ETSI TS 138 521-1 V15.1.0 (2019-04)

5G; NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone (3GPP TS 38.521-1 version 15.1.0 Release 15)

ETSI TS 138 521-1 V15.1.0 (2019-04)

Name:ETSI TS 138 521-1 V15.1.0 (2019-04)   Standard name:5G; NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone (3GPP TS 38.521-1 version 15.1.0 Release 15)
Standard number:ETSI TS 138 521-1 V15.1.0 (2019-04)   language:English language
Release Date:23-Apr-2019   technical committee:3GPP RAN 5 - Mobile Terminal Conformance Testing (formely T1)
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ETSI TS 138 521-1 V15.1.0 (2019-04)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Radio transmission and reception;
Part 1: Range 1 Standalone
(3GPP TS 38.521-1 version 15.1.0 Release 15)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 10
2 Reference . 11
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 12
3.1 Definitions . 12
3.2 Symbols . 12
3.3 Abbreviations . 14
4 General . 15
4.1 Relationship between minimum requirements and test requirements . 15
4.2 Applicability of minimum requirements . 15
4.3 Specification suffix information . 16
4.4 Test points analysis . 16
5 Operating bands and Channel arrangement . 16
5.1 General . 16
5.2 Operating bands . 16
5.2A Operating bands for CA . 17
5.2A.1 Intra-band CA . 17
5.2A.2 Inter-band CA . 18
5.2B Operating bands for DC . 18
5.2B.1 General . 18
5.2C Operating band combination for SUL . 18
5.3 UE channel bandwidth . 19
5.3.1 General . 19
5.3.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration . 19
5.3.4 RB alignment . 21
5.3.5 UE channel bandwidth per operating band . 21
5.3.6 Asymmetric channel bandwidths . 24
5.3A UE channel bandwidth for CA . 25
5.3A.1 General . 25
5.3A.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration for CA . 27
5.3A.3 Minimum guard band and transmission bandwidth configuration for CA. 27
5.3A.4 RB alignment with Different Numerologies for CA . 27
5.3A.5 UE channel bandwidth per operating band for CA . 27
5.4 Channel arrangement . 27
5.4.1 Channel spacing . 27
5.4.1.1 Channel spacing for adjacent NR carriers . 27
5.4.2 Channel raster . 28
5.4.2.1 NR-ARFCN and channel raster. 28
5.4.2.2 Channel raster to resource element mapping. 28
5.4.2.3 Channel raster entries for each operating band . 29
5.4.3 Synchronization raster . 30
5.4.3.1 Synchronization raster and numbering . 30
5.4.3.2 Synchronization raster to synchronization block resource element mapping . 31
5.4.3.3 Synchronization raster entries for each operating band. 31
5.4.4 TX–RX frequency separation . 31
5.4A Channel arrangement for CA. 32
5.4A.1 Channel spacing for CA . 32
5.4A.2 Channel raster for CA . 32
5.4A.3 Synchronization raster for CA . 33
5.4A.4 Tx-Rx frequency separation for CA. 33
5.5 Configurations . 33
5.5A Configurations for CA . 33
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5.5A.1 Configurations for intra-band contiguous CA. 33
5.5A.2 Configurations for intra-band non-contiguous CA . 34
5.5A.3 Configurations for inter-band CA . 35
5.5B Configurations for DC . 37
5.5C Configurations for SUL . 37
6 Transmitter characteristics . 38
6.1 General . 38
6.2 Transmitter power . 41
6.2.1 UE maximum output power . 41
6.2.2 Maximum Power Reduction (MPR) . 45
6.2.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction . 56
6.2.4 Configured transmitted power . 83
6.2A Transmitter power for CA . 87
6.2B Transmitter power for DC . 87
6.2C Transmitter power for SUL . 87
6.2C.1 Configured transmitted power for SUL . 87
6.2C.1.1 Test purpose . 87
6.2C.1.2 Test applicability . 87
6.2C.1.3 Minimum conformance requirements . 87
6.2C.1.4 Test description . 87
6.2C.1.5 Test requirement . 88
6.2C.2 ΔT . 89
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6.2D Transmitter power for UL-MIMO . 89
6.2D.1 UE maximum output power for UL-MIMO . 89
6.2D.2 UE maximum output power reduction for UL-MIMO . 91
6.2D.4 Configured transmitted power for UL-MIMO . 93
6.3 Output power dynamics . 96
6.3.1 Minimum output power . 96
6.3.2 Transmit OFF power . 98
6.3.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask . 99
6.3.3.1 General . 99
6.3.3.2 General ON/OFF time mask . 99
6.3.3.3 Transmit power time mask for slot and [mini-slot] boundaries . 103
6.3.3.4 PRACH time mask . 103
6.3.3.5 PUCCH time mask . 106
6.3.3.5.1 Long PUCCH time mask . 106
6.3.3.5.2 Short PUCCH time mask . 106
6.3.3.6 SRS time mask . 106
6.3.3.6.1 Test purpose . 106
6.3.3.6.2 Test applicability . 106
6.3.3.6.3 Minimum conformance requirements . 106
6.3.3.6.4 Test description . 107
6.3.3.6.4.1 Initial condition . 107
6.3.3.6.5 Test requirement . 108
6.3.3.7 PUSCH-PUCCH and PUSCH-SRS time masks . 109
6.3.3.7.1 Test purpose . 109
6.3.3.7.2 Test applicability . 109
6.3.3.7.3 Minimum conformance requirements . 109
6.3.3.7.4 Test description . 110
6.3.3.7.4.1 Initial condition . 110
6.3.3.7.5 Test requirement . 111
6.3.4 Power control . 112
6.3.4.1 General . 112
6.3.4.2 Absolute power tolerance . 112
6.3.4.3 Power Control Relative power tolerance . 115
6.3.4.4 Aggregate power tolerance. 125
6.3D . 128
6.3D.1 Minimum output power for UL-MIMO . 128
6.3D.2 Transmit OFF power for UL-MIMO . 130
6.3D.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask for UL-MIMO . 132
6.3D.4 Power control for UL-MIMO . 134
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6.3D.4.1 Absolute power tolerance for UL-MIMO . 134
6.3D.4.2 Relative power tolerance for UL-MIMO . 136
6.3D.4.3 Aggregate power tolerance for UL-MIMO . 137
6.4 Transmit signal quality . 139
6.4.1 Frequency error . 139
6.4.2 Transmit modulation quality . 141
6.4.2.1 Error Vector Magnitude . 141
6.4.2.2 Carrier leakage . 146
6.4.2.3 In-band emissions . 149
6.4.2.4 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness . 153
6.4.2.5 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness for Pi/2 BPSK . 157
6.4A Transmit signal quality for CA . 160
6.4A.1 Frequency error for CA . 160
6.4A.1.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 160
6.4A.1.1 Frequency error for CA (2UL CA) . 161
6.4A.2 Transmit modulation quality for CA . 162
6.4A.2.1 Error Vector Magnitude for CA . 163
6.4A.2.1.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 163
6.4A.2.2 Carrier leakage for CA . 165
6.4A.2.2.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 165
6.4A.2.2.1 Carrier leakage for CA (2UL CA) . 165
6.4A.2.3 In-band emission for CA . 167
6.4A.2.3.0 Minimum conformance requirements . 167
6.4A.2.3.1 In-band emissions for CA (2UL CA) . 168
6.4D Transmit signal quality for UL-MIMO . 171
6.4D.1 Frequency error for UL-MIMO . 171
6.4D.2 Transmit modulation quality for UL-MIMO . 173
6.4D.2.1 Error Vector Magnitude for UL-MIMO . 173
6.4D.2.2 Carrier leakage for UL-MIMO . 175
6.4D.2.3 In-band emissions for UL-MIMO . 177
6.4D.2.4 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness for UL-MIMO . 180
6.4D.3 Time alignment error for UL-MIMO . 182
6.5 Output RF spectrum emissions . 184
6.5.1 Occupied bandwidth . 184
6.5.2 Out of band emission . 186
6.5.2.1 General . 186
6.5.2.2 Spectrum Emission Mask . 187
6.5.2.3 Additional spectrum emission mask . 192
6.5.2.3.3.2 Requirements for network signalled value "NS_04" . 193
6.5.2.3.3.3 Requirements for network signalled value "NS_03" . 194
6.5.2.3.3.4 Requirements for network signalled value "NS_06" . 195
6.5.2.3.3.5 Requirements for network signalled value "NS_40" . 195
6.5.2.3.3.6 Requirements for network signalled value “NS_41” . 195
6.5.2.3.3.7 Requirements for network signalled value "NS_42" . 196
6.5.2.4 Adjacent channel leakage ratio . 198
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