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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Radio transmission and reception;
Part 2: Range 2 Standalone
(3GPP TS 38.521-2 version 15.0.0 Release 15)
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3GPP TS 38.521-2 version 15.0.0 Release 15 1 ETSI TS 138 521-2 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 References . 10
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Definitions . 11
3.2 Symbols . 12
3.3 Abbreviations . 12
4 General . 13
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 point analysis . 14
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
5.2D Operating bands for UL-MIMO . 16
5.3 UE Channel bandwidth . 16
5.3.1 General . 16
5.3.2 Maximum transmission bandwidth configuration . 16
5.3.3 Minimum guard band and transmission bandwidth configuration . 16
5.3.4 RB alignment with different numerologies . 18
5.3.5 Channel bandwidth per operating band . 18
5.3A UE channel bandwidth for CA . 19
5.3A.1 General . 19
5.3A.2 Minimum guard band and transmission bandwidth configuration for CA. 19
5.3A.3 RB alignment with different numerologies for CA. 19
5.3A.4 UE channel bandwidth per operating band for CA . 19
5.3D Channel bandwidth for UL-MIMO . 20
5.4 Channel arrangement . 20
5.4.1 Channel spacing . 20
5.4.1.1 Channel spacing for adjacent NR carriers . 20
5.4.2 Channel raster . 20
5.4.2.1 NR-ARFCN and channel raster. 20
5.4.2.2 Channel raster to resource element mapping. 21
5.4.2.3 Channel raster entries for each operating band . 21
5.4.3 Synchronization raster . 21
5.4.3.1 Synchronization raster and numbering . 21
5.4.3.2 Synchronization raster to synchronization block resource element mapping . 22
5.4.3.3 Synchronization raster entries for each operating band. 22
5.4A Channel arrangement for CA. 22
5.4A.1 Channel spacing for CA . 22
5.5 Configurations . 23
5.5A Configurations for CA . 23
5.5A.1 Configurations for intra-band contiguous CA. 23
5.5A.2 Configurations for intra-band non-contiguous CA . 26
5.5D Configurations for UL-MIMO . 29
6 Transmitter characteristics . 29
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6.1 General . 29
6.2 Transmit power . 30
6.2.1 UE maximum output power . 30
6.2.1.1 UE maximum output power - EIRP and TRP . 30
6.2.1.1.3.1 UE maximum output power for power class 1 . 31
6.2.1.1.3.2 UE maximum output power for power class 2 . 31
6.2.1.1.3.3 UE maximum output power for power class 3 . 32
6.2.1.1.3.4 UE maximum output power for power class 4 . 33
6.2.1.2 Spherical coverage . 35
6.2.2 UE maximum output power reduction . 37
6.2.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements . 38
6.2.4 Configured transmitted power . 38
6.2A Transmit power for CA . 38
6.2A.1 UE maximum output power for CA . 38
6.2A.2 UE maximum output power reduction for CA . 38
6.2A.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for CA . 38
6.2A.4 Configured transmitted power for CA . 38
6.2D Transmit power for UL-MIMO . 38
6.2D.1 UE maximum output power for UL-MIMO . 38
6.2D.2 UE maximum output power reduction for UL-MIMO . 38
6.2D.3 UE maximum output power with additional requirements for UL-MIMO . 38
6.2D.4 Configured transmitted power for UL-MIMO . 38
6.3 Output power dynamics . 38
6.3.1 Minimum output power . 38
6.3.2 Transmit OFF power . 40
6.3.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask . 41
6.3.3.1 General . 41
6.3.3.2 General ON/OFF time mask . 41
6.3.3.3 Transmit power time mask for slot and short or long subslot boundaries . 43
6.3.3.4 PRACH time mask . 43
6.3.3.5 PUCCH time mask . 46
6.3.3.5.1 Long PUCCH time mask . 46
6.3.3.5.2 Short PUCCH time mask . 46
6.3.3.6 SRS time mask . 46
6.3.3.7 PUSCH-PUCCH and PUSCH-SRS time masks . 46
6.3.3.8 Transmit power time mask for consecutive slot or long subslot transmission and short subslot
transmission boundaries . 46
6.3.3.9 Transmit power time mask for consecutive short subslot transmissions boundaries . 46
6.3.4 Power control . 46
6.3.4.1 General . 46
6.3.4.2 Absolute power tolerance . 46
6.3.4.3 Relative power tolerance . 46
6.3.4.4 Aggregate power tolerance. 46
6.3A Output power dynamics for CA . 46
6.3A.1 Minimum output power for CA . 46
6.3A.2 Transmit OFF power for CA. 47
6.3A.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask for CA . 47
6.3A.4 Power control for CA . 47
6.3D Output power dynamics for UL-MIMO . 47
6.3D.1 Minimum output power for UL-MIMO . 47
6.3D.2 Transmit OFF power for UL-MIMO . 47
6.3D.3 Transmit ON/OFF time mask for UL-MIMO . 47
6.4 Transmit signal quality . 47
6.4.1 Frequency error . 47
6.4.2 Transmit modulation quality . 49
6.4.2.1 Error vector magnitude . 49
6.4.2.2 Carrier leakage . 55
6.4.2.3 In-band emissions . 58
6.4.2.4 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness . 59
6.4.2.5 EVM spectral flatness for pi/2 BPSK modulation with spectrum shaping . 59
6.4A Transmit signal quality for CA . 59
6.4A.1 Frequency error for CA . 59
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6.4A.2 Transmit modulation quality for CA . 59
6.4A.2.1 Error vector magnitude for CA . 59
6.4A.2.2 Carrier leakage for CA . 59
6.4A.2.3 In-band emissions for CA . 59
6.4A.2.4 EVM equalizer spectrum flatness for CA . 59
6.4A.2.5 EVM spectral flatness for pi/2 BPSK modulation with spectrum shaping for CA . 59
6.4D Transmit signal quality for UL-MIMO . 59
6.5 Output RF spectrum emissions . 59
6.5.1 Occupied bandwidth . 60
6.5.2 Out of band emission . 62
6.5.2.1 Spectrum Emission Mask . 62
6.5.2.2 Additional spectrum emissions mask . 65
6.5.2.3 Adjacent channel leakage ratio . 66
6.5.3 Spurious emissions . 68
6.5.3.1 Transmitter Spurious emissions . 69
6.5.3.2 Spurious emission band UE co-existence . 71
6.5A Output RF spectrum emissions for CA. 71
6.5A.1 Occupied bandwidth for CA . 71
6.5A.2 Out of band emission for CA . 71
6.5A.2.1 Spectrum Emission Mask for CA . 71
6.5A.2.2 Adjacent channel leakage ratio for CA . 72
6.5D Output RF spectrum emissions for UL-MIMO . 72
6.5D.1 Occupied bandwidth for UL-MIMO . 72
6.5D.2 Out of band emission for UL-MIMO . 72
6.5D.3 Spurious emissions for UL-MIMO . 72
7 Receiver characteristics . 73
7.1 General . 73
7.2 Diversity characteristics . 73
7.3 Reference sensitivity . 73
7.3.1 General . 73
7.3.2 Reference sensitivity power level . 73
7.3A Reference sensitivity for CA . 77
7.3A.1 General . 77
7.3A.2 Reference sensitivity power level for CA . 77
7.3A.2.1 Intra-band contiguous CA . 77
7.3D Reference sensitivity for UL-MIMO . 77
7.4 Maximum input level . 77
7.4A Maximum input level for CA . 79
7.4D Maximum input level for UL-MIMO . 79
7.5 Adjacent channel selectivity . 79
7.5A Adjacent channel selectivity for CA . 83
7.5D Adjacent channel selectivity for UL-MIMO . 83
7.6 Blocking characteristics . 83
7.6.1 General . 84
7.6.2 In-band blocking . 84
7.6.3 Out-of-band blocking .
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