7.1 MAC

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

General

If not otherwise mentioned, the same procedures as used in RRC test specification (TS 34.123-1 clause 8) or in the generic setup procedures (TS 34.108 clause 7) applies to reach initial conditions for MAC testing.

If not explicitly described, the same message contents and settings are applied as described in the RRC test description default settings.

In some MAC test cases, which are explicitly mentioned, the RLC in the system simulator is operated in Transparent Mode (RLC TM) for the tested channel. Accordingly, no RLC header will be added by the RLC entity. Also, there is no header included by the MAC protocol in the system simulator. The UE, however, shall always be configured as specified in TS 34.108 for the respective test case.

Where RLC TM is used, the payload size in the system simulator is set to the value that corresponds to the transport block size expected by the UE for the respective configuration. The bit positions which are interpreted as RLC and MAC headers by the UE are included into the RLC payload by the system simulator.

For test cases where AM RLC is employed in either UE, SS, or both, the default parameter settings as defined in clause 7.2.3.1 are applicable if not mentioned otherwise.