ETSI TS 138 523-1 V15.2.0 (2019-04)

5G; 5GS; UE conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol (3GPP TS 38.523-1 version 15.2.0 Release 15)

ETSI TS 138 523-1 V15.2.0 (2019-04)

Name:ETSI TS 138 523-1 V15.2.0 (2019-04)   Standard name:5G; 5GS; UE conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol (3GPP TS 38.523-1 version 15.2.0 Release 15)
Standard number:ETSI TS 138 523-1 V15.2.0 (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 138 523-1 V15.2.0 (2019-04)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
5GS;
UE conformance specification;
Part 1: Protocol
(3GPP TS 38.523-1 version 15.2.0 Release 15)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 9
1 Scope . 10
2 References . 10
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Definitions . 11
3.2 Symbols . 12
3.3 Abbreviations . 12
4 Overview . 12
4.1 Test methodology . 12
4.1.1 Testing of optional functions and procedures . 12
4.1.2 Test interfaces and facilities. 12
4.2 Implicit testing . 12
4.3 Repetition of tests . 12
4.4 Handling of differences between conformance requirements in different releases of core specifications . 13
5 Reference conditions and generic setup procedures . 13
5.1 Reference conditions . 13
5.2 Generic setup procedures . 13
6 Idle mode operations . 13
6.1 NR idle mode operations . 13
6.1.1 . 13
6.1.1.1 to 6.1.1.6 13
6.1.1.7 PLMN selection of RPLMN or (E)HPLMN; Automatic mode . 13
6.1.1.8 PLMN selection of RPLMN or (E)HPLMN; Manual mode . 16
7 Layer 2 . 19
7.1 NR Layer 2 . 19
7.1.0 Common test case specific values for Layer 2 . 19
7.1.1 MAC . 20
7.1.1.0 Default Pre-Test Conditions for all MAC test cases . 20
7.1.1.1 Random Access Procedures . 21
7.1.1.1.1 Correct selection of RACH parameters / Random access preamble and PRACH resource
explicitly signalled to the UE by RRC / contention free random access procedure . 21
7.1.1.1.1a Correct selection of RACH parameters / Random access preamble and PRACH resource
explicitly signalled to the UE by PDCCH Order / contention free random access procedure . 26
7.1.1.1.2 Random access procedure / Successful / C-RNTI Based / Preamble selected by MAC itself . 31
7.1.1.1.3 Random access procedure / Successful / SI request . 46
7.1.1.1.4 Random access procedure / Successful / Beam Failure / Preamble selected by MAC itself /
Non Contention Free RACH procedure . 54
7.1.1.1.5 Random access procedure / Successful / Supplementary Uplink . 68
7.1.1.1.6 Random access procedure / Successful/ Temporary C-RNTI Based / Preamble selected by
MAC itself . 73
7.1.1.2 Downlink Data Transfer . 87
7.1.1.2.1 Correct Handling of DL MAC PDU / Assignment / HARQ process . 87
7.1.1.2.2 Correct Handling of DL HARQ process PDSCH Aggregation . 95
7.1.1.2.3 Correct HARQ process handling / CCCH . 101
7.1.1.3 Uplink Data Transfer. 105
7.1.1.3.1 Correct Handling of UL MAC PDU / Assignment / HARQ process . 105
7.1.1.3.2 Logical channel prioritization handling . 112
7.1.1.3.3 Correct handling of MAC control information / Scheduling requests . 116
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7.1.1.3.4 Correct handling of MAC control information / Buffer status / UL data arrive in the UE Tx
buffer / Regular BSR . 121
7.1.1.3.5 Correct handling of MAC control information / Buffer Status / UL resources are allocated /
Padding BSR . 131
7.1.1.3.6 Correct handling of MAC control information / Buffer status / Periodic BSR timer expires . 140
7.1.1.3.7 UE power headroom reporting / Periodic reporting / DL pathloss change reporting . 148
7.1.1.3.8 UE power headroom reporting / SCell activation / DL pathloss change reporting. 158
7.1.1.3.9 Correct Handling of UL HARQ process / PUSCH Aggregation . 168
7.1.1.4 Transport Size Selection . 175
7.1.1.4.1 DL-SCH Transport Block Size Selection . 175
7.1.1.4.1.0 Common parameters for DL-SCH Transport Block Size Selection . 175
7.1.1.4.1.1 DL-SCH Transport Block Size selection / DCI format 1_0 . 177
7.1.1.4.1.2 Void . 184
7.1.1.4.1.3 DL-SCH transport block size selection / DCI format 1_1 / RA type 0/RA Type 1 / 2
Codewords enabled . 184
7.1.1.4.1.4 DL-SCH transport block size selection / DCI format 1_1 / RA type 0/RA Type 1 / 2
Codewords enabled / 256QAM. 197
7.1.1.4.2 UL-SCH Transport Block Size Selection . 211
7.1.1.4.2.0 Common parameters for UL-SCH Transport Block Size Selection . 211
7.1.1.4.2.1 UL-SCH Transport Block Size selection / DCI format 0_0 / Transform precoding
disabled . 213
7.1.1.4.2.2 Void . 223
7.1.1.4.2.3 UL-SCH transport block size selection / DCI format 0_1 / RA type 0/RA Type 1 /
Transform precoding disabled . 223
7.1.1.4.2.4 UL-SCH transport block size selection / DCI format 0_1 / RA type 0/RA Type 1 /
256QAM / Transform precoding disabled . 238
7.1.1.4.2.5 UL-SCH Transport Block Size selection / DCI format 0_0 / Transform precoding and
64QAM . 254
7.1.1.5 Discontinuous reception . 264
7.1.1.5.1 DRX operation / Short cycle not configured / Parameters configured by RRC . 264
7.1.1.5.2 DRX operation / Short cycle not configured / Long DRX command MAC control element
reception . 273
7.1.1.5.3 DRX operation / Short cycle configured / Parameters configured by RRC . 281
7.1.1.5.4 DRX Operation / Short cycle configured / DRX command MAC control element reception . 287
7.1.1.6 Semi-Persistent Scheduling . 295
7.1.1.6.1 Correct handling of DL assignment / Semi-persistent case . 295
7.1.1.6.2 Correct handling of UL grant / configured grant Type 1 . 304
7.1.1.6.3 Correct handling of UL grant / configured grant Type 2 . 314
7.1.1.7 Activation/Deactivation of Scells . 324
7.1.1.7.1 Activation/Deactivation of SCells / Activation/Deactivation MAC control element reception /
sCellDeactivationTimer . 324
7.1.1.7.1.1 Activation/Deactivation of SCells / Activation/Deactivation MAC control element reception /
sCellDeactivationTimer / Intra-band non-Contiguous CA . 324
7.1.1.7.1.2 Activation/Deactivation of SCells / Activation/Deactivation MAC control element reception /
sCellDeactivationTimer / Inter-Band CA . 329
7.1.1.7.1.3 Activation/Deactivation of SCells / Activation/Deactivation MAC control element reception /
sCellDeactivationTimer / Intra-band non-Contiguous CA . 330
7.1.1.8 . 330
7.1.1.8.1 Bandwidth Part (BWP) operation UL/DL . 330
7.1.1.9 MAC Reconfiguration and Reset . 340
7.1.1.9.1 MAC Reset . 340
7.1.2 RLC . 345
7.1.2.1 Default Pre-Test Conditions for all RLC test cases . 345
7.1.2.1.1 Default Pre-Test Conditions for AM RLC test cases. 345
7.1.2.1.2 Default Pre-Test Conditions for UM RLC test cases. 346
7.1.2.2 RLC Unacknowledged mode . 347
7.1.2.2.1 UM RLC / Segmentation and reassembly / 6-bit SN / Segmentation Info (SI) field . 347
7.1.2.2.2 UM RLC / Segmentation and reassembly / 12-bit SN / Segmentation Info (SI) field . 351
7.1.2.2.3 UM RLC / 6-bit SN / Correct use of sequence numbering . 353
7.1.2.2.4 UM RLC / 12-bit SN / Correct use of sequence numbering . 357
7.1.2.2.5 UM RLC / Receive Window operation and t-Reassembly expiry . 361
7.1.2.2.6 UM RLC / RLC re-establishment procedure . 366
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7.1.2.3 RLC Acknowledged Mode . 370
7.1.2.3.1 AM RLC / 12-bit SN / Segmentation and reassembly / Segmentation Info (SI) field . 370
7.1.2.3.2 AM RLC / 18-bit SN / Segmentation and reassembly / Segmentation Info (SI) field . 373
7.1.2.3.3 AM RLC / 12-bit SN / Correct use of sequence numbering . 375
7.1.2.3.4 AM RLC / 18-bit SN / Correct use of sequence numbering . 380
7.1.2.3.5 AM RLC / Control of transmit window/Control of receive window . 385
7.1.2.3.6 AM RLC / Polling for status. 389
7.1.2.3.7 AM RLC / Receiver status triggers . 394
7.1.2.3.8 AM RLC / Reconfiguration of RLC parameters by upper layers . 401
7.1.2.3.9 AM RLC / Reassembling of AMD PDUs . 407
7.1.2.3.10 AM RLC / Re-transmission of RLC PDU with and without re-segmentation . 415
7.1.2.3.11 AM RLC / RLC re-establishment procedure . 423
7.1.3 PDCP . 427
7.1.3.0 Default Pre-Test Conditions for all PDCP test cases . 427
7.1.3.1 Maintenance of PDCP sequence numbers for radio bearers . 428
7.1.3.1.1 Maintenance of PDCP sequence numbers / User plane / 12 bit SN . 428
7.1.3.1.2 Maintenance of PDCP sequence numbers / User plane / 18 bit SN . 432
7.1.3.2 PDCP integrity protection . 433
7.1.3.2.1 Integrity protection / Correct functionality of encryption algorithm SNOW3G / SRB / DRB . 433
7.1.3.2.2 Integrity protection / Correct functionality of encryption algorithm AES / SRB / DRB . 439
7.1.3.2.3 Integrity protection / Correct functionality of encryption algorithm ZUC / SRB / DRB . 440
7.1.3.3 PDCP Ciphering and deciphering . 441
7.1.3.3.1 Ciphering and deciphering / Correct functionality of encryption algorithm SNOW3G / SRB /
DRB . 441
7.1.3.3.2 Ciphering and deciphering / Correct functionality of encryption algorithm AES / SRB / DRB . 444
7.1.3.3.3 Ciphering and deciphering / Correct functionality of encryption algorithm ZUC / SRB / DRB . 445
7.1.3.4 PDCP Handover . 446
7.1.3.4.1 PDCP handover / Lossless handover / PDCP sequence number maintenance / PDCP status
report to convey the information on missing or acknowledged PDCP SDUs at handover / In-
order delivery and duplicate elimination in the downlink . 446
7.1.3.4.2 PDCP handover / Non-lossless handover / PDCP sequence number maintenance . 457
7.1.3.5 PDCP other . 461
7.1.3.5.1 PDCP Discard . 461
7.1.3.5.2 PDCP Uplink Routing / Split DRB . 463
7.1.3.5.3 PDCP Data Recovery . 466
7.1.3.5.4 PDCP reordering / Maximum re-ordering delay below t-Reordering / t-Reordering timer
operations . 470
7.1.4 SDAP . 476
7.1.4.1 SDAP Data Transfer and PDU Header Handling UL/DL . 476
7.1.4.2 SDAP Data Transfer handling without Header UL/DL . 483
8 RRC . 488
8.1 NR RRC . 488
8.1.1 RRC connection management procedures . 489
8.1.1.1 Paging . 489
8.1.1.1.1 RRC / Paging for connection / Multiple paging records. 489
8.1.1.2 TBD . 493
8.1.1.2.1 . 493
8.1.1.2.2 . 493
8.1.1.2.3 RRC connection establishment / Return to idle state after T300 expiry . 493
8.1.1.2.4 . 495
8.1.1.2.5 RRC connection establishment / RRC Reject with wait time . 495
8.1.1.3 RRC release. 497
8.1.1.3.1 RRC connection release / Redirection to another NR frequency . 497
8.1.1.3.2 RRC connection release / Redirection from NR to E-UTRA . 499
8.1.2 to 8.1.4 501
8.1.5 TBD . 501
8.1.5.1 . 501
8.1.5.2 TBD. 501
8.1.5.2.1 SI change / Notification of BCCH modification / Short message for SI update . 501
8.1.5.3 TBD. 504
8.1.5.3.1 PWS notification / PWS reception in NR RRC_IDLE state . 504
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8.2 MR-DC RRC . 509
8.2.1 UE Capability transfer / RRC Others . 509
8.2.1.1 UE capability transfer / Success . 509
8.2.1.1.1 UE capability transfer / Success / EN-DC . 509
8.2.1.2 BandwidthPart Configuration / SCG . 525
8.2.1.2.1 BandwidthPart Configuration / SCG / EN-DC . 525
8.2.2 Radio Bearer Addition, Modification and Release . 528
8.2.2.1 Radio Bearer Addition, Modification and Release / SRB .
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