6.1.5 Reference Radio Conditions (FDD)

34.1083GPPCommon test environments for User Equipment (UE)Conformance testingRelease 15TS

The following transmission parameters shall be used unless otherwise stated in the description of the individual test case.

Table 6.1.3 are the default settings for a non-suitable cell which is configured and always present whereas table 6.1.4 is for a cell that is switched off. Cells configured according to table 6.1.3 are for test cases in which it is necessary to make a cell unsuitable, and then subsequently make it suitable. This could be achieved by switching the cell off and then reconfiguration as in table 6.1.4, but this takes a lot of time to do.

Table 6.1.1: Default settings for a serving cell in a single cell environment

Parameter

Unit

Cell 1/Cell 21

Cell type

Serving cell

UTRA RF Channel Number (Note 3)

Mid Range Test Frequency

Qqualmin

dB

-24

Qrxlevmin

dBm

-79

UE_TXPWR_MAX_RACH

dBm

21

CPICH Ec (see notes 1 and 2)

dBm/3.84 MHz

-60

NOTE 1: The power level is specified in terms of CPICH_Ec instead of CPICH_RSCP as RSCP is a receiver measurement and only CPICH_Ec can be directly controlled by the SS.

NOTE 2: The cell fulfils 3GPP TS 25.304 [36], clause 5.2.3.1.2 and 3GPP TS 25.133 [30], clause 8.1.2.2.1.

NOTE 3: The Test Frequencies are selected from the Tables in section 5.1.1 for the band under test.

Table 6.1.2: Default settings for a serving cell and a suitable neighbour cell in a multi-cell environment

Parameter

Unit

Cell 1/Cell 21

Cell 2/Cell 22

Cell 4/Cell 24

Cell type

Serving cell

Suitable neighbour intra-frequency cell

Suitable neighbour inter-frequency cell

UTRA RF Channel Number (Note 3)

Mid Range Test Frequency

Mid Range Test Frequency

High Range Test Frequency

Qqualmin

dB

-24

-24

Qrxlevmin

dBm

-79

-79

UE_TXPWR_MAX_RACH

dBm

21

21

CPICH Ec (see notes 1 and 2)

dBm/3.84 MHz

-60

-70

NOTE 1: The power level is specified in terms of CPICH_Ec instead of CPICH_RSCP as RSCP is a receiver measurement and only CPICH_Ec can be directly controlled by the SS.

NOTE 2: Both cells fulfil 3GPP TS 25.304 [36], clause 5.2.3.1.2 and 3GPP TS 25.133 [30], clause 8.1.2.2.1.

NOTE 3: The Test Frequencies are selected from the Tables in section 5.1.1 for the band(s) under test. For the test frequencies for low and high ranges for serving cell, the mid range is used for suitable neighbour of inter-frequency cell in SIB11. For Band VI the Low Range Test Frequencies are used for Cell 1 and Cell 2 because of the small bandwidth available. For FDD interband testing the Test Frequencies will be selected from different Bands.

Table 6.1.3: Default settings for a non-suitable cell

Parameter

Unit

Level

Qqualmin

dB

-24

Qrxlevmin

dBm

-79

UE_TXPWR_MAX_RACH

dBm

21

CPICH_Ec

dBm/3.84 MHz

-90

NOTE 1: The power level is specified in terms of CPICH_Ec instead of CPICH_RSCP as RSCP is a receiver measurement and only CPICH_Ec can be directly controlled by the SS.

NOTE 2: The cell is not suitable according to 3GPP TS 25.304 [36], clause 5.2.3.1.2.

Table 6.1.4: Default settings for a non-suitable "Off" cell

Parameter

Unit

Level

Qqualmin

dB

-24

Qrxlevmin

dBm

-79

UE_TXPWR_MAX_RACH

dBm

21

CPICH_Ec

dBm/3.84 MHz

≤ -122

NOTE 1: The power level is specified in terms of CPICH_Ec instead of CPICH_RSCP as RSCP is a receiver measurement and only CPICH_Ec can be directly controlled by the SS.

NOTE 2: The cell is not suitable according to 3GPP TS 25.304 [36], clause 5.2.3.1.2.

Table 6.1.5: Default power levels of physical channels relative to CPICH_Ec

Parameter

Unit

Level

Idle mode

Level

Connected mode

Version

HS-SCCH_Ec

dB

+3

Rel-5

HS-PDSCH_Ec

dB

+7

Rel-5

DPCH_Ec

dB

(see note)

See table 6.1.6

PCCPCH_Ec

dB

-2

SCCPCH_Ec

dB

-2

AICH_Ec

dB

-5

SCH_Ec

dB

-5

PICH_Ec

dB

-5

NOTE: This shall be less than -122 dBm to ensure the channel is considered as "off".

Table 6.1.6: Default power levels of DPCH_Ec relative to CPICH_Ec

Data transmission rate

Level

12.2 kbps

-5

64 kbps

-2

64 kbps CS + 64 kbps PS

0

144 kbps

+1

384 kbps

+5

6.1.5.1 HARQ Transmission Parameters (FDD)

The following HARQ transmission parameters shall be used for test cases in 34.123-1 configuring HS-DSCH channels.

Table 6.1.5.1 : HARQ transmission parameters without MIMO

Parameter

QPSK modulation

16QAM modulation

64QAM modulation

Redundancy and constellation version coding sequence

{0,2,5,6,1,3,7,4}

{6,2,1,5,3,4,7,0}

{6,2,1,5,3,4,7,0}

Maximum number of HARQ transmission

8

8

8

Table 6.1.5.1a : HARQ transmission parameters with MIMO

Parameter

QPSK modulation

16QAM modulation

64QAM modulation

Redundancy and constellation version coding sequence

{0,3,2,1,3,2,1,3}

{0,3,2,1,3,2,1,3}

{0,3,2,1,3,2,1,3}

Maximum number of HARQ transmission

8

8

8

6.1.5.2 Inter-band testing (FDD)

FDD inter-band testing only applies for UEs supporting multiple FDD bands simultaneously. In this case the UE can perform cell (re-)selection or inter-frequency mobility between a primary band and a secondary band. The primary and secondary FDD bands are selected according to PIXIT parameters. If a UE supports more than 2 FDD frequency bands, then the test may be executed for various band combinations.