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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
5GS;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Part 1: Common test environment
(3GPP TS 38.508-1 version 15.2.0 Release 15)
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 14
1 Scope . 15
2 References . 15
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 16
3.1 Definitions . 16
3.2 Symbols . 16
3.3 Abbreviations . 16
4 Common test environments . 17
4.1 Environmental conditions . 17
4.1.1 Temperature . 17
4.1.2 Voltage . 17
4.2 Common requirements of test equipment . 18
4.2.1 General functional requirements . 18
4.2.2 Minimum functional requirements . 19
4.2.2.1 Supported Cell Configuration . 19
4.2.2.1.1 Supported Channels for an E-UTRA cell (NSA mode only) . 19
4.2.2.1.2 Supported Channels for a NR cell . 19
4.2.2.1.1.1 Logical channels . 19
4.2.2.1.1.2 Transport channels . 19
4.2.2.1.1.3 Physical channels . 20
4.3 Reference test conditions . 20
4.3.1 Test frequencies . 20
4.3.1.0 General . 20
4.3.1.0A Mid test channel bandwidth . 20
4.3.1.0B Low test channel bandwidth . 22
4.3.1.0C High test channel bandwidth . 24
4.3.1.0B Bandwidth part . 25
4.3.1.1 Test frequencies for NR operating bands in FR1 . 27
4.3.1.1.1 Operating bands in FR1 . 27
4.3.1.1.2 Intra-band CA in FR1 . 101
4.3.1.1.3 Inter-band CA in FR1 . 101
4.3.1.1.4 Operating bands for DC in FR1 . 101
4.3.1.1.5 Operating band combination for SUL in FR1 . 101
4.3.1.2 Test frequencies for NR operating bands in FR2 . 102
4.3.1.2.1 Operating bands in FR2 . 102
4.3.1.2.2 Intra-band CA in FR2 . 109
4.3.1.2.3 Inter-band CA in FR2 . 109
4.3.1.3 Test frequencies for NR operation with other radios . 109
4.3.1.3.1 Inter-band CA . 109
4.3.1.3.2 EN-DC (two bands) . 110
4.3.1.3.2.0 Default reference test frequencies for EN-DC combinations (two bands) . 110
4.3.1.3.2.1 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combinations beginning with B1 . 113
4.3.1.3.2.2 to 4.3.1.3.2.24 FFS . 113
4.3.1.3.2.25 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combinations beginning with B25 . 113
4.3.1.3.2.25.1 to 4.3.1.3.2.25.40 FFS . 113
4.3.1.3.2.25.41 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combination DC_25A_n41A / DC_25A_n41A . 113
4.3.1.3.2.26 – 4.3.1.3.2.40 FFS . 114
4.3.1.3.2.41 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combinations beginning with B41 . 114
4.3.1.3.2.41.1 Reference test frequencies for intra-band contiguous EN-DC combination DC_(n)41 . 114
4.3.1.3.2.41.2 to 4.3.1.3.2.41.40 FFS . 131
4.3.1.3.2.41.41 Void . 131
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4.3.1.3.2.41.41A Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combination DC_41A_n41A / DC_41A_n41A . 131
4.3.1.3.2.42.to 4.3.1.3.2.70 FFS . 133
4.3.1.3.2.71 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combinations beginning with B71 . 133
4.3.1.3.2.71.1 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combination DC_(n)71 . 133
4.3.1.3.3 EN-DC (three bands) . 134
4.3.1.3.4 EN-DC (four bands) . 134
4.3.1.3.5 EN-DC (five bands) . 134
4.3.2 Radio conditions . 134
4.3.2.1 FR1, normal propagation condition for connected . 134
4.3.2.2 FR2, condition for OTA . 135
4.3.3 Physical channel allocations . 135
4.3.3.1 E-UTRA . 135
4.3.3.2 NR . 135
4.3.3.2.1 Antennas . 135
4.3.3.2.2 Downlink physical channels and physical signals . 135
4.3.3.2.3 Mapping of downlink physical channels and signals to physical resources . 135
4.3.4 Signal levels . 135
4.3.4.1 Signal levels for conducted testing . 135
4.3.4.1.1 Downlink signal levels . 135
4.3.4.2 Signal levels for OTA testing . 136
4.3.5 Standard test signals. 136
4.3.6 Physical layer parameters . 136
4.3.6.1 Downlink physical layer parameters . 136
4.3.6.1.1 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PUSCH . 136
4.3.6.1.1.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_0. 136
4.3.6.1.1.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_1. 136
4.3.6.1.2 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PDSCH . 138
4.3.6.1.2.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_0. 138
4.3.6.1.2.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_1. 139
4.3.6.1.3 Physical layer parameters for other purposes . 140
4.3.6.1.3.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 2_0. 140
4.3.6.1.3.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 2_1. 141
4.3.6.1.3.3 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 2_2. 141
4.3.6.1.3.4 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 2_3. 141
4.4 Reference system configurations . 142
4.4.1 Simulated network scenarios . 142
4.4.1.1 Standalone cell network scenarios . 142
4.4.1.1.1 Standalone E-UTRA single cell and multi cell network scenarios . 142
4.4.1.1.2 Standalone NR single cell network scenarios . 142
4.4.1.1.3 Standalone NR single mode multi cell network scenarios . 142
4.4.1.1.4 Standalone NR dual mode multi cell network scenarios . 143
4.4.1.1.5 Standalone NR 3GPP Inter-RAT network scenarios . 143
4.4.1.2 Non-standalone cell network scenarios . 143
4.4.1.2.1 Non-standalone E-UTRA single cell and NR single cell network scenarios . 143
4.4.1.2.2 Non-standalone E-UTRA single cell and NR single mode multi cell network scenarios . 143
4.4.1.2.3 Non-standalone E-UTRA single mode multi cell and NR single mode multi cell network
scenarios . 143
4.4.1.2.4 Non-standalone E-UTRA single cell and NR dual mode multi cell network scenarios . 144
4.4.2 Simulated cells . 144
4.4.3 Common parameters for simulated NR cells . 148
4.4.3.1 Common configurations of system information blocks . 148
4.4.3.1.1 Combinations of system information blocks for E-UTRA standalone, EN-DC and NGEN-DC . 148
4.4.3.1.2 Combinations of system information blocks for NR standalone and NE-DC . 149
4.4.3.1.3 Scheduling of system information blocks . 150
4.4A Test states . 151
4.4A.1 General . 151
4.4A.2 Test states and associated 5GC and RRC protocol states . 151
4.4A.3 Test state parameters . 152
4.4A.4 Test state ID syntax. 153
4.4A.5 Mapping of test state IDs and test parameters to generic procedures, generic procedure parameters
and specific message conditions . 153
4.5 Generic procedures . 154
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4.5.1 General . 154
4.5.2 RRC_IDLE . 155
4.5.2.1 Initiation . 155
4.5.2.2 Procedures . 156
4.5.2.3 Specific message contents . 157
4.5.3 RRC_INACTIVE . 158
4.5.3.1 Initiation . 158
4.5.3.2 Procedures . 158
4.5.4 RRC_CONNECTED . 158
4.5.4.1 Initiation . 158
4.5.4.2 Procedures . 159
4.5.4.3 Specific message contents . 160
4.5.5 Void . 161
4.5.6 Procedure for IP address allocation in the user plane . 161
4.6 Default NG-RAN RRC message and information elements contents . 162
4.6.1 Contents of RRC messages . 162
– CounterCheck . 162
– CounterCheckResponse . 163
– DLInformationTransfer . 163
– LocationMeasurementIndication . 164
– MIB . 164
– MeasurementReport . 165
– MobilityFromNRCommand . 165
– Paging . 165
– RRCReestablishment . 166
– RRCReestablishmentComplete . 166
– RRCReestablishmentRequest . 166
– RRCReconfiguration . 167
– RRCReconfigurationComplete . 168
– RRCReject . 168
– RRCRelease . 168
– RRCResume . 169
– RRCResumeComplete . 169
– RRCResumeRequest . 169
– RRCResumeRequest1 . 170
– RRCSetup . 170
– RRCSetupComplete . 170
– RRCSetupRequest . 171
– RRCSystemInfoRequest . 171
– SecurityModeCommand . 171
– SecurityModeComplete . 172
– SecurityModeFailure. 172
– SIB1 . 173
– SystemInformation . 173
– UEAssistanceInformation . 174
– UECapabilityEnquiry . 174
– UECapabilityInformation . 174
– ULInformationTransfer . 175
4.6.2 System information blocks . 175
– SIB2 .
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