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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
5G;
NR, E-UTRA, UTRA and GSM/EDGE;
Multi-Standard Radio (MSR) Base Station (BS)
conformance testing
(3GPP TS 37.141 version 14.9.0 Release 14)
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3GPP TS 37.141 version 14.9.0 Release 14 1 ETSI TS 137 141 V14.9.0 (2019-05)
Reference
RTS/TSGR-0437141ve90
Keywords
5G,GSM,LTE,UMTS
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Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The present document may refer to technical specifications or reports using their 3GPP identities, UMTS identities or
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 11
1 Scope . 12
2 References . 12
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 13
3.1 Definitions . 13
3.2 Symbols . 16
3.3 Abbreviations . 18
4 General test conditions and declarations . 20
4.1 Measurement uncertainties and test requirements . 20
4.1.1 General . 20
4.1.2 Acceptable uncertainty of Test System . 20
4.1.2.1 Measurement of transmitter . 21
4.1.2.2 Measurement of receiver . 22
4.1.3 Interpretation of measurement results . 24
4.2 Base Station classes . 25
4.3 Regional requirements . 25
4.4 Operating bands and band categories . 27
4.4.1 Band category 1 aspects (BC1) . 30
4.4.2 Band category 2 aspects (BC2) . 31
4.4.3 Band category 3 aspects (BC3) . 31
4.5 Channel arrangement . 31
4.5.1 Channel spacing . 31
4.5.1A CA Channel spacing . 32
4.5.2 Channel raster . 32
4.5.3 Carrier frequencies and numbering . 32
4.6 Manufacturer's declarations of regional and optional requirements . 32
4.6.1 Operating band and frequency range . 32
4.6.2 Spurious emissions category . 33
4.6.3 Additional operating band unwanted emissions . 33
4.6.4 Co-existence with other systems . 33
4.6.5 Co-location with other Base Stations . 33
4.6.6 NB-IoT sub-carrier spacing . 34
4.6.7 NB-IoT power dynamic range . 34
4.7 Capability set definition and manufacturer's declarations of supported RF configurations . 34
4.7.1 Definition of Capability Sets (CS) . 34
4.7.2 Manufacturer's declarations of supported RF configurations . 40
4.8 MSR test configurations . 43
4.8.1 TC1: UTRA multicarrier operation . 43
4.8.1.1 TC1a generation . 43
4.8.1.2 TC1b generation . 43
4.8.1.3 TC1 power allocation . 43
4.8.1a NTC1: UTRA multicarrier non-contiguous operation . 43
4.8.1a.1 NTC1a generation . 44
4.8.1a.2 NTC1 power allocation . 44
4.8.2 TC2: E-UTRA multicarrier operation . 44
4.8.2.1 TC2 generation . 44
4.8.2.2 TC2 power allocation . 44
4.8.2a NTC2: E-UTRA multicarrier non-contiguous operation . 44
4.8.2a.1 NTC2 generation . 45
4.8.2a.2 NTC2 power allocation . 45
4.8.3 TC3: UTRA and E-UTRA multi RAT operation . 45
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4.8.3.1 TC3a generation . 45
4.8.3.2 TC3b generation . 46
4.8.3.3 TC3 power allocation . 46
4.8.3a NTC3: UTRA and E-UTRA multi RAT non-contiguous operation . 46
4.8.3a.1 NTC3a generation . 46
4.8.3a.2 NTC3 power allocation . 47
4.8.4 TC4: BC2 transmitter operation. 47
4.8.4.1 TC4a generation . 47
4.8.4.2 TC4b generation . 47
4.8.4.3 TC4c generation . 48
4.8.4.4 TC4d generation . 48
4.8.4.5 TC4e generation . 48
4.8.4.6 TC4 power allocation . 49
4.8.4a NTC4: Non-contiguous multi RAT operations with GSM for the transmitter . 49
4.8.4a.1 NTC4a generation . 49
4.8.4a.2 NTC4b generation . 50
4.8.4a.3 NTC4c generation . 50
4.8.4a.4 NTC4 power allocation . 51
4.8.5 TC5: BC2 receiver operation . 51
4.8.5.1 TC5a generation . 51
4.8.5.2 TC5b generation . 52
4.8.5a NTC5: Non-contiguous multi RAT operations with GSM for the receiver . 52
4.8.5a.1 NTC5a generation . 52
4.8.5a.2 NTC5b generation . 52
4.8.5a.3 NTC5c generation . 52
4.8.6 TC6: Single carrier for receiver tests . 53
4.8.6.1 TC6a generation . 53
4.8.6.2 TC6b generation . 53
4.8.6.3 TC6c generation . 53
4.8.7 Generation of MB-MSR test configurations . 53
4.8.7.1 TC7a: MB-MSR test configuration for full carrier allocation . 53
4.8.7.1.1 TC7a generation . 53
4.8.7.1.2 TC7a power allocation . 54
4.8.7.2 TC7b: MB-MSR test configuration with high PSD per carrier . 54
4.8.7.2.1 TC7b generation . 54
4.8.7.2.2 TC7b power allocation . 55
4.8.7.3 TC7c: MB-MSR test configuration with GSM/EDGE single RAT operation in one band . 55
4.8.7.3.1 TC7c generation . 55
4.8.7.3.2 TC7c power allocation . 56
4.8.8 TC8: NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 56
4.8.8.1 TC8 generation . 56
4.8.8.2 TC8 power allocation . 56
4.8.9 TC9: GSM and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 56
4.8.9.1 TC9 generation . 57
4.8.9.2 TC9 power allocation . 57
4.8.10 TC10: UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 57
4.8.10.1 TC10 generation . 57
4.8.10.2 TC10 power allocation . 57
4.8.11 TC11: E-UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 57
4.8.11.1 TC11 generation . 58
4.8.11.2 TC11 power allocation . 58
4.8.12 TC12: GSM and UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 58
4.8.12.1 TC12 generation . 58
4.8.12.2 TC12 power allocation . 59
4.8.13 TC13: GSM and E-UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 59
4.8.13.1 TC13 generation . 59
4.8.13.2 TC13 power allocation . 59
4.8.14 TC14: UTRA and E-UTRA and NB-IoT standalone multi-carrier operation . 59
4.8.14.1 TC14 generation . 59
4.8.14.2 TC14 power allocation . 60
4.8.15 TC15: GSM and E-UTRA with NB-IoT in-band multi-carrier operation . 60
4.8.15.1 TC15 generation . 60
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4.8.15.2 TC15 power allocation . 60
4.8.16 TC16: UTRA and E-UTRA with NB-IoT in-band multi-carrier operation . 60
4.8.16.1 TC16 generation . 60
4.8.16.2 TC16 power allocation . 61
4.8.17 TC17: E-UTRA and E-UTRA with NB-IoT in-band multi-carrier operation . 61
4.8.17.1 TC17 generation . 61
4.8.17.2 TC17 power allocation . 61
4.8.18 TC18: GSM and E-UTRA with NB-IoT guard-band multi-carrier operation . 61
4.8.18.1 TC18 generation . 61
4.8.18.2 TC18 power allocation . 62
4.8.19 TC19: UTRA and E-UTRA with NB-IoT guard-band multi-carrier operation . 62
4.8.19.1 TC19 generation . 62
4.8.19.2 TC19 power allocation . 62
4.8.20 TC20: E-UTRA and E-UTRA with NB-IoT guard-band multi-carrier operation . 62
4.8.20.1 TC20 generation . 62
4.8.20.2 TC20 power allocation . 63
4.9 RF channels and test models . 63
4.9.1 RF channels . 63
4.9.2 Test models . 64
4.10 BS configurations . 65
4.10.1 Transmit configurations . 65
4.10.1.1 Transmission with multiple transmitter antenna connectors . 65
4.10.2 Receive configurations . 65
4.10.2.1 Reception with multiple receiver antenna connectors, receiver diversity . 65
4.10.3 Duplexers . 66
4.10.4 Power supply options . 66
4.10.5 Ancillary RF amplifiers . 66
4.10.6 BS with integrated Iuant BS modem . 67
4.10.7 BS using antenna arrays . 67
4.10.7.1 Receiver tests . 67
4.10.7.2 Transmitter tests . 68
4.11 Format and interpretation of tests . 68
4.12 Requirements for BS capable of multi-band operation . 69
4.13 Tests for BS capable of multi-band operation with three or more bands . 69
5 Applicability of requirements and test configurations . 70
5.1 Multi-RAT capable Base Stations . 72
5.2 Single-RAT Multi-carrier capable Base Stations . 89
5.3 Multi-band capable Base Stations . 98
6 Transmitter characteristics . 101
6.1 General . 101
6.2 Base Station output power . 101
6.2.1 Base Station maximum output power . 101
6.2.1.1 Definition and applicability . 101
6.2.1.2 Minimum requirement .
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