbps uplink. The high-level architecture of LTE includes user equipment (UE), the evolved-UTRAN radio access network, and the evolved packet core. LTE Advanced, specified in release 10, utilizes technologies like carrier aggregation to support peak rates of 1 Gbps downlink and 500 Mbps uplink. LTE Advanced in unlicensed spectrum as specified in release 13 aggregates unlicensed bands with licensed spectrum for a unified LTE network leveraging both types of spectrum.