4 General
25.1043GPPBase Station (BS) radio transmission and reception (FDD)Release 17TS
4.1 Relationship between Minimum Requirements and Test Requirements
The Minimum Requirements given in this specification make no allowance for measurement uncertainty. The test specification 25.141 section 4 defines Test Tolerances. These Test Tolerances are individually calculated for each test. The Test Tolerances are used to relax the Minimum Requirements in this specification to create Test Requirements.
The measurement results returned by the Test System are compared – without any modification – against the Test Requirements as defined by the shared risk principle.
The Shared Risk principle is defined in ITU-R M.1545.
4.2 Base station classes
The requirements in this specification apply to Wide Area Base Stations, Medium Range Base Stations, Local Area Base Stations and Home Base Stations unless otherwise stated.
Wide Area Base Stations are characterised by requirements derived from Macro Cell scenarios with a BS to UE minimum coupling loss equal to 70 dB. The Wide Area Base Station class has the same requirements as the base station for General Purpose application in Release 99, 4 and 5.
Medium Range Base Stations are characterised by requirements derived from Micro Cell scenarios with a BS to UE minimum coupling loss equal to 53 dB.
Local Area Base Stations are characterised by requirements derived from Pico Cell scenarios with a BS to UE minimum coupling loss equal to 45 dB.
Home Base Stations are characterised by requirements derived from Femto Cell scenarios.
4.3 Regional requirements
Some requirements in TS 25.104 may only apply in certain regions. Table 4.1 lists all requirements that may be applied differently in different regions.
Table 4.1: List of regional requirements
Clause number |
Requirement |
Comments |
5.2 |
Frequency bands |
Some bands may be applied regionally. |
5.3 |
Tx-Rx Frequency Separation |
The requirement is applied according to what frequency bands in Clause 5.2 that are supported by the BS. |
5.4 |
Channel arrangement |
The requirement is applied according to what frequency bands in Clause 5.2 that are supported by the BS. |
6.2.1 |
Base station maximum output power |
In certain regions, the minimum requirement for normal conditions may apply also for some conditions outside the range of conditions defined as normal. |
6.6.2.1 |
Spectrum emission mask |
The mask specified may be mandatory in certain regions. In other regions this mask may not be applied. Additional spectrum protection requirements may apply regionally. |
6.6.2.2.1 |
Adjacent Channel Leakage power Ratio |
In Japan, the requirement depicted in the note of Table 6.7 shall be applied. |
6.6.3.1.1 |
Spurious emissions (Category A) |
These requirements shall be met in cases where Category A limits for spurious emissions, as defined in ITU-R Recommendation SM.329 [1], are applied. |
6.6.3.1.2 |
Spurious emissions (Category B) |
These requirements shall be met in cases where Category B limits for spurious emissions, as defined in ITU-R Recommendation SM.329 [1], are applied. |
6.6.3.3 |
Co-existence with other systems in the same geographical area |
These requirements may apply in geographic areas in which both UTRA FDD and GSM, DCS, PCS, CDMA, E-UTRA and/or UTRA BS operating in another frequency band are deployed. |
6.6.3.4 |
Co-existence with co-located and co-sited base stations |
These requirements may be applied for the protection of other BS receivers when GSM, DCS, PCS, CDMA, E-UTRA and/or UTRA BS operating in another frequency band are co-located with a UTRA FDD BS. |
6.6.3.5 |
Co-existence with PHS |
This requirement may be applied for the protection of PHS in geographic areas in which both PHS and UTRA FDD are deployed. |
6.6.3.6 |
Co-.existence with services in adjacent frequency bands |
This requirement may be applied for the protection in bands adjacent to the downlink bands as defined in clause 5.2 in geographic areas in which both an adjacent band service and UTRA FDD are deployed. |
6.6.3.8 |
Protection of public safety operations |
This requirement shall be applied to BS operating in Bands XIII and XIV to ensure that appropriate interference protection is provided to 700 MHz public safety operations. |
7.4.2 |
Adjacent Channel Selectivity Co-location with UTRA-TDD |
This requirement may be applied for the protection of UTRA-FDD BS receivers when UTRA-FDD BS and UTRA-TDD BS are co-located. |
7.5 |
Blocking characteristic |
The requirement is applied according to what frequency bands in Clause 5.2 that are supported by the BS. |
7.5.2 |
Blocking characteristics Co-location with GSM900, DCS 1800, PCS1900 and/or UTRA |
This requirement may be applied for the protection of UTRA FDD BS receivers when UTRA FDD BS and GSM 900, DCS1800, PCS1900, GSM850 and/or UTRA BS (operating in different frequency bands) are co-located. |
7.5.3 |
Blocking characteristics Co-location with UTRA TDD |
This requirement may be applied for the protection of UTRA FDD BS receivers when UTRA FDD BS and UTRA TDD BS are co-located. |
7.6 |
Intermodulation characteristics |
The requirement is applied according to what frequency bands in Clause 5.2 that are supported by the BS. |
7.7 |
Spurious emissions |
The requirement is applied according to what frequency bands in Clause 5.2 that are supported by the BS. |
Base station classes* |
Only requirements for Wide Area (General Purpose), Medium Range and Local Area Base Stations are applicable in Japan. |
Note *: Base station classes,: This regional requirement should be reviewed to check its necessity every TSG RAN meeting.
4.4 Environmental requirements for the BS equipment
The BS equipment shall fulfil all the requirements in the full range of environmental conditions for the relevant environmental class from the relevant IEC specifications listed below
60 721-3-3 "Stationary use at weather protected locations"
60 721-3-4 "Stationary use at non weather protected locations"
Normally it should be sufficient for all tests to be conducted using normal test conditions except where otherwise stated. For guidance on the use of test conditions to be used in order to show compliance refer to TS 25.141.
4.5 Applicability of requirements
For BS that is UTRA (single-RAT) capable only, the requirements in the present document are applicable and additional conformance to TS 37.104 [10] is optional. For a BS additionally conforming to TS 37.104 [10], conformance to some of the RF requirements in the present document can be demonstrated through the corresponding requirements in TS 37.104 [10] as listed in Table 4.2.
Table 4.2: Alternative RF minimum requirements for a BS additionally conforming to TS 37.104 [10]
RF requirement |
Clause in the present document |
Alternative clause in TS 37.104 [10] |
Base station output power |
6.2 |
6.2.1 6.2.2 |
Unwanted emissions |
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Spectrum emission mask |
6.6.2.1 |
6.6.2 (except for 6.6.2.3 and 6.6.2.4) |
Transmitter spurious emissions |
6.6.3 (except for 6.6.3.8) |
6.6.1 (except for 6.6.1.1.3) |
Transmitter intermodulation |
6.7.1 |
6.7.1 |
Narrowband blocking |
7.5.1 |
7.4.2 |
Blocking |
7.5.1 |
7.4.1 |
Out-of-band blocking |
7.5.1 |
7.5.1 |
Co-location with other base stations |
7.5.2, 7.5.3 |
7.5.2 |
Receiver spurious emissions |
7.7.1 |
7.6.1 |
Intermodulation |
7.6.1 |
7.7.1 |
Narrowband intermodulation |
7.6.1 |
7.7.2 |
4.6 Requirements for contiguous and non-contiguous spectrum
A spectrum allocation where the BS operates can either be contiguous or non-contiguous. Unless otherwise stated, the requirements in the present specification apply for BS configured for both contiguous spectrum operation and non-contiguous spectrum operation.
For BS operation in non-contiguous spectrum, some requirements apply also inside the sub-block gaps. For each such requirement, it is stated how the limits apply relative to the sub-block edges.
4.7 Requirements for BS capable of multi-band operation
For BS capable of multi-band operation, the RF requirements in clause 6 and 7 apply for each supported operating band unless otherwise stated. For some requirements it is explicitly stated that specific additions or exclusions to the requirement apply for BS capable of multi-band operation.
For BS capable of multi-band operation, various structures in terms of combinations of different transmitter and receiver implementations (multi-band or single band) with mapping of transceivers to one or more antenna port(s) in different ways are possible. In the case where multiple bands are mapped on separate antenna connectors, the following applies:
– Single-band transmitter spurious emissions, spectrum emission mask, ACLR, transmitter intermodulation and receiver spurious emissions requirements apply to each antenna connector.
– If the BS is configured for single-band operation, single-band requirements shall apply to the antenna connector configured for single-band operation and no exclusions or provisions for multi-band capable BS are applicable. Single-band requirements are tested separately at the antenna connector configured for single-band operation, with all other antenna connectors terminated.