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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Radio transmission and reception;
Part 1: Range 1 Standalone
(3GPP TS 38.521-1 version 15.0.0 Release 15)
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3GPP TS 38.521-1 version 15.0.0 Release 15 1 ETSI TS 138 521-1 V15.0.0 (2018-10)
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 9
1 Scope . 10
2 Reference . 10
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Definitions . 11
3.2 Symbols . 11
3.3 Abbreviations . 12
4 General . 12
4.1 Relationship between minimum requirements and test requirements . 13
4.2 Applicability of minimum requirements . 13
4.3 Specification suffix information . 13
4.4 Test points analysis . 13
5 Operating bands and Channel arrangement . 14
5.1 General . 14
5.2 Operating bands . 14
5.2A Operating bands for CA . 15
5.2A.1 Intra-band CA . 15
5.2A.2 Inter-band CA . 15
5.2B Operating bands for DC . 15
5.2B.1 General . 15
5.2C Operating band combination for SUL . 15
5.3 UE channel bandwidth . 16
5.3.1 General . 16
5.3.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration . 16
5.3.4 RB alignment with different numerologies . 18
5.3.5 UE channel bandwidth per operating band . 18
5.3.6 Asymmetric channel bandwidths . 21
5.3A UE channel bandwidth for CA . 22
5.3A.1 General . 22
5.3A.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration for CA . 24
5.3A.3 Minimum guard band and transmission bandwidth configuration for CA. 24
5.3A.4 RB alignment with Different Numerologies for CA . 24
5.3A.5 UE channel bandwidth per operating band for CA . 24
5.4 Channel arrangement . 24
5.4.1 Channel spacing . 24
5.4.1.1 Channel spacing for adjacent NR carriers . 24
5.4.2 Channel raster . 25
5.4.2.1 NR-ARFCN and channel raster. 25
5.4.2.2 Channel raster to resource element mapping. 25
5.4.2.3 Channel raster entries for each operating band . 25
5.4.3 Synchronization raster . 26
5.4.3.1 Synchronization raster and numbering . 26
5.4.3.2 Synchronization raster to synchronization block resource element mapping . 27
5.4.3.3 Synchronization raster entries for each operating band. 27
5.4.4 TX–RX frequency separation . 28
5.4A Channel arrangement for CA. 28
5.4A.1 Channel spacing for CA . 28
5.4A.2 Channel raster for CA . 29
5.4A.3 Synchronization raster for CA . 29
5.4A.4 Tx-Rx frequency separation for CA. 29
5.5 Configurations . 29
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5.5A Configurations for CA . 29
5.5A.1 Configurations for intra-band contiguous CA. 29
5.5A.2 Configurations for intra-band non-contiguous CA . 32
5.5A.3 Configurations for inter-band CA . 33
5.5B Configurations for DC . 35
5.5C Configurations for SUL . 35
6 Transmitter characteristics . 36
6.1 General . 36
6.2 Transmitter power . 39
6.2.1 UE maximum output power . 39
6.2.2 Maximum Power Reduction (MPR) . 43
6.2.3 UE additional maximum output power reduction . 48
6.2.4 Configured transmitted power . 53
6.2A Transmitter power for CA . 56
6.2B Transmitter power for DC . 56
6.2C Transmitter power for SUL . 56
6.2C.1 Configured transmitted power for SUL . 56
6.2C.2 ΔT . 59
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6.3 Output power dynamics . 59
6.3.1 Minimum output power . 59
6.3.2 Transmit OFF power . 61
6.3.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask . 63
6.3.3.1 General . 63
6.3.3.2 General ON/OFF time mask . 63
6.3.3.3 Transmit power time mask for slot and [mini-slot] boundaries . 67
6.3.3.4 PRACH time mask . 67
6.3.3.5 PUCCH time mask . 69
6.3.3.5.1 Long PUCCH time mask . 69
6.3.3.5.2 Short PUCCH time mask . 69
6.3.3.6 SRS time mask . 69
6.3.3.7 PUSCH-PUCCH and PUSCH-SRS time masks . 69
6.3.4 Power control . 69
6.3.4.1 General . 69
6.3.4.2 Absolute power tolerance . 69
6.3.4.3 Power Control Relative power tolerance . 71
6.3.4.4 Aggregate power tolerance. 73
6.4 Transmit signal quality . 76
6.4.1 Frequency error . 76
6.4.2 Transmit modulation quality . 77
6.4.2.1 Error Vector Magnitude . 78
6.4.2.2 Carrier leakage . 82
6.4.2.3 In-band emissions . 85
6.4.2.4 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness . 90
6.5 Output RF spectrum emissions . 94
6.5.1 Occupied bandwidth . 94
6.5.2 Out of band emission . 96
6.5.2.1 General . 96
6.5.2.2 Spectrum Emission Mask . 96
6.5.2.3 Additional spectrum emission mask . 100
6.5.2.4 Adjacent channel leakage ratio . 102
6.5.2.4.1 NR ACLR . 102
6.5.2.4.2 UTRA ACLR . 105
6.5.3 Spurious emissions . 105
6.5.3.1 General spurious emissions . 106
6.5.3.2 Spurious emission for UE co-existence. 108
6.5.3.3 Additional spurious emissions . 116
6.5.4 Transmit intermodulation . 119
7 Receiver characteristics . 121
7.1 General . 121
7.2 Diversity characteristics . 121
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7.3 Reference sensitivity . 122
7.3.1 General . 122
7.3.2 Reference sensitivity power level . 122
7.3.2_1 Reference sensitivity level with 4 Rx antenna ports . 137
7.3.3 ΔRIB,c . 140
7.3A Reference sensitivity for CA . 140
7.3A.1 General . 140
7.3A.2 Reference sensitivity power level for CA . 140
7.3A.2.1 Intra-band contiguous CA . 140
7.3A.2.1.0 Minimum requirements of reference sensitivity for CA . 140
7.3A.2.1.1 Intra-band contiguous CA 2CC . 140
7.3A.2.2 Intra-band non-contiguous CA . 141
7.3A.2.3 Inter-band CA . 141
7.3A.3 ΔR for CA . 142
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7.3A.3.1 General . 142
7.3A.3.2 Inter-band CA . 142
7.3A.3.2.1 ΔR for two bands . 142
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7.3A.3.2.2 ΔR for three bands . 142
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7.3A.4 Reference sensitivity exceptions due to UL harmonic interference for CA . 142
7.3B Reference sensitivity for DC . 143
7.3C Reference sensitivity for SUL . 143
7.3C.1 General . 143
7.3C.2 Reference sensitivity power level . 143
7.3C.3 ΔR for SUL . 147
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7.3C.3.1 General . 147
7.3C.3.2 SUL band combination . 147
7.4 Maximum input level . 147
7.4A Maximum input level for CA . 147
7.5 Adjacent channel selectivity . 148
7.5A Adjacent channel selectivity for CA . 156
7.6 Blocking characteristics . 157
7.6.1 General . 157
7.6.2 Inband Blocking . 157
7.6.3 Out-of-band blocking . 162
7.6.4 Narrow band blocking . 162
7.6A Blocking characteristics for CA . 168
7.6A.1 General . 168
7.6A.2 Inband blocking for CA . 168
7.6A.2.1 Intra-band contiguous CA . 168
7.6A.3 Out-of-band blocking for CA. 168
7.6A.3.1 Intra-band contiguous CA . 168
7.6A.4 Narrow band blocking for CA . 168
7.7 Spurious response .
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