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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
NR;
Requirements on User Equipments (UEs)
supporting a release-independent frequency band
(3GPP TS 38.307 version 16.7.0 Release 16)
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Symbols . 8
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
4 General . 8
5 Release independent features for NR frequency range 1 . 9
5.1 Additional NR operating bands and UE power classes for NR frequency range 1 . 9
5.2 Additional NR CA configurations for NR frequency range 1 . 9
5.2.1 Intraband CA . 9
5.2.2 Interband CA . 10
5.3 Additional NR SUL configurations for NR frequency range 1 . 10
5.4 Other release independent features for NR frequency range 1 . 11
5.5 Additional Inter-band NR-DC configurations for NR frequency range 1 . 11
5.6 Other release independent requirements for NR frequency range 1 . 12
6 Release independent features for NR frequency range 2 . 12
6.1 Additional NR operating bands and UE power classes for NR frequency range 2 . 12
6.2 Additional NR CA configurations for NR frequency range 2 . 13
6.2.1 Intraband CA . 13
7 Release independent features for NR interworking between NR frequency range 1 and NR
frequency range 2 . 14
7.1 Additional NR interband CA configurations between frequency range 1 and frequency range 2 . 14
7.2 Additional Inter-band NR-DC configurations between frequency range 1 and frequency range 2 . 15
8 Release independent features for NR interworking between NR and E-UTRA . 15
8.1 Additional EN-DC configurations . 15
8.1.1 Intraband EN-DC . 15
8.1.2 Interband EN-DC . 16
8.1.2.1 Interband EN-DC within frequency range 1 . 16
8.1.2.2 Interband EN-DC including frequency range 2. 17
8.1.2.3 Interband EN-DC including frequency range 1 and frequency range 2 . 17
Annex A : Frequency arrangement for overlapping operating bands . 18
Annex B (normative): Common Requirements for bands, CA, SUL or DC . 19
B.1 Purpose of annex . 19
B.2 Common RRM requirements . 19
B.3 Common UE performance requirements . 19
B.3.1 Common UE performance requirements for different CA configurations and combination sets . 19
B.3.2 Common UE performance requirements for interworking between NR and E-UTRA . 19
B.4 Common UE RF requirements . 20
B.4.1 Common UE RF requirements for a release independent band . 20
B.4.2 Common UE RF requirements for CA configurations within NR frequency range 1 or NR frequency
range 2 . 20
B.4.3 Common UE RF requirements for SUL . 21
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B.4.4 Common UE RF requirements for interband CA configurations between NR frequency range 1 and NR
frequency range 2 . 21
B.4.5 Common UE RF requirements for Inter-band NR-DC configurations between frequency range 1 and
frequency range 2 . 22
B.4.6 Common UE RF requirements for NR interworking between NR and E-UTRA. 22
Annex C (normative): Common Requirements for high speed train scenario . 24
C.1 Common RRM requirements for high speed train scenario . 24
C.2 Common UE demodulation requirements for high speed train scenario . 24
Annex D (normative): Common PMI reporting requirements for 16TX and 32TX . 26
D.1 Common UE PMI reporting requirements for 16TX and 32TX TypeI-SinglePanel Codebook . 26
D.2 Common UE PMI reporting requirements for 16TX TypeII Codebook . 26
Annex E (normative): Common PDSCH demoulation requirements with LTE CRS rate
matching . 27
E.1 Common PDSCH demoulation requirements with LTE CRS rate matching . 27
Annex F (informative): Change history . 28
History . 29
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Foreword
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In the present document, modal verbs have the following meanings:
shall indicates a mandatory requirement to do something
shall not indicates an interdiction (prohibition) to do something
The constructions "shall" and "shall not" are confined to the context of normative provisions, and do not appear in
Technical Reports.
The constructions "must" and "must not" are not used as substitutes for "shall" and "shall not". Their use is avoided
insofar as possible, and they are not used in a normative context except in a direct citation from an external, referenced,
non-3GPP document, or so as to maintain continuity of style when extending or modifying the provisions of such a
referenced document.
should indicates a recommendation to do something
should not indicates a recommendation not to do something
may indicates permission to do something
need not indicates permission not to do something
The construction "may not" is ambiguous and is not used in normative elements. The unambiguous constructions
"might not" or "shall not" are used instead, depending upon the meaning intended.
can indicates that something is possible
cannot indicates that something is impossible
The constructions "can" and "cannot" are not substitutes for "may" and "need not".
will indicates that something is certain or expected to happen as a result of action taken by an agency
the behaviour of which is outside the scope of the present document
will not indicates that something is certain or expected not to happen as a result of action taken by an
agency the behaviour of which is outside the scope of the present document
might indicates a likelihood that something will happen as a result of action taken by some agency the
behaviour of which is outside the scope of the present document
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might not indicates a likelihood that something will not happen as a result of action taken by some agency
the behaviour of which is outside the scope of the present document
In addition:
is (or any other verb in the indicative mood) indicates a statement of fact
is not (or any other negative verb in the indicative mood) indicates a statement of fact
The constructions "is" and "is not" do not indicate requirements.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies requirements for Rel-16 UEs supporting release independent features like:
- additional NR operating bands and power classes on top of Rel-16 of TS 38.101 [2-5] and TS 38.133 [6];
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] 3GPP TS 38.101-1: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1
Standalone".
[3] 3GPP TS 38.101-2: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2
Standalone".
[4] 3GPP TS 38.101-3: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Range 1
and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios".
[5] 3GPP TS 38.101-4: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 4: UE
performance requirements".
[6] 3GPP TS 38.133: "NR; Requirements for support of radio resource management".
[7] 3GPP TS 38.306: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities".
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. A
term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905 [1].
release independent: applicable to some frozen releases, starting from a certain release Rel-M
NOTE 1: Normally, a feature is introduced only in the latest open release Rel-N and future releases are based on the
previous one so that future releases inherit the requirements of this feature. Introducing a feature "in a
release independent way from Rel-M onwards" (M feature would be also beneficial in previous, already frozen releases starting with Rel-M until Rel-(N-1).
In order to avoid touching TS 38.101 [2-5] or TS 38.133 [6] of these frozen releases, the corresponding
requirements are captured in TS 38.307 via pointers to [2-5] or [6] of the release in which the feature was
introduced.
NOTE 2: Release independent does not mean applicable to all releases.
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3.2 Symbols
For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:
N Release in which a feature is introduced into TS 38.101 [2-5] or TS 38.133 [6]
M Release from which onwards (including release M) a feature is release independent
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. An
abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in
TR 21.905 [1].
BW Bandwidth
CA Carrier Aggregation
CC Component carrier
DL Downlink
EN-DC Dual connectivity between E-UTRA and NR
FDD Frequency Division Duplex
FR1 Frequency range 1
FR2 Frequency range 2
NR New radio
PMI Precoding Matrix Indicator
REL Release
SDL Supplementary downlink
SUL Supplementary uplink
TDD Time Division Duplex
UE User Equipment
UL Uplink
4 General
TSG-RAN has agreed for certain features (see the following clauses) to introduce them in a "release independent way".
This means for each feature:
- it is "introduced" in a release N, i.e. TS 38.101 [2-5] and TS 38.133 [6] of release N define certain UE
requirements for this feature; the feature is indicated in the tables of the following clauses;
- it is "release independent" starting from a release M (M the following clauses;
- UEs supporting this feature have to fulfil additional requirements in release M or higher which are specified in
one or more Annexes of TS 38.307 of release N; the applicable Annexes for a given feature are provided in the
tables of the following clauses.
The applicable UE Categories are specified in TS 38.306 [7] according to the release to which the UE conforms.
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5 Release independent features for NR frequency
range 1
5.1 Additional NR operating bands and UE power classes for
NR frequency range 1
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR operating bands and power classes compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-
16 [2] are introduced via this clause.
Table 5.1-1: NR operating bands
Feature Duplex-mode Release Requirements to be
independe fulfilled
nt from (see TS 38.307 of the
release in which the band
was introduced)
Operating bands FDD, TDD, SDL, Rel-15 Table B.4.1-1, Table B.4.3-1
SUL
Table 5.1-2: NR UE power class
Feature Duplex-mode Release Requirements to be
independe fulfilled
nt from (see TS 38.307 of the
release in which the power
class was introduced)
Power Class 1 FDD Rel-15 Table B.4.1-1, Table B.4.3-1
Power Class 1.5 TDD Rel-15 Table B.4.1-1, Table B.4.3-1
Power Class 2 TDD Rel-15 Table B.4.1-1, Table B.4.3-1
Power Class 3 FDD, TDD, SUL Rel-15 Table B.4.1-1, Table B.4.3-1
5.2 Additional NR CA configurations for NR frequency range 1
5.2.1 Intraband CA
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR intraband CA configurations within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of
Rel-16 [2] are introduced via this clause.
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Table 5.2.1-1: NR intraband CA within FR1
Feature DL/UL CA BW Class Duplex- Release requirements to be
mode independent fulfilled
from (see 38.307 of the
REL in which the
CA configuration
was introduced)
Intra-band contiguous DL B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, FDD,TDD Rel-15 Table B.3.1-1, Table
CA configurations L B.4.2-1
within FR1
UL A,B,C FDD,TDD Rel-15
Table 5.2.1-2: NR intraband non-contiguous CA within FR1
requirements to be
maximum fulfilled
Release
number of number of Duplex- (see 38.307 of the
Feature DL/UL
independent
sub-blocks CCs within mode REL in which the
from
a sub-block CA configuration
was introduced)
Intra-band non-
2 1 FDD, TDD Rel-15
contiguous CA Table B.3.1-1, Table
DL 3 1 TDD Rel-15
configurations within B.4.2-1
4 1 TDD Rel-15
FR1
5.2.2 Interband CA
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR interband CA configurations within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of
Rel-16 [2] are introduced via this clause.
Table 5.2.2-1: NR interband CA within FR1
Feature DL/UL Maximum number CA BW Duplex- Release requirements
number of of CCs Classes mode independent to be fulfilled
bands from (see 38.307
of the REL in
which the CA
configuration
was
introduced)
Inter-band CA DL TDD, Rel-15 Table B.3.1-1,
configurations within FDD, SDL Table B.4.2-1
NR FR1 4 5 A, B, C and TDD,
FDD and
TDD
UL TDD, Rel-15
2 2 A FDD, FDD
and TDD
5.3 Additional NR SUL configurations for NR frequency range 1
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR SUL configurations within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-16
[2] are introduced via this clause.
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Table 5.3-1: NR SUL within FR1
Feature DL/UL number number CA BW Duplex- Release requirements
of of CCs Classes mode independent to be fulfilled
bands from (see 38.307
of the REL in
which the
SUL
configuration
was
introduced)
Inter-band SUL DL 1 2 A TDD Rel-15 Table B.4.3-1
configurations within
NR FR1
UL 2 2 A TDD and Rel-15
SUL
5.4 Other release independent features for NR frequency range
1
This clause covers requirements for a Rel-15 UE coming from all other release independent features that are not
covered under clause 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3, e.g. generic baseband requirements or requirements that are not band/CA/SUL
configuration specific.
Table 5.4-1: Additional requirements of other release independent features
Requirements to be Further information
Release fulfilled
Feature independent (see 38.307 of the REL
from when the feature was
introduced)
RRM requirements Rel-15 (NOTE 1) Table C.1-1 Rel-16 WI NR_HST introduced band independent
for high speed train RRM requirements: see Table C.1-1
scenario
UE demodulation Rel-15 (NOTE 1) Table C.2-1 Rel-16 WI NR_HST introduced band independent
requirements for UE demodulation requirements: see Table C.2-1
high speed train
scenario
NOTE 1: Rel-15 UEs supporting the high speed train are assumed to read the Rel-16 high speed train scenario
information, which is broadcast to all UEs.
5.5 Additional Inter-band NR-DC configurations for NR
frequency range 1
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR-DC configurations within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-16 [2]
are introduced via this clause.
Table 5.5.1-1: NR-DC within FR1
requirements
to be fulfilled
(see 38.307
Maximum Release of the REL in
number CA BW Duplex-
Feature DL/UL number of independent which the
of CCs Classes mode
bands from DC
configuration
was
introduced)
NR-DC configurations
DL 2 2 A FDD Rel-16
within NR FR1
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5.6 Other release independent requirements for NR frequency
range 1
This clause covers requirements for a Rel-16 UE coming from all other release independent requirements with the
corresponding features introduced in Rel-15.
Table 5.6-1: Release independent requirements with the corresponding features introduced in Rel-15
Requirements to be Further information
Release fulfilled
Feature independent (see 38.307 of the REL
from when the feature was
introduced)
Precoding matrix Rel-15 Table D.1-1, Table D.2-1 Rel-16 NR_perf_enh-Perf WI introduced band
indicator (PMI) independent PMI reporting requirements for 16TX
reporting and 32TX TypeI-SinglePanel Codebook, and 16TX
requirements for TypeII Codebook: see Table D.1-1 and Table D.2-
TypeI-SinglePanel 1 respectively.
and TypeII
Codebooks with
more than 8TX and
up to 32TX
PDSCH Rel-15 Table E.1-1 Rel-16 NR_perf_enh-Perf WI introduced band
demoulation independent PDSCH demodulation requirements
requirements with with LTE CRS rate matching for TDD band: see
LTE CRS rate Table E.1-1.
matching for TDD
band
6 Release independent features for NR frequency
range 2
6.1 Additional NR operating bands and UE power classes for
NR frequency range 2
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR operating bands and power classes compared to TS 38.101-2 of Rel-16
[3] are introduced via this clause.
Table 6.1-1: NR operating bands
Feature Duplex- Release Requirements to be
mode independent fulfilled
from (see TS 38.307 of the
release in which the band
was introduced)
Operating bands TDD Rel-15 Table B.4.1-1
Table 6.1-2: NR UE power class
Feature Duplex- Release Requirements to be
mode independent fulfilled
from (see TS 38.307 of the
release in which the band
was introduced)
Power Class 1, 2, 3, 4 TDD Rel-15 Table B.4.1-1
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6.2 Additional NR CA configurations for NR frequency range 2
6.2.1 Intraband CA
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR intraband CA configurations within FR2 compared to TS 38.101-2 of
Rel-16 [3] are introduced via this clause.
Table 6.2.1-1: NR intraband contiguous CA within FR2
Feature DL/UL CA BW Class Duplex- Release requirements to be
mode independent fulfilled
from (see 38.307 of the
REL in which the
CA configuration
was introduced)
Intra-band contiguous DL B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, TDD Rel-15 Table B.3.1-1, Table
CA configurations M, O, P, Q B.4.2-1
within FR2
UL B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, TDD Rel-15
M, O, P, Q
Table 6.2.1-2: NR non-contiguous intraband CA within FR2
Feature DL/UL number of maximum Duplex- Release requirements to be
sub-blocks number of mode independent fulfilled
CCs within from (see 38.307 of the
a sub-block REL in
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