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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA)
and Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA);
User Equipment (UE) Over The Air (OTA)
performance;
Conformance testing
(3GPP TS 37.544 version 14.7.0 Release 14)
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3GPP TS 37.544 version 14.7.0 Release 14 1 ETSI TS 137 544 V14.7.0 (2018-12)
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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 . 17
3.1 Definitions . 17
3.2 Symbols . 17
3.3 Abbreviations . 18
4 General . 19
4.1 Terminal classes . 20
4.1.1 Mechanical modes . 20
4.2 UTRA chip rates . 20
4.3 DUT positioning . 20
4.3.1 DUT positioning for Speech Mode with beside the Head Phantom . 20
4.3.2 DUT positioning for LMEs on Laptop Ground Plane Phantom . 21
4.3.3 DUT positioning for Speech Mode with beside the Head and Hand Phantom . 21
4.3.3.1 General . 21
4.3.3.2 Mono-blocks and closed sliders . 22
4.3.3.3 Folds and open-slides . 23
4.3.3.4 PDA. 23
4.3.4 DUT positioning for Browsing Mode with Hand Phantom . 24
4.3.4.1 General . 24
4.3.4.2 Narrow DUT . 24
4.3.4.3 PDA. 25
4.3.5 DUT positioning for devices with embedded modules . 25
4.3.6 DUT positioning for total radiated multi-antenna sensitivity . 25
4.3.6.1 Handheld UE – Free Space . 25
4.3.6.1.1 MPAC Positioning Guidelines . 25
4.3.6.1.2 RTS Positioning Guidelines . 25
4.4 Sampling grid . 26
4.5 Number of independent samples (for reverberation chamber procedure) . 26
5 Measurement frequencies . 26
5.1 UTRA FDD frequency bands and measurement channels . 26
5.2 UTRA TDD frequency bands and measurement channels . 27
5.3 E-UTRA FDD frequency bands and measurement frequencies allocations . 28
5.4 E-UTRA TDD frequency bands and measurement frequencies allocations . 35
5.5 E-UTRA FDD operating bands and measurement frequency allocations for receiver total radiated multi-
antenna sensitivity . 37
5.6 E-UTRA TDD operating bands and measurement frequency allocations for receiver total radiated multi-
antenna sensitivity . 39
6 Transmitter Performance . 39
6.1 Performance for handheld UE . 39
6.1.1 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for UTRA FDD in Speech Mode with beside the Head Phantom . 39
6.1.1.1 Definition and applicability . 39
6.1.1.2 Minimum Requirements . 40
6.1.1.3 Test purpose . 41
6.1.1.4 Method of test . 41
6.1.1.4.1 Initial conditions . 41
6.1.1.4.2 Procedure . 42
6.1.1.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 42
6.1.1.5 Test requirements . 42
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6.1.2 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for UTRA LCR TDD in Speech Mode with beside the Head Phantom . 43
6.1.2.1 Definition and applicability . 43
6.1.2.2 Minimum Requirements . 44
6.1.2.3 Test purpose . 45
6.1.2.4 Method of test . 45
6.1.2.4.1 Initial conditions . 45
6.1.2.4.2 Procedure . 45
6.1.2.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 46
6.1.2.5 Test requirements . 46
6.1.3 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for UTRA FDD in Speech Mode with beside the Head and Hand Phantom . 47
6.1.3.1 Definition and applicability . 47
6.1.3.2 Minimum Requirements . 48
6.1.3.3 Test purpose . 49
6.1.3.4 Method of test . 49
6.1.3.4.1 Initial conditions . 49
6.1.3.4.2 Procedure . 49
6.1.3.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 50
6.1.3.5 Test requirements . 50
6.1.4 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for UTRA LCR TDD in Speech Mode with beside the Head and Hand
Phanto m . 51
6.1.4.1 Definition and applicability . 51
6.1.4.2 Minimum Requirements . 52
6.1.4.3 Test purpose . 52
6.1.4.4 Method of test . 52
6.1.4.4.1 Initial conditions . 52
6.1.4.4.2 Procedure . 53
6.1.4.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 53
6.1.4.5 Test requirements . 54
6.1.5 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for E-UTRA FDD in Speech Mode with beside the Head and Hand
Phanto m . 54
6.1.5.1 Definition and applicability . 55
6.1.5.2 Minimum Requirements . 56
6.1.5.3 Test purpose . 56
6.1.5.4 Method of test . 56
6.1.5.4.1 Initial conditions . 56
6.1.5.4.2 Procedure . 57
6.1.5.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 57
6.1.5.5 Test requirements . 57
6.1.6 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for E-UTRA TDD in Speech Mode with beside the Head and Hand
Phanto m . 58
6.1.6.1 Definition and applicability . 58
6.1.6.2 Minimum Requirements . 59
6.1.6.3 Test purpose . 59
6.1.6.4 Method of test . 60
6.1.6.4.1 Initial conditions . 60
6.1.6.4.2 Procedure . 60
6.1.6.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 60
6.1.6.5 Test requirements . 60
6.1.7 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for UTRA FDD in Browsing Mode with Hand Phantom . 61
6.1.7.1 Definition and applicability . 61
6.1.7.2 Minimum Requirements . 62
6.1.7.3 Test purpose . 62
6.1.7.4 Method of test . 63
6.1.7.4.1 Initial conditions . 63
6.1.7.4.2 Procedure . 63
6.1.7.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 64
6.1.7.5 Test requirements . 64
6.1.8 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for UTRA LCR TDD in Browsing Mode with Hand Phantom . 64
6.1.8.1 Definition and applicability . 64
6.1.8.2 Minimum Requirements . 65
6.1.8.3 Test purpose . 66
6.1.8.4 Method of test . 66
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6.1.8.4.1 Initial conditions . 66
6.1.8.4.2 Procedure . 66
6.1.8.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 67
6.1.8.5 Test requirements . 67
6.1.9 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for E-UTRA FDD in Browsing Mode with Hand Phantom . 68
6.1.9.1 Definition and applicability . 68
6.1.9.2 Minimum Requirements . 69
6.1.9.3 Test purpose . 69
6.1.9.4 Method of test . 69
6.1.9.4.1 Initial conditions . 69
6.1.9.4.2 Procedure . 70
6.1.9.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 70
6.1.9.5 Test requirements . 70
6.1.10 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for E-UTRA TDD in Browsing Mode with Hand Phantom . 70
6.1.10.1 Definition and applicability . 71
6.1.10.2 Minimum Requirements . 71
6.1.10.3 Test purpose . 72
6.1.10.4 Method of test . 72
6.1.10.4.1 Initial conditions . 72
6.1.10.4.2 Procedure . 72
6.1.10.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 72
6.1.10.5 Test requirements . 73
6.2 Performance for LME . 73
6.2.1 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for UTRA FDD LME. 73
6.2.1.2 Minimum Requirements . 74
6.2.1.3 Test purpose . 75
6.2.1.4 Method of test . 75
6.2.1.4.1 Initial conditions . 75
6.2.1.4.2 Procedure . 75
6.2.1.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 76
6.2.1.5 Test requirements . 76
6.2.2 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for UTRA LCR TDD LME . 77
6.2.2.2 Minimum Requirements . 78
6.2.2.3 Test purpose . 79
6.2.2.4 Method of test . 79
6.2.2.4.1 Initial conditions . 79
6.2.2.4.2 Procedure . 79
6.2.2.4.3 Procedure, reverberation chamber method . 80
6.2.2.5 Test requirements . 80
6.2.3 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for E-UTRA FDD LME. 81
6.2.4 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for E-UTRA TDD LME . 83
6.3 Performance for LEE . 86
6.3.1 Total Radiated Power (TRP) for UTRA FDD LEE . 86
6.3.1.1 Definition and applicability . 86
6.3.1.2 Minimum Requirements .
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