14 Performance requirement (V2X Sidelink Communication)

36.1013GPPEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)Release 18TSUser Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception

This clause contains the performance requirements for the sidelink physical channels specified for V2X Sidelink Communication.

14.1 General

14.1.1 Applicability of requirements

The requirements in this clause are applicable to UEs that support V2X sidelink communication using Band 47.

When GNSS or GNSS-equivalent synchronization source is used, the reference GNSS signal power is as specified in Table B.6.1-1 in TS 36.133.

The test case applicability is in according to Table 14.1.1-1.

Table 14.1.1-1: V2X test applicability

Tests / clause

Applicable if UE supports the following capability

14.2

14.3

14.4

14.8 Test 1

UE supporting V2X sidelink

If the SL-C-RX Category 4 UE passes 14.11 Test 1 or 2, then the test coverage can be considered fulfilled without executing 14.8 Test 1.

14.5

UE with support of slss-TxRx-r14 [7]

14.6

14.9

UE supporting concurrent operation band for V2X and E-UTRA

14.7

UE not supporting concurrent operation band for V2X and E-UTRA

14.8 Test 2

UE with support of v2x-HighReception-r14 [7].

If the SL-C-RX Category 4 UE passes 14.11 Test 3 or 4, then the test coverage can be considered fulfilled without executing 14.8 Test 2.

14.10 Test 1

14.11 Test 1

UE with support of CA with 2 SL CCs and without support of CA with 3 SL CCs

14.10 Test 2

14.11 Test 2

UE with support of CA with 3 SL CCs

14.11 Test 3

UE with support of v2x-EnhancedHighReception-r15 [7] and CA with 2 SL CCs and without support of CA with 3 SL CCs

14.11 Test 4

UE with support of v2x-EnhancedHighReception-r15 [7] and CA with 3 SL CCs

14.2 Demodulation of PSSCH

The purpose of the requirements in this subclause is to verify the PSSCH for V2X demodulation performance with a single active PSSCH link.

The minimum requirements are specified in Table 14.2-2 with the test parameters specified in Table 14.2-1. In this test scenario, GNSS or GNSS-equivalent synchronization source is used and Sidelink UE 1 transmits PSCCH and PSSCH.

Table 14.2-1: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 1, 2

Test 3, 4

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-1

(Configuration #1-V2X)

at antenna port

dBm/15kHz

-98

Active cell(s)

None

V2X Tx format
(SL-V2X-TxProfileList-r15)

N/A

SL-V2X-TxProfile-r15 = rel15

Sidelink UE 1

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH+PSSCH

Timing offset (Note 1)

CP/2-12Ts

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

+600

Synchronization

GNSS or GNSS-equivalent

Antenna configuration

1×2 Low

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Table 14.2-2: Minimum performance

Test num.

Bandwidth

PSSCH Reference channel

Propagation condition

Reference value

PSSCH BLER (%)

SNR (dB) of PSSCH

1

20 MHz

CD.8

EVA180

10

14.2

2

10 MHz

CD.9

EVA2700

5.4

3

20 MHz

CD.13

EVA180

12.5

4

10 MHz

CD.14

EVA2700

2.8

14.3 Demodulation of PSCCH

The purpose of the requirements in this subclause is to verify the PSCCH for V2X demodulation performance with a single active PSSCH link.

The minimum requirements are specified in Table 14.3-2 with the test parameters specified in Table 14.3-1. In this test scenario, GNSS or GNSS-equivalent synchronization source is used and Sidelink UE 1 transmits PSCCH and PSSCH.

Table 14.3-1: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 1

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-1

(Configuration #1-V2X)

at antenna port

dBm/15kHz

-98

Active cell(s)

None

Sidelink UE 1

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH+PSSCH

Timing offset (Note 1)

CP/2-12Ts

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

+600

Synchronization

GNSS or GNSS-equivalent

Antenna configuration

1×2 Low

PSSCH RMC

CD.9

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Note 3: Cyclic shift for PSCCH DMRS is randomly selected between {0, 3, 6, 9} for each PSCCH transmission.

Table 14.3-2: Minimum performance

Test number

Bandwidth

PSCCH Reference channel

Propagation condition

Reference value

Probability of missed PSCCH (%)

SNR (dB) of PSCCH

1

10 MHz

CC.8

EVA1500

1

2.6

14.4 Power imbalance performance with two links

The purpose of this test is to check the demodulation performance when receiving PSSCH transmissions from two Sidelink UEs with power imbalance in one subframe.

The minimum requirements are specified in Table 14.4-2 with the test parameters specified in Table 14.4-1. The Sidelink UE 1 and 2 are synchronized to GNSS or GNSS-equivalent synchronization reference.

Table 14.4-1: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 1

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-2

(Configuration #2-V2X)

at antenna port

dBm/15kHz

-98

Active cell(s)

None

Active Sidelink UE(s)

Sidelink UE 1, Sidelink UE 2

Sidelink UE 1

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH + PSSCH

PSCCH RB allocation

PRB pairs {5, 6}

PSSCH RMC

As specified in Table 14.4-2

PSSCH RB allocation

PRB pairs {7, 8, 9}

Time offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Propagation Channel

AWGN

Antenna configuration

1×2

Sidelink UE 2

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH + PSSCH

PSCCH RB allocation

PRB pairs {20, 21}

PSSCH RMC

As specified in Table 14.4-2

PSSCH RB allocation

PRB pairs {22, 23, 24}

Time offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Propagation Channel

AWGN

Antenna configuration

1×2

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Table 14.4-2: Minimum performance

Test number

Bandwidth

Sidelink UE

PSSCH Reference channel

Reference value

PSSCH BLER (%)

SNR (dB) of PSSCH

1

20MHz

1

CD.10

(Note 1)

30.35

2

CD.10

10

13.3

Note 1: There is no throughput requirement for Sidelink UE 1.

14.5 Demodulation of PSBCH

The purpose of the requirements in this subclause is to verify the PSBCH demodulation performance with a single active link.

The minimum requirements are specified in Table 14.5-2 with the test parameters specified in Table 14.5-1. The Sidelink UE 1 transmit PSBCH to tested UE and tested UE is synchronized to SLSS of Sidelink UE 1

Table 14.5-1: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 1

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-1

(Configuration #1-V2X)

at antenna port

dBm/15kHz

-98

Active cell(s)

None

Sidelink UE 1

Sidelink Transmissions

SLSS+PSBCH (Note 3)

slssid

169

Time offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Synchronization source

GNSS

Antenna configuration

1×2 Low

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Note 3: PSBCH transmits together with corresponding SLSS in the same subframe.

Table 14.5-2: Minimum performance

Test number

Bandwidth

PSBCH Reference channel

Propagation condition

Reference value

Probability of missed PSBCH (%)

SNR (dB) of PSBCH

1

20 MHz

CP.2

EVA180

1

2.5

14.6 Demodulation of PSSCH with eNB based synchronization

The purpose of the requirements in this subclause is to verify the PSSCH for V2X demodulation performance with a single active PSSCH link under eNB based synchronization.

The minimum requirement is specified in Table 14.6-2 with the test parameters specified in Table 14.6-1. In this test scenario, eNB based synchronization source is used and Sidelink UE 1 transmits PSCCH and PSSCH.

Table 14.6-1: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 1

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-3

(Configuration #3-V2X)

at antenna port

dBm/15kHz

-98

Active cell(s)

Cell 1 (Serving cell)

Cell 1

Cyclic prefix

Normal

Cell ID

0

Downlink power allocation

dB

0

dB

0 (Note 1)

σ

dB

0

OCNG Pattern (Note 2)

OP.1 FDD

Propagation channel

AWGN

Antenna configuration

1×2 Low

RSRP

dBm/15kHz

-92

Sidelink UE 1

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH+PSSCH

Timing offset (Note 3)

CP/2-24Ts

Frequency offset (Note 4)

Hz

+1300

Synchronization source

Cell 1

Antenna configuration

1×2 Low

Note 1: .

Note 2: OCNG is used to fully allocate the available resource blocks to virtual UEs.

Note 3: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to Cell1 reference timing.

Note 4: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to Cell 1 reference frequency.

Table 14.6-2: Minimum performance

Test num.

Bandwidth

PSSCH Reference channel

Propagation condition

Reference value

PSSCH BLER (%)

SNR (dB) of PSSCH

1

20 MHz

CD.12

EVA180

10

4.9

14.7 Soft buffer test

The purpose of this test is to verify the maximum number of bits per TTI supported by the V2X UE.

The minimum requirement is specified in Table 14.7-2 with the test parameters specified in Table 14.7-1.

Table 14.7-1: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 1

Test 2

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-4

(Configuration #4-V2X)

at antenna port

dBm/15kHz

-98

Active cell(s)

None

V2X Tx format
(SL-V2X-TxProfileList-r15)

N/A

SL-V2X-TxProfile-r15 = rel15

Active Sidelink UE(s)

Sidelink UE i, 0 ≤ i ≤ 14

Sidelink UE i,

0 ≤ i ≤ 14

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH + PSSCH

Time gap between initial transmission and retransmission

Subframe

15

Timing offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Synchronization source

GNSS or GNSS-equivalent

Antenna configuration

1×2

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Note 3: 15 sidelink UEs should transmit one by one circularly for every subframe.

Table 14.7-2: Minimum performance

Test num.

Bandwidth

PSSCH Reference channel

Propagation condition

Reference value

ue-CategorySL-C-RX

PSSCH BLER (%)

SNR (dB) of PSSCH

1

20 MHz

CD.11

AWGN

5

8.0

SL-C-RX Category 2

2

20 MHz

CD.15

AWGN

5

12.0

SL-C-RX Category 3

14.8 PSCCH/PSSCH decoding capability test

The purpose of this test is to verify the maximum number of Sidelink processes supported by the V2X UE.

The minimum requirements are specified in Table 14.8-3 with the test parameters specified in Table 14.8-1 and Table 14.8-2 according to UE capability.

Table 14.8-1: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 1

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-5

(Configuration #5-V2X)

Active cell(s)

None

Sidelink UE i,

0 ≤ i ≤ 9

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH + PSSCH

Timing offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Synchronization source

GNSS or GNSS-equivalent

Propagation Channel

Static propagation condition

No external noise sources are applied

Antenna configuration

1×2

PSSCH RMC

CD.12

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Note 3: Cyclic shift for PSCCH DMRS is randomly selected between {0, 3, 6, 9} for each PSCCH transmission.

Table 14.8-2: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 2

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-5

(Configuration #5-V2X)

Active cell(s)

None

Sidelink UE i,

0 ≤ i ≤ 19

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH + PSSCH

Timing offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Synchronization source

GNSS or GNSS-equivalent

Propagation Channel

Static propagation condition

No external noise sources are applied

Antenna configuration

1×2

PSSCH RMC

CD.10

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Note 3: Cyclic shift for PSCCH DMRS is randomly selected between {0, 3, 6, 9} for each PSCCH transmission.

Table 14.8-3: Minimum performance

Test number

Bandwidth

PSCCH Reference channel

at antenna port (dBm/15kHz)

Reference value

Probability of missed PSCCH (%)

1

20 MHz

CC.8

-85

1

2

20 MHz

CC.8

-85

1

14.9 Sustained downlink data rate with active sidelink

The purpose of this test is to verify the WAN and V2X operation is not impacted with each other when UE is under concurrent operation. This test case applies to UEs support concurrent operation of V2X communication with E-UTRA uplink/downlink on the operating bands combinations listed in Table 5.5G-2.

The test parameters are in Table 14.9-1, and the test UE is expected to receive all PSSCH and PDSCH transmissions simultaneously.

For PDSCH, the test cases apply to UE categories and bandwidth as specified in Table 14.9-2. The minimum requirements for PSSCH are specified in Table 14.7-2, Table 14.10-3 and Table 14.10-4 with corresponding test applicability and the minimum requirements for PDSCH downlink data rate are specified in Table 14.9-3. Both PDSCH and PSSCH performance will be verified simultaneously. The TB success rate in the cellular link shall be sustained during at least 300 frames.

Table 14.9-1: Test parameters for sustained downlink data rate (FDD 64QAM) and maximum PSSCH processing capability

Parameter

Unit

Test 1

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-4

(Configuration #4-V2X)

at antenna port

dBm/15kHz

-98

Active cell(s)

Cell 1 (PCell)

Cell 1

Test parameters

As specified in Table 8.7.1-1 and Table 14.9-2

Active Sidelink UE(s)

Sidelink UE i, 0 ≤ i ≤ 14

Sidelink UE i,

0 ≤ i ≤ 14

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH + PSSCH

Time gap between initial transmission and retransmission

Subframe

15

Timing offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Synchronization

GNSS or GNSS-equivalent

Antenna configuration

1×2

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Note 3: 15 sidelink UEs should transmit one by one circularly for every subframe.

Table 14.9-2: Test cases for sustained data rate

CA config

Maximum supported Bandwidth/ Bandwidth combination (MHz)

Cat. 1

Cat. 2

Cat. 3

Cat. 4

Cat. 6,7

Cat. 9,10

Cat 11, 12

DL Cat. 15

DL Cat. 11,12

Single carrier

10

1

2

3A

3A

3A

3A

3A

3A

20

3

4

6

6

6

6

Table 14.9-3: Minimum requirements (FDD 64QAM) for PDSCH

Test

Bandwidth (MHz)

Number of bits of a DL-SCH transport block received within a TTI

Measurement channel

Reference value

PDSCH TB success rate (%)

1

10

10296

R.31-1 FDD (NOTE 2)

95

2

10

25456

R.31-2 FDD (NOTE 2)

95

3

20

51024

R.31-3 FDD

95

3A

10

36696 (NOTE 1)

R.31-3A FDD (NOTE 2)

85

4

20

75376 (Note 2)

R.31-4 FDD

85

6

20

75376 (Note 2)

R.31-4 FDD

85

NOTE 1: 35160 bits for sub-frame 5.

NOTE 2: 71112 bits for sub-frame 5.

14.10 Soft buffer test (CA)

The purpose of this test is to verify the maximum number of bits per TTI supported by the V2X UE with UE SL-C-RX Category 4 for UEs supporting V2X CA.

For CA with 2 SL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 14.10-3, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 14.10-2, with the test parameters specified in Table 14.10-1.

For CA with 3 SL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 14.10-4, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 14.10-2, with the test parameters specified in Table 14.10-1.

Table 14.10-1: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 1, 2

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-4

(Configuration #4-V2X)

at antenna port

dBm/15kHz

-98

Active cell(s)

None

V2X Tx format
(SL-V2X-TxProfileList-r15)

SL-V2X-TxProfile-r15 = rel15

Active Sidelink UE(s)

Sidelink UE i, 0 ≤ i ≤ 14

Sidelink UE i,

0 ≤ i ≤ 14

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH + PSSCH

Time gap between initial transmission and retransmission

Subframe

15

Timing offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Synchronization source

GNSS or GNSS-equivalent

Antenna configuration

1×2

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Note 3: 15 sidelink UEs should transmit one by one circularly for every subframe.

Table 14.10-2: Single carrier performance with different bandwidths for multiple CA configurations

Bandwidth

PSSCH Reference channel

Propagation condition

Reference value

PSSCH BLER (%)

SNR (dB) of PSSCH

10 MHz

CD.16

AWGN

5

12.0

20 MHz

CD.15

AWGN

5

12.0

Table 14.10-3: Minimum performance for CA with 2 SL CCs

Test num.

CA Bandwidth combination

Requirement

ue-CategorySL-C-RX

1

10+20 MHz

As specified in 14.10-2 per CC

SL-C-RX Category 4

Table 14.10-4: Minimum performance for CA with 3 SL CCs

Test num.

CA Bandwidth combination

Requirement

ue-CategorySL-C-RX

2

3×10 MHz

As specified in 14.10-2 per CC

SL-C-RX Category 4

14.11 PSCCH/PSSCH decoding capability test (CA)

The purpose of this test is to verify the maximum number of Sidelink processes and the maximum number of bits per TTI supported by the UE with UE SL-C-RX Category 4 for UEs supporting V2X CA.

For CA with 2 SL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 14.11-4 based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 14.11-3, with the test parameters specified in Table 14.11-1 and Table 14.11-2 according to UE capability.

For CA with 3 SL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 14.11-5 based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 14.11-3, with test parameters specified in Table 14.11-1 and Table 14.11-2 according to UE capability.

Table 14.11-1: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 1

Test 2

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-5 and A.9-6

(Configuration #5-V2X and #6-V2X)

As specified in Table A.9-6

(Configuration #6-V2X)

V2X Tx format
(SL-V2X-TxProfileList-r15)

SL-V2X-TxProfile-r15 = rel15

Active cell(s)

None

Sidelink UE i,

0 ≤ i ≤ 14

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH + PSSCH

Timing offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Synchronization source

GNSS or GNSS-equivalent

Propagation Channel

Static propagation condition

No external noise sources are applied

Antenna configuration

1×2

PSSCH RMC

CD.17 and CD.18

CD.18

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Note 3: Cyclic shift for PSCCH DMRS is randomly selected between {0, 3, 6, 9} for each PSCCH transmission.

Table 14.11-2: Test Parameters

Parameter

Unit

Test 3

Test 4

Communication resource pool configuration

As specified in Table A.9-5 and A.9-6

(Configuration #5-V2X and #6-V2X)

As specified in Table A.9-6

(Configuration #6-V2X)

V2X Tx format
(SL-V2X-TxProfileList-r15)

SL-V2X-TxProfile-r15 = rel15

Active cell(s)

None

Sidelink UE i,

0 ≤ i ≤ 29

Sidelink Transmissions

PSCCH + PSSCH

Timing offset (Note 1)

μs

0

Frequency offset (Note 2)

Hz

0

Synchronization source

GNSS or GNSS-equivalent

Propagation Channel

Static propagation condition

No external noise sources are applied

Antenna configuration

1×2

PSSCH RMC

CD.19 and CD.20

CD.20

Note 1: Time offset of Sidelink UE receive signal with respect to GNSS reference timing.

Note 2: Frequency offset of Sidelink UE with respect to GNSS reference frequency.

Note 3: Cyclic shift for PSCCH DMRS is randomly selected between {0, 3, 6, 9} for each PSCCH transmission.

Table 14.11-3: Single carrier performance with different bandwidths for multiple CA configurations

Bandwidth

PSCCH Reference channel

at antenna port (dBm/15kHz)

Reference value

Probability of missed PSCCH (%)

10 MHz

CC.8

-85

1

20 MHz

CC.8

-85

1

Table 14.11-4: Minimum performance for CA configuration with 2 SL CCs

Test number

CA Bandwidth combination (MHz)

Minimum performance requirement

1

10+20

As defined in Table 14.11-3 per CC

3

10+20

As defined in Table 14.11-3 per CC

Table 14.11-5: Minimum performance for CA configuration with 3 SL CCs

Test number

CA Bandwidth combination (MHz)

Minimum performance requirement

2

3×10

As defined in Table 14.11-3 per CC

4

3×10

As defined in Table 14.11-3 per CC

Annex A (normative):
Measurement channels