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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
LTE;
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and
Evolved Packet Core (EPC);
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Part 3: Test suites
(3GPP TS 36.523-3 version 15.0.0 Release 15)
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 17
Introduction . 17
1 Scope . 18
2 References . 18
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 21
3.1 Definitions . 21
3.2 Abbreviations . 21
4 E-UTRAN/SAE system architecture and test models . 22
4.1 Test system architecture . 22
4.1.1 General system architecture . 22
4.1.2 Component architecture . 23
4.2 E-UTRAN test models . 24
4.2.1 Layer 2 test models . 24
4.2.1.1 MAC test model . 24
4.2.1.2 RLC test model . 26
4.2.1.3 PDCP test model . 27
4.2.1.3.1 PDCP ROHC test model . 27
4.2.1.3.2 PDCP test model (Non ROHC) . 28
4.2.2 RRC test model . 29
4.2.3 DRB test model . 30
4.2.4 IP Test Model . 30
4.2.4.1 IP user data . 31
4.2.4.2 Configuration of Sockets . 32
4.2.4.2.1 Socket Establishment . 32
4.2.4.2.2 Socket Release . 33
4.2.4.3 Handling of IP data . 33
4.2.4.4 Routing of IP Data . 34
4.2.4.5 Multiple PDNs . 34
4.2.4.6 IP Addresses Guidelines . 35
4.2.4.6.1 Common Structure of IP Addresses . 35
4.2.4.6.2 Common Requirements regarding IP Addresses . 36
4.2.4.6.3 Network Entities and their IP addresses . 36
4.2.4.7 User Plane Signalling for Address Allocation. 38
4.2.4.7.1 DHCP . 38
4.2.4.7.2 DHCPv6 . 41
4.2.4.7.3 ICMPv6 . 41
4.2.4.7.4 DNS . 42
4.2.4A LTE-Carrier Aggregation test Models . 44
4.2.4A.1 CA-MAC test model . 44
4.2.4A.2 CA-RRC test model . 46
4.2.4A.3 LAA-MAC test model. 47
4.2.4A.4 LAA-RRC test model . 48
4.2.4B Dual Connectivity test models . 49
4.2.4B.1 DC MAC test model. 49
4.2.4B.2 DC PDCP test model . 50
4.2.4B.3 DC RRC test model . 51
4.2.5 IP model extension for IMS . 52
4.2.5.1 IPsec . 53
4.2.5.1.1 Security Association . 53
4.2.5.1.2 SAD and SPD . 54
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4.2.5.2 Signalling Compression (SigComp) . 55
4.2.5.3 SIP TTCN-3 Codec . 55
4.2.6 Support of DSMIPv6 . 55
4.2.7 MBMS test model . 56
4.2.8 OCNG test model . 56
4.2.9 Device-to-Device Proximity Services test model . 58
4.2.9.1 ProSe Function test model . 59
4.2.9.2 Direct Discovery test model . 59
4.2.9.3 Direct Communication test model . 60
4.2.10 SC-PTM test model . 61
4.2.11 V2X Services test model . 62
4.3 SAE Test Model . 63
4.3.1 NAS Test Model . 63
4.4 Inter RAT Test Model . 64
4.4.1 E-UTRAN-UTRAN Inter RAT Test Model . 64
4.4.1.1 User data over UTRAN . 65
4.4.1.1.1 Raw user data over UTRAN . 65
4.4.1.1.2 IP data over UTRAN . 65
4.4.1.1.3 Routing IP data . 66
4.4.2 E-UTRAN-GERAN Inter RAT Test Model . 67
4.4.2.1 User data over GERAN . 67
4.4.2.1.1 Raw user data over GERAN . 68
4.4.2.1.2 IP data over GERAN . 68
4.4.2.1.3 Routing IP data . 69
4.4.3 E-UTRAN-CDMA2000 Inter RAT Test Model . 70
4.4.3.1 E-UTRAN-CDMA2000 HRPD Inter RAT Test Model . 70
4.4.3.2 E-UTRAN-CDMA2000 1xRTT Inter RAT test model . 72
4.4.4 E-UTRAN FDD-TDD Inter RAT Test Model . 75
4.4.5 E-UTRAN-UTRAN-GERAN Inter RAT Test Model . 76
4.4.6 3GPP-WLAN Inter working Test Model . 77
4.4.6.1 E-UTRAN-WLAN Inter working Test Model . 77
4.4.6.2 UTRAN-WLAN Inter working Test Model . 79
4.5 Generic WLAN Test Model . 80
4.5.1 WLAN Access Point . 80
4.5.2 ePDG/AAA-Server Emulation. 80
4A NB-IoT system architecture and test models . 84
4A.1 Test system architecture . 84
4A.2 NB-IoT test models . 84
4A.2.1 Layer 2 test models . 84
4A.2.1.1 Layer 2 loopback mode for CP mode . 84
4A.2.1.2 MAC test model (CP mode) . 86
4A.2.1.3 RLC test model (CP mode) . 87
4A.2.1.4 PDCP test model . 88
4A.2.2 RRC / NAS test model . 89
5 Upper Tester Interface . 90
5.1 Definitions . 90
5.2 Upper Tester ASPs . 90
6 ASP specifications . 96
6.1 General Requirements and Assumptions . 96
6.1.1 IP ASP requirements . 96
6.1.2 Enhancement of IP ASP for handling IMS signalling . 96
6.2 E-UTRAN ASP Definitions . 97
6.2.1 Configuration Primitives . 97
6.2.2 Signalling Primitives. 97
6.2.3 Co-ordination Messages between NAS Emulation PTC and EUTRA PTC . 98
6.3 UTRAN ASP Definitions . 99
6.3.1 Void . 100
6.3.2 ASPs for Data Transmission and Reception . 100
6.4 GERAN ASP Definitions . 101
6.4.1 ASPs for Control Primitive Transmission . 101
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6.4.2 ASPs for Data Transmission and Reception . 103
6.5 NB-IoT ASP Definitions . 106
6.5.1 Configuration Primitives . 106
6.5.2 Signalling Primitives. 106
6.5.3 Co-ordination Messages between NAS Emulation PTC and NBIOT PTC . 107
7 E-UTRAN/SAE Test Methods and Design Considerations . 109
7.1 Channel Mapping . 109
7.1.1 PDCCH Candidate Selection . 109
7.1.1.1 FDD candidates selection . 110
7.1.1.2 TDD candidates selection . 114
7.1.1.2.1 TDD candidates selection in special subframes . 117
7.1.2 ePDCCH Candidate Selection . 117
7.1.2.1 FDD candidates selection . 117
7.1.2.2 TDD candidates selection . 118
7.1.3 MPDCCH Candidate Selection. 118
7.1.4 LAA Considerations . 119
7.2 Uplink Grant . 119
7.2.1 Exception TC list . 122
7.3 Downlink Resource Allocation . 122
7.3.1 PDCCH DCI default formats . 123
7.3.1.1 Default DCI Format to be used in test cases configuring MIMO. 123
7.3.2 Radio parameters configured . 123
7.3.2.1 HARQ Retransmission when MIMO is configured . 124
7.3.3 General DL scheduling scheme . 124
7.3.3.1 Additional rules for BCCH scheduling scheme . 124
7.3.3.1.1 BCCH with DCI combination 1 . 125
7.3.3.1.2 BCCH with DCI combination 2 . 125
7.3.3.2 Additional rules for PCCH specific scheduling scheme . 125
7.3.3.2.1 PCCH with DCI combination 1 . 125
7.3.3.2.2 PCCH with DCI combination 2 . 125
7.3.3.3 Additional rules for RAR specific scheduling scheme . 126
7.3.3.3.1 RAR with DCI combination 1 . 126
7.3.3.3.2 RAR with DCI combination 2 . 126
7.3.3.4 Additional rules for UE-dedicated scheduling scheme in normal mode . 126
7.3.3.5 DL Resource allocation bitmaps . 128
7.3.3.5.1 DCI combination 1 . 128
7.3.3.5.2 DCI combination 2 . 130
7.3.3.6 UE-dedicated scheduling scheme in explicit mode . 133
7.3.3.6.1 DL Scheduling in Transport Block Size Selection Test Cases . 134
7.3.3.7 Resource allocation sheets . 134
7.3.3.8 MPDCCH DL DCI formats . 135
7.3.3.8.1 BCCH . 135
7.3.3.8.2 PCCH . 136
7.3.3.8.3 RAR . 136
7.3.3.8.4 UE-dedicated scheduling . 136
7.3.3.9 DL Resource allocation bitmaps for BL/CE UE . 137
7.3.3.9.1 DCI combination 1 . 137
7.4 Cell Configurations .
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