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  1. Anonymous28 February 2020 at 04:44

    Timing Advance in LTE and NR

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  2. Unknown12 May 2020 at 00:44

    Nicely explained, can you please share further more detail on VoLTE.

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  3. Unknown15 August 2020 at 12:43

    It would be helpful if the complete call flow is explained

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