14.6.1j Interactive or background / UL: 64 DL: [max bit rate depending on UE category] with Flexible RLC and MAC-ehs PS RAB + UL: 3.4 DL: 3.4 kbps SRBs for DCCH / DL: QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM and 3C – 3C on Single Band (3-0)

34.123-13GPPPart 1: Protocol conformance specificationRelease 15TSUser Equipment (UE) conformance specification

Tools: ARFCN - Frequency Conversion for 5G NR/LTE/UMTS/GSM

14.6.1j.1 Definition and applicability

UE categories (Cat 29, 30, 31 and 32) which support combination of 3C-HSDPA or 4C-HSDPA and 64QAM, QPSK and 16QAM

UE supports FDD.

14.6.1j.2 Conformance requirement

The UE shall be able to establish the UTRAN requested radio bearers within the UE’s signalled radio access capabilities.

The UE shall correctly transfer user data from peer to peer RLC entities according to the requested radio bearer configuration.

Reference(s)

3GPP TS 25.331, clause 8.2.1

3GPP TS 25.2xx series (Physical Layer)

3GPP TS 25.321 (MAC)

3GPP TS 25.322 (RLC)

14.6.1j.3 Test purpose

When the reference radio bearer configuration as specified in TS 34.108 [9], clause 6.10.2.4.5.1 is configured for 3C-HSDPA, with downlink 16QAM, flexible RLC and MAC-ehs:

1. Verify that the UE is able to establish the radio bearer combination on Anchor And both Secondary cells.

2. Verify correct data transfer of the established radio bearer combination on Anchor And both Secondary cells.

14.6.1j.4 Method of test

Initial Condition

System Simulator: 3 cells –Cell 1/2/3 3C-HSDPA cell(s) with Cell 1 (f1) (Anchor Carrier), Cell 2 (f2) and Cell 3 (f3) (Secondary Carriers) – Three Carriers (One Anchor Carrier and Two Secondary Carriers) on DL Band A and no Carriers on DL Band B (Single Band 3C-HSDPA) where f1, f2 and f3 are adjacent frequencies.

SS: Table 5.0aB of TS 25.101

Related ICS/IXIT statement(s)

– UE supports FDD

– UE category supports combined 64QAM, Multi-Cell (3 Cells) (UE Category 29, 30, 31 or 32)

NOTE: The reference to HS-DSCH Categories refers to the UE capability as signalled in the Rel-10 IE “HS-DSCH physical layer category extension 4” or IE “HS-DSCH physical layer category extension 5”. This IE corresponds to the HS-DSCH category supported by the UE when Dual-Cell 3C and MAC-ehs is configured.

The following parameters are specific for this test case:

Table 14.6.1j-1: Radio Bearer Parameters

Parameter	Value
Radio bearer	TS 34.108 [9], clause 6.10.2.4.5.1 using downlink MAC-d flow parameters according to Alt 3 (Flexible RLC and MAC-ehs)
MAC-ehs receiver window size	64
HS-DSCH MAC-d PDU size	Flexible

The generic test procedure in 14.1.3.5b is run for each sub-test for test execution 1 to 5.

Table 14.6.1j-2: Table of Execution Counter

Execution counter	Downlink Modulation Scheme (M1) Anchor Carrier-Cell data flow#1	Downlink Modulation Scheme (M2) Secondary Carrier 1-Cell data flow#2	Downlink Modulation Scheme (M3) Secondary Carrier 2-Cell data flow#3	Number of HARQ processes
1	QPSK	QPSK	QPSK	6
2	16QAM	16QAM	16QAM	6
3	64QAM	64QAM	64QAM	6
4	64QAM	64QAM	16QAM	6
5	64QAM	16QAM	QPSK	6

Uplink TFS:

	TFI	RB5 (64 kbps, 20 ms TTI)	DCCH
TFS	TF0, bits	0x336	0x148
	TF1, bits	1×336	1×148
	TF2, bits	2×336	N/A
	TF3, bits	3×336	N/A
	TF4, bits	4×336	N/A

Uplink TFCS:

TFCI	(RB5, DCCH)
UL_TFC0	(TF0, TF0)
UL_TFC1	(TF1, TF0)
UL_TFC2	(TF2, TF0)
UL_TFC3	(TF3, TF0)
UL_TFC4	(TF4, TF0)
UL_TFC5	(TF0, TF1)
UL_TFC6	(TF1, TF1)
UL_TFC7	(TF2, TF1)
UL_TFC8	(TF3, TF1)
UL_TFC9	(TF4, TF1)

Sub-tests:

Sub-test