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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Applicability of radio transmission, radio reception
and radio resource management test cases
(3GPP TS 38.522 version 15.1.1 Release 15)
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Foreword
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 References . 5
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 6
3.1 Definitions . 6
3.2 Symbols . 6
3.3 Abbreviations . 6
4 Recommended test case applicability . 7
4.1 RF conformance test cases . 9
4.1.1 FR1 standalone conformance test cases . 10
4.1.2 FR2 standalone conformance test cases . 14
4.1.3 NR interworking between NR FR1 and NR FR2 and between NR and LTE conformance test cases. 15
4.1.4 Performance conformance test cases . 20
4.2 RRM conformance test cases . 20
Annex A (informative): FFS . 22
Annex B (informative): Change history . 23
History . 24
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Foreword
This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an
identifying change of release date and an increase in version number as follows:
Version x.y.z
where:
x the first digit:
1 presented to TSG for information;
2 presented to TSG for approval;
3 or greater indicates TSG approved document under change control.
y the second digit is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e. technical enhancements, corrections,
updates, etc.
z the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the document.
The present document is one part of a multi-part Technical Specification (TS) covering the New Radio (NR) User
Equipment (UE) conformance specification, which is divided in the following parts:
3GPP TS 38.521-1 [1]: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception;
Part 1: Range 1 Standalone;
3GPP TS 38.521-2 [2]: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception;
Part 2: Range 2 Standalone;
3GPP TS 38.521-3 [3]: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception;
Part 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios;
3GPP TS 38.521-4 [4]: NR; User Equipment conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part
4: Performance;
3GPP TS 38.522: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Applicability of RF and RRM
test cases;
3GPP TS 38.533 [5]: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio resource management;
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1 Scope
The present document provides the Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma for 5G New Radio (NR)
User Equipment (UE), in compliance with the relevant requirements.
The present document specifies the recommended applicability statement for the test cases included in 3GPP TS
38.521-1 [1], TS 38.521-2 [2], TS 38.521-3 [3], TS 38.521-4 [4] and TS 38.533 [5]. These applicability statements are
based on the features implemented in the UE.
Special conformance testing functions can be found in 3GPP TS 38.509 [6] and the common test environments are
included in 3GPP TS 38.508-1 [7]. Common implementation conformance statement (ICS) proforma can be found in
3GPP TS 38.508-2 [8].
The present document is valid for UE implemented according to 3GPP releases starting from Release 15 up to the
Release indicated on the cover page of the present document.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
• References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document unless the context in which the reference is made suggests a different Release is
relevant (information on the applicable release in a particular context can be found in e.g. test case title,
description or applicability, message description or content).
[1] 3GPP TS 38.521-1: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and
reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone
[2] 3GPP TS 38.521-2: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and
reception; Part 2: Range 2 Standalone
[3] 3GPP TS 38.521-3: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and
reception; Part 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios
[4] 3GPP TS 38.521-4: NR; User Equipment conformance specification; Radio transmission and
reception; Part 4: Performance
[5] 3GPP TS 38.533: NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio resource
management
[6] 3GPP TS 38.509: 5GS; Special conformance testing functions for User Equipment (UE)
[7] 3GPP TS 38.508-1: 5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Common test
environment
[8] 3GPP TS 38.508-2: 5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 2: Common
Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma
[9] 3GPP TR 21.905: Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications
Editor’s note: More specifications need to be added.
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3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 [9] and the following apply. A
term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905 [9].
EIRP(Link=Link angle, Meas=Link angle): measurement of the UE such that the link angle is aligned with the
measurement angle. EIRP (indicator to be measured) can be replaced by EIS, Frequency, EVM, carrier Leakage, In-
band eission and OBW. Beam peak search grids, TX beam peak direction, and RX beam peak direction can be selected
to describe Link.
EIRP(Link=Link angle, Meas=beam peak direction): measurement of the EIRP of the UE such that the
measurement angle is aligned with the beam peak direction within an acceptable measurement error uncertainty.
Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS): statement made by the supplier of an implementation or system
claimed to conform to a given specification, stating which capabilities have been implemented
ICS proforma: document, in the form of a questionnaire, which when completed for an implementation or system
becomes an ICS
Implementation extra Information for Testing (IXIT): A statement made by a supplier or implementer of an UEUT
which contains or references all of the information (in addition to that given in the ICS) related to the UEUT and its
testing environment, which will enable the test laboratory to run an appropriate test suite against the UEUT
Inter-band carrier aggregation: Carrier aggregation of component carriers in different operating bands.
NOTE: Carriers aggregated in each band can be contiguous or non-contiguous.
Intra-band contiguous carrier aggregation: Contiguous carriers aggregated in the same operating band.
Intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation: Non-contiguous carriers aggregated in the same operating band.
IXIT proforma: A document, in the form of a questionnaire, which when completed for an UEUT becomes an IXIT
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS): An ICS for an implementation or system claimed to
conform to a given protocol specification
Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT): An IXIT related to testing for conformance to a
given protocol specification
Static conformance review: A review of the extent to which the static conformance requirements are claimed to be
supported by the UEUT, by comparing the answers in the ICS(s) with the static conformance requirements expressed in
the relevant specification(s)
TRP(Link=Link angle): measurement of the TRP of the UE such that the measurement angle is aligned with the beam
peak direction within an acceptable measurement uncertainty. TX beam peak direction and RX beam peak direction can
be selected to describe Link.
NOTE: For requirements based on EIRP/EIS, the radiated interface boundary is associated to the far-field region
3.2 Symbols
For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 [9] and the following apply. An
abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in
TR 21.905 [9].
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
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CA Carrier Aggregation
EN-DC E-UTRA NR-Dual Connection
FR1 Frequency Range 1 (450 MHz - 6000 MHz)
FR2 Frequency Range 2 (24250 MHz - 52600 MHz)
ICS Implementation Conformance Statement
IXIT Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
NR New Radio
PIXIT Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
SCS System Conformance Statement
SUL Supplementary UpLink
TC Test Case
TRP Total Radiated Power
UEUT User Equipment Under Test
4 Recommended test case applicability
The applicability of each individual test is identified in the tables 4.1.1-1 / 4.1.2-1 / 4.1.3-1 / 4.1.4-1 / 4.2-1. This is just
a recommendation based on the purpose for which the test case was written.
The test case applicability condition of every test is formally expressed by the use of Boolean expression that are based
on parameters (ICS) included in annex A of TS 38.508-2 [8] without reference.
Selection criteria of tested bands and tested CA configurations for each applicable test is formally expressed using
group theory based on parameters (ICS) included in annex A of TS 38.508-2 [8] without reference.
Additional information related to the Test Case (TC), e.g. affecting its dynamic behaviour or its execution may be
provided as well.
The columns in tables 4.1.1-1 / 4.1.2-1 / 4.1.3-1 / 4.1.4-1 / 4.2-1 have the following meaning:
Clause
The clause column indicates the clause number in TS 38.521-1 [1], TS 38.521-2 [2], TS 38.521-3 [3], TS 38.521-4 [4]
and TS 38.533 [5] that contains the test body.
Title
The title column describes the name of the test and contains the clause title of the clause in TS 38.521-1 [1], TS 38.521-
2 [2], TS 38.521-3 [3], TS 38.521-4 [4] and TS 38.533 [5] that contains the test body.
Release
The release column indicates the earliest release from which each test case is applicable. It may also indicate a range of
releases or a single release to which a test case is applicable.
Applicability - Condition
The following notations are used for the applicability column:
R recommended - the test case is recommended to all terminals supporting NR
O optional - the test case is optional
N/A not applicable - in the given context, the test case is not recommended.
Ci conditional - the test is recommended ("R") or not ("N/A") depending on the support of other
items. "i" is an integer identifying a unique conditional status expression which is defined
immediately following the table. For nested conditional expressions, the syntax "IF . THEN (IF .
THEN . ELSE.) ELSE ." is used to avoid ambiguities.
Applicability - Comments
This comments column contains a verbal description of the condition included in the applicability column.
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Tested Bands / CA-Configurations Selection
This column defines a set of bands / CA Configurations the test is to be run for, if the test is applicable. If the set is
empty, the test is considered as not applicable.
The following notations are used in the tested bands selection column:
Di Derive the set based on Band Selection Criteria Di defined in table [FFS].
Eli Derive the set based on CA Configurations Selection Criteria Ei defined in table [FFS].
TBD Band selection not defined at this time, in the meantime test all Bands / CA Configurations
Text For more complex selection criteria, or if the criteria are already specified somewhere else in the
spec, text reference to the section is given.
Additional Information
This column contains indication if the test case may perform differently depending on the UE capabilities.
NOTE 1: To meet the validation requirements from certification bodies then there is a need to uniquely reference
the FDD and TDD branch (i.e. different behaviour within one and the same TC) of common FDD and
TDD RF test cases in table 4.1-1. The FDD and TDD branches of common FDD and TDD test cases can
be referenced by amending a "FDD" or "TDD" suffix to the test case clause number.
NOTE 2: To meet the validation requirements from certification bodies then there is a need to uniquely reference
the 2Rx (UE supports 2 Rx antenna ports in the tested band) and 4Rx (UE supports 4 Rx antenna ports in
the tested band) branch of common 2Rx and 4Rx RRM test cases in table 4.2-1. The 2Rx and 4Rx
branches of common 2Rx and 4Rx test cases can be referenced by amending a "2Rx" or "4Rx" suffix to
the test case clause number. For example for test case 4.2.1 the 2Rx and 4Rx b
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