6.13.2 MAC-i/MAC-is test model (Rel-8 or later)

34.123-33GPPPart 3: Abstract test suite (ATS)TSUser Equipment (UE) conformance specification

For channel configuration and activate set update, the same requirement apply as for MAC-e/Mac-es in clause 6.13.1.

The MAC-i/is E-DCH test model is provided in Figure 6.13.2.

Figure 6.13.2: The model of E-DCH testing with MAC-i/MAC-is

6.13.2.1 MAC-i/MAC-is test model for Enhanced UL in Cell_FACH (Rel-8 or later)

The MAC-i/is E-DCH test model for enhanced UL in cell_FACH and further enhanced cell_FACH (Rel-11 or later) is provided in Figure 6.13.2.1.

Figure 6.13.2.1: The model of E-DCH testing with MAC-i/MAC-is
for enhanced uplink in CELL_FACH state

If the UE is in CELL_FACH state or Idle mode, the E-DCH active set consists of the serving E-DCH cell. When CCH is configured, MAC-is entity is configured per E-DCH cell basis, i.e. configured in the serving E-DCH cell, as well as in the neighbour E-DCH cells.

6.13.2.2 MAC-i/MAC-is test model for DC-HSUPA (Rel-9 or later)

The E-DCH model illustrates the relationship between various channels from logical channel to physical channels in DC-HSUPA configuration. In this model the TTCN can:

– define MAC-i/-is and multiplexing of logical channels onto MAC-d flows;

– configure E-DCH transport channel and MAC-d flows on all cells;

– configure E-DPDCH, E-DPCCH, E-HICH, E-RGCH and E-AGCH on primary and secondary uplink frequency.

MAC-is and the served RLC are cell-independent and are configured by using the cell-id = -1. During reconfigurations, cell changes and state transitions, the relevant counters in the RLC are maintained.

In DC-HSUPA, a single MAC-i entity is shared by the primary and the secondary serving radio link. The MAC-i entity is mapped to a NodeB id and is connected to the MAC-is entity.

During the active set updating (soft handover) involving cells under the control of several Node Bs (inter-node), two MAC-i entities are configured. Only one of the two MAC-i entities is connected to the MAC-is entity. T he same design in clause 6.13.1 is applied.

For the reason of simplicity, the E-DCH testing model does not show the relation between E-DCH and related DCH and HS-DPCH, however, it is understood that the E-DCH active set is a subset of the DCH active set, when configuring E-DCH in the SS. The HS-DPCCH channel is configured only in the primary uplink frequency cell. Since the UL-DPCCH is needed as reference channel for the E-DPCCH the UL-DPCH is configured in every cell where ver an E-DCH is configured (i.e. in serving and secondary serving cell).

During the active set updating (soft handover), the added RL are configured in the same way as for MAC-e/es.

Figure 6.13.2.2: The model of E-DCH testing with MAC-i/MAC-is for DC-HSUPA