ETSI TS 138 508-1 V15.1.0 (2018-10)

5G; 5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Common test environment (3GPP TS 38.508-1 version 15.1.0 Release 15)

ETSI TS 138 508-1 V15.1.0 (2018-10)

Name:ETSI TS 138 508-1 V15.1.0 (2018-10)   Standard name:5G; 5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Common test environment (3GPP TS 38.508-1 version 15.1.0 Release 15)
Standard number:ETSI TS 138 508-1 V15.1.0 (2018-10)   language:English language
Release Date:11-Oct-2018   technical committee:3GPP RAN 5 - Mobile Terminal Conformance Testing (formely T1)
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ETSI TS 138 508-1 V15.1.0 (2018-10)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
5GS;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Part 1: Common test environment
(3GPP TS 38.508-1 version 15.1.0 Release 15)

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3GPP TS 38.508-1 version 15.1.0 Release 15 1 ETSI TS 138 508-1 V15.1.0 (2018-10)



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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 12
1 Scope . 13
2 References . 13
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 14
3.1 Definitions . 14
3.2 Symbols . 14
3.3 Abbreviations . 14
4 Common test environments . 15
4.1 Environmental conditions . 15
4.1.1 Temperature . 15
4.1.2 Voltage . 15
4.2 Common requirements of test equipment . 16
4.2.1 General functional requirements . 16
4.2.2 Minimum functional requirements . 17
4.2.2.1 Supported Cell Configuration . 17
4.2.2.1.1 Supported Channels for an E-UTRA cell (NSA mode only) . 17
4.2.2.1.2 Supported Channels for a NR cell . 17
4.2.2.1.1.1 Logical channels . 17
4.2.2.1.1.2 Transport channels . 17
4.2.2.1.1.3 Physical channels . 18
4.3 Reference test conditions . 18
4.3.1 Test frequencies . 18
4.3.1.0 General . 18
4.3.1.0A Mid test channel bandwidth . 18
4.3.1.0B Bandwidth part . 19
4.3.1.1 Test frequencies for NR operating bands in FR1 . 21
4.3.1.1.1 Operating bands in FR1 . 21
4.3.1.1.2 Intra-band CA in FR1 . 85
4.3.1.1.3 Inter-band CA in FR1 . 85
4.3.1.1.4 Operating bands for DC in FR1 . 85
4.3.1.1.5 Operating band combination for SUL in FR1 . 85
4.3.1.2 Test frequencies for NR operating bands in FR2 . 85
4.3.1.2.1 Operating bands in FR2 . 85
4.3.1.2.2 Intra-band CA in FR2 . 85
4.3.1.2.3 Inter-band CA in FR2 . 85
4.3.1.3 Test frequencies for NR operation with other radios . 85
4.3.1.3.1 Inter-band CA . 85
4.3.1.3.2 EN-DC (two bands) . 85
4.3.1.3.2.0 Default reference test frequencies for EN-DC combinations (two bands) . 85
4.3.1.3.2.1 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combinations beginning with B1 . 87
4.3.1.3.2.2 to 4.3.1.3.2.24 FFS . 88
4.3.1.3.2.25 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combinations beginning with B25 . 88
4.3.1.3.2.25.1 to 4.3.1.3.2.25.40 FFS . 88
4.3.1.3.2.25.41 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combination DC_25A_n41A / DC_25A_n41A . 88
4.3.1.3.2.26 – 4.3.1.3.2.40 FFS . 88
4.3.1.3.2.41 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combinations beginning with B41 . 88
4.3.1.3.2.41.1 . 88
4.3.1.3.2.41.2 to 4.3.1.3.2.41.40 FFS . 90
4.3.1.3.2.41.41 Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combination DC_(n)41AA / DC_(n)41AA . 90
4.3.1.3.2.41.41A Reference test frequencies for EN-DC combination DC_41A_n41A / DC_41A_n41A . 91
4.3.1.3.3 EN-DC (three bands) . 92
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4.3.1.3.4 EN-DC (four bands) . 92
4.3.1.3.5 EN-DC (five bands) . 92
4.3.2 Radio conditions . 92
4.3.2.1 FR1, normal propagation condition for connected . 92
4.3.2.2 FR2, condition for OTA . 92
4.3.3 Physical channel allocations . 92
4.3.3.1 E-UTRA . 92
4.3.3.2 NR . 92
4.3.3.2.1 Antennas . 92
4.3.3.2.2 Downlink physical channels and physical signals . 93
4.3.3.2.3 Mapping of downlink physical channels and signals to physical resources . 93
4.3.3.2.4 Uplink physical channels and physical signals . 93
4.3.3.2.5 Mapping of uplink physical channels and signals to physical resources . 93
4.3.4 Signal levels . 93
4.3.4.1 Signal levels for conducted testing . 93
4.3.4.1.1 Downlink signal levels . 93
4.3.4.2 Signal levels for OTA testing . 93
4.3.5 Standard test signals. 93
4.3.6 Physical layer parameters . 93
4.3.6.1 Downlink physical layer parameters . 93
4.3.6.1.1 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PUSCH . 93
4.3.6.1.1.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_0. 93
4.3.6.1.1.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_1. 94
4.3.6.1.2 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PDSCH . 95
4.3.6.1.2.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_0. 95
4.3.6.1.2.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_1. 96
4.3.6.1.3 Physical layer parameters for other purposes . 97
4.3.6.1.3.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 2_0. 97
4.3.6.1.3.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 2_1. 98
4.3.6.1.3.3 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 2_2. 98
4.3.6.1.3.4 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 2_3. 98
4.4 Reference system configurations . 99
4.4.1 Simulated network scenarios . 99
4.4.1.1 Standalone cell network scenarios . 99
4.4.1.1.1 Standalone E-UTRA single cell and multi cell network scenarios . 99
4.4.1.1.2 Standalone NR single cell network scenarios . 99
4.4.1.1.3 Standalone NR single mode multi cell network scenarios . 99
4.4.1.1.4 Standalone NR dual mode multi cell network scenarios . 100
4.4.1.1.5 Standalone NR 3GPP Inter-RAT network scenarios . 100
4.4.1.2 Non-standalone cell network scenarios . 100
4.4.1.2.1 Non-standalone E-UTRA single cell and NR single cell network scenarios . 100
4.4.1.2.2 Non-standalone E-UTRA single cell and NR single mode multi cell network scenarios . 100
4.4.1.2.3 Non-standalone E-UTRA single mode multi cell and NR single mode multi cell network
scenarios . 100
4.4.1.2.4 Non-standalone E-UTRA single cell and NR dual mode multi cell network scenarios . 101
4.4.2 Simulated cells . 101
4.4.3 Common parameters for simulated NR cells . 103
4.4.3.1 Common configurations of system information blocks . 104
4.4.3.1.1 Combinations of system information blocks for E-UTRA standalone, EN-DC and NGEN-DC . 104
4.4.3.1.2 Combinations of system information blocks for NR standalone and NE-DC . 104
4.5 Generic procedures . 104
4.5.1 General . 104
4.5.2 RRC_IDLE . 105
4.5.2.1 Initiation . 105
4.5.2.2 Procedures . 105
4.5.2.3 Specific message contents . 105
4.5.3 RRC_INACTIVE . 105
4.5.3.1 Initiation . 105
4.5.4 RRC_CONNECTED . 105
4.5.4.1 Initiation . 105
4.5.4.2 Procedures . 106
4.5.4.3 Specific message contents . 106
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4.5.5 UE Beamlock Test Function (UBF) . 107
4.5.5.1 Specific Message contents . 107
4.5.5.1.1 ACTIVATE BEAMLOCK for Tx Only . 107
4.5.5.1.2 ACTIVATE BEAMLOCK for Rx Only . 108
4.5.5.1.3 ACTIVATE BEAMLOCK for TxRx . 108
4.5.5.1.4 DEACTIVATE BEAMLOCK . 108
4.6 Default NG-RAN RRC message and information elements contents . 109
4.6.1 Contents of RRC messages . 109
– DLInformationTransfer . 109
– LocationMeasurementIndication . 109
– MIB . 110
– MeasurementReport . 110
– MobilityFromNRCommand . 110
– Paging . 111
– RRCReestablishment . 111
– RRCReestablishmentComplete . 111
– RRCReestablishmentRequest . 112
– RRCReconfiguration . 112
– RRCReconfigurationComplete . 113
– RRCReject . 113
– RRCRelease . 113
– RRCResume . 114
– RRCResumeRequest . 114
– RRCResumeRequest1 . 114
– SIB1 . 115
– SystemInformation . 115
– UECapabilityEnquiry . 115
– UECapabilityInformation . 116
– ULInformationTransfer . 116
4.6.2 System information blocks . 117
– SIB2 . 117
– SIB3 . 117
– SIB4 . 117
– SIB5 . 117
– SIB6 . 118
– SIB7 . 118
– SIB8 . 118
– SIB9 . 119
4.6.3 Radio resource control information elements . 119
– AdditionalSpectrumEmission . 119
– Alpha . 119
– AMF-Identifier . 119
– ARFCN-ValueEUTRA . 119
– ARFCN-ValueNR . 120
– BWP . 120
– BWP-Downlink . 120
– BWP-DownlinkCommon . 121
– BWP-DownlinkDedicated . 121
– BWP-Uplink . 121
– BWP-UplinkCommon .
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