8.2.2 TDD (Fixed Reference Channel)

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The parameters specified in Table 8.2.2-1 are valid for all TDD tests unless otherwise stated.

Table 8.2.2-1: Common Test Parameters (TDD)

Parameter	Unit	Value
Uplink downlink configuration (Note 1)		1
Special subframe configuration (Note 2)		4
Cyclic prefix		Normal
Cell ID		0
Inter-TTI Distance		1
Number of HARQ processes per component carrier	Processes	7
Maximum number of HARQ transmission		4
Redundancy version coding sequence		{0,1,2,3} for QPSK and 16QAM {0,0,1,2} for 64QAM, 256QAM and 1024QAM
Number of OFDM symbols for PDCCH per component carrier	OFDM symbols	4 for 1.4 MHz bandwidth, 3 for 3 MHz and 5 MHz bandwidths, 2 for 10 MHz, 15 MHz and 20 MHz bandwidths unless otherwise stated
Cross carrier scheduling		Not configured
Note 1: as specified in Table 4.2-2 in TS 36.211 [4]. Note 2: as specified in Table 4.2-1 in TS 36.211 [4].

8.2.2.1 Single-antenna port performance

The single-antenna performance in a given multi-path fading environments is determined by the SNR for which a certain relative information bit throughput of the reference measurement channels in Annex A.3.4 is achieved. The purpose of these tests is to verify the single-antenna performance with different channel models and MCS. The QPSK and 64QAM cases are also used to verify the performance for all bandwidths specified in Table 5.6.1-1.

8.2.2.1.1 Minimum Requirement

For single carrier, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.1.1-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 2 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-4, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.1.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 3 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-7, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.1.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 4 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-8, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.1.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 5 DL CCs, the requirements are speicifed in Table 8.2.1.1.1-9, based on single carrier requirement speicified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.1.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 6 DL CCs, the requirements are speicifed in Table 8.2.1.1.1-10, based on single carrier requirement speicified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.1.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 7 DL CCs, the requirements are speicifed in Table 8.2.1.1.1-11, based on single carrier requirement speicified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.1.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

The test coverage for different number of component carriers is defined in 8.1.2.4.

Table 8.2.2.1.1-1: Test Parameters

Parameter		Unit	Test 1- 5	Test 6- 8	Test 9- 15	Test 16- 18	Test 19
Downlink power allocation		dB	0	0	0	0	0
		dB	0 (Note 1)	0 (Note 1)	0 (Note 1)	0 (Note 1)	0 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0	0	0	0	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98	-98	-98	-98	-98
Symbols for unused PRBs			OCNG (Note 2)	OCNG (Note 2)	OCNG (Note 2)	OCNG (Note 2)	OCNG (Note 2)
Modulation			QPSK	16QAM	64QAM	16QAM	QPSK
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Multiplexing	Multiplexing	Multiplexing	Multiplexing	Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode			1	1	1	1	1
Note 1: Note 2: These physical resource blocks are assigned to an arbitrary number of virtual UEs with one PDSCH per virtual UE; the data transmitted over the OCNG PDSCHs shall be uncorrelated pseudo random data, which is QPSK modulated. Note 3: Void Note 4: Void

Table 8.2.2.1.1-2: Minimum performance (FRC)

Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)	UE Category
1	10 MHz	R.2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-1.2	≥1
2	10 MHz	R.2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	1×2 Low	70	-0.6	≥1
3	10 MHz	R.2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU300	1×2 Low	70	-0.2	≥1
4	10 MHz	R.2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	HST	1×2	70	-2.6	≥1
5	1.4 MHz	R.4 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	0.0	≥1
6	10 MHz	R.3 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	6.7	≥2
6	5 MHz	R.3-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	6.7	1
7	10 MHz	R.3 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	1×2 Low	30	1.4	≥2
7	5 MHz	R.3-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	1×2 Low	30	1.4	1
8	10 MHz	R.3 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU300	1×2 High	70	9.3	≥2
8	5 MHz	R.3-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU300	1×2 High	70	9.3	1
9	3 MHz	R.5 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.6	≥1
10	5 MHz	R.6 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.6	≥2
10	5 MHz	R.6-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.6	1
11	10 MHz	R.7 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.6	≥2
11	10 MHz	R.7-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.6	1
12	10 MHz	R.7 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	1×2 Low	70	19.1	≥2
12	10 MHz	R.7-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	1×2 Low	70	19.1	1
13	10 MHz	R.7 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 High	70	19.1	≥2
13	10 MHz	R.7-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 High	70	19.1	1
14	15 MHz	R.8 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.8	≥2
14	15 MHz	R.8-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.8	1
15	20 MHz	R.9 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.7	≥3
	20 MHz	R.9-2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.7	2
	20 MHz	R.9-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.7	1
16	3 MHz	R.0 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	1×2 Low	30	2.1	≥1
17	10 MHz	R.1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	1×2 Low	30	2.0	≥1
18	20 MHz	R.1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	1×2 Low	30	2.1	≥1
19	10 MHz	R.41 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-5.3	≥1
Note 1: Void.

Table 8.2.2.1.1-3: Test Parameters for CA

Parameter		Unit	Value
Downlink power allocation		dB	0
		dB	0 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
Symbols for unused PRBs			OCNG (Note 2)
Modulation			QPSK
ACK/NACK feedback mode			PUCCH format 1b with channel selection for Tests in Table 8.2.2.1.1-4; PUCCH format 3 for Tests in Table 8.2.2.1.1-7
PDSCH transmission mode			1
Note 1: Note 2: These physical resource blocks are assigned to an arbitrary number of virtual UEs with one PDSCH per virtual UE; the data transmitted over the OCNG PDSCHs shall be uncorrelated pseudo random data, which is QPSK modulated. Note 3: The same PDSCH transmission mode is applied to each component carrier.

Table 8.2.2.1.1-4: Minimum performance (FRC) for CA with 2DL CCs

Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
						Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1	2x20MHz	R.42 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-1.2	≥5
2	20MHz+ 15MHz	R.42 TDD for 20MHz CC	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-1.4	≥5
		R.42-3 TDD for 15MHz CC	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)			70	-1.4
Note 1: The OCNG pattern applies for each CC. Note 2: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3. Note 3: 30usec timing difference between PCell and any SCell is applied in inter-band CA case, where PCell can be assigned on any CC.

Table 8.2.2.1.1-5: Single carrier performance for multiple CA configurations

Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Reference value
Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Fraction of maximum throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1.4MHz	R.4 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-0.6
3MHz	R.42-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-0.8
5MHz	R.42-2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-1.2
10MHz	R.2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-1.6
15MHz	R.42-3 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-1.4
20MHz	R.42 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	-1.4

Table 8.2.2.1.1-6: Void

Table 8.2.2.1.1-7: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 3 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	3x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5 per CC	≥5
2	20MHz+20MHz+15MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5 per CC	≥5
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3 Note 2: 30usec timing difference between PCell and any SCell is applied in inter-band CA case, where PCell can be assigned on any CC.

Table 8.2.2.1.1-8: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 4 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	4x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5 per CC	≥8
2	20MHz+20MHz+20MHz+15MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5 per CC	≥8
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.1.1-9: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 5 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	5x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5 per CC	8, ≥11
2	15MHz+4x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5 per CC	8, ≥11
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.1.1-10: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 6 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	6x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5 per CC	8, ≥11
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.1.1-11: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 7 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	7x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.1.1-5 per CC	8, ≥11
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

8.2.2.1.2 Void

8.2.2.1.3 Void

8.2.2.1.4 Minimum Requirement 1 PRB allocation in presence of MBSFN

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.1.4-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.1.1.4-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose of these tests is to verify the single-antenna performance with a single PRB allocated at the lower band edge in presence of MBSFN.

Table 8.2.2.1.4-1: Test Parameters for Testing 1 PRB allocation

Parameter	Unit		Test 1
Downlink power allocation				dB	0
				dB	0 (Note 1)
		σ		dB	0
at antenna port				dBm/15kHz	-98
Symbols for MBSFN portion of MBSFN subframes (Note 2)					OCNG (Note 3)
ACK/NACK feedback mode					Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode					1
Note 1: . Note 2: The MBSFN portion of an MBSFN subframe comprises the whole MBSFN subframe except the first two symbols in the first slot. Note 3: The MBSFN portion of the MBSFN subframes shall contain QPSK modulated data. Cell-specific reference signals are not inserted in the MBSFN portion of the MBSFN subframes, QPSK modulated MBSFN data is used instead.

Table 8.2.2.1.4-2: Minimum performance 1PRB (FRC)

Test number

Bandwidth

Reference Channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation Condition

Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration

Reference value

UE Category

Fraction of Maximum

Throughput (%)

SNR (dB)

10 MHz

R.29 TDD

OP.3 TDD

ETU70

1×2 Low

2.0

≥1

8.2.2.2 Transmit diversity performance

8.2.2.2.1 Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.2.1-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.2.1-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of transmit diversity (SFBC) with 2 transmitter antennas.

Table 8.2.2.2.1-1: Test Parameters for Transmit diversity Performance (FRC)

Parameter	Unit	Test 1-2
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3
			dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ		dB	0
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode				2
Note 1:

Table 8.2.2.2.1-2: Minimum performance Transmit Diversity (FRC)

Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)	UE Category
1	10 MHz	R.11 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	2×2 Medium	70	6.8	≥2
1	5 MHz	R.11-2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	2×2 Medium	70	6.8	1
2	10 MHz	R.10 TDD	OP.1 TDD	HST	2×2	70	-2.3	≥1

8.2.2.2.2 Minimum Requirement 4 Tx Antenna Port

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.2.2-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.2.2-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of transmit diversity (SFBC-FSTD) with 4 transmitter antennas.

Table 8.2.2.2.2-1: Test Parameters for Transmit diversity Performance (FRC)

Parameter	Unit	Test 1-2
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3
			dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ		dB	0
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode				2
Note 1:

Table 8.2.2.2.2-2: Minimum performance Transmit Diversity (FRC)

Test number	Band-width	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
Test number	Band-width	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)	UE Category
1	1.4 MHz	R.12 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EPA5	4×2 Medium	70	0.2	≥1
2	10 MHz	R.13 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	4×2 Low	70	-0.5	≥1

8.2.2.2.3 Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port (demodulation subframe overlaps with aggressor cell ABS)

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.2.3-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.2.3-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2 and Annex C.3.3. The purpose is to verify the performance of transmit diversity (SFBC) with 2 transmit antennas if the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell takes place in subframes that overlap with ABS [9] of the aggressor cell. In Table 8.2.2.2.3-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2 is the aggressor cell. The downlink physical channel setup for Cell 1 is according to Annex C.3.2 and for Cell 2 is according to Annex C.3.3, respectively.

Table 8.2.2.2.3-1: Test Parameters for Transmit diversity Performance (FRC)

Parameter			Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2
Uplink downlink configuration				1	1
Special subframe configuration				4	4
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3	-3
			dB	-3 (Note 1)	-3 (Note 1)
	σ		dB	0	N/A
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-102 (Note 2)	N/A
			dBm/15kHz	-98 (Note 3)	N/A
			dBm/15kHz	-94.8 (Note 4)	N/A
			dB	Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.2.3-2	6
BW_Channel			MHz	10	10
Subframe Configuration				Non-MBSFN	Non-MBSFN
Time Offset between Cells			μs	2.5 (synchronous cells)
Cell Id				0	1
ABS pattern (Note 5)				N/A	0000010001 0000000001
RLM/RRM Measurement Subframe Pattern (Note 6)				0000000001 0000000001	N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note 7)		C_CSI,0		0000010001 0000000001	N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note 7)		C_CSI,1		1100101000 1100111000	N/A
Number of control OFDM symbols				2	2
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing	N/A
PDSCH transmission mode				2	N/A
Cyclic prefix				Normal	Normal
Note 1: . Note 2: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10,#12, #13 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 3: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #0, #4, #7, #11 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 4: This noise is applied in all OFDM symbols of a subframe overlapping with aggressor non-ABS. Note 5: ABS pattern as defined in [9]. Note 6: Time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for PCell measurements as defined in [7]. Note 7: As configured according to the time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for CSI measurements defined in [7]. Note 8: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2 is the aggressor cell. The number of the CRS ports in Cell1 and Cell2 is the same. Note 9: SIB-1 will not be transmitted in Cell2 in this test.

Table 8.2.2.2.3-2: Minimum Performance Transmit Diversity (FRC)

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern		Propagation Conditions (Note 1)		Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference Value		UE Category
		Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 1	Cell 2		Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%) Note 5	SNR (dB) (Note 2)
1	R.11-4 TDD Note 4	OP.1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	EVA5	2×2 Medium	70	3.8	≥2
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1 and Cell2 are statistically independent. Note 2: SNR corresponds to of cell 1. Note 3: The correlation matrix and antenna configuration apply for Cell 1 and Cell 2. Note 4: Cell 1 Reference channel is modified: PDSCH other than SIB1/paging and its associated PDCCH/PCFICH are transmitted in the serving cell subframe when the subframe is overlapped with the ABS subframe of aggressor cell and the subframe is available in the definition of the reference channel. Note 5: The maximum Throughput is calculated from the total Payload in 2 subframes, averaged over 20ms.

8.2.2.2.3A Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Ports (demodulation subframe overlaps with aggressor cell ABS and CRS assistance information are configured)

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.2.3A-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.2.3A-1. The purpose is to verify the performance of transmit diversity (SFBC) with 2 transmit antennas if the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell takes place in subframes that overlap with ABS [9] of the aggressor cell with CRS assistance information. In Table 8.2.2.2.3A-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2 and Cell 3 are the aggressor cells. The downlink physical channel setup for Cell 1 is according to Annex C.3.2 and for Cell 2 and Cell 3 is according to Annex C.3.3, respectively. The CRS assistance information [7] includes Cell 2 and Cell 3.

Table 8.2.2.2.3A-1: Test Parameters for Transmit diversity Performance (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Uplink downlink configuration			1	1	1
Special subframe configuration			4	4	4
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3	-3	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)	-3 (Note 1)	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0	N/A	N/A
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98 (Note 2)	N/A	N/A
		dBm/15kHz	-98 (Note 3)	N/A	N/A
		dBm/15kHz	-93 (Note 4)	N/A	N/A
		dB	Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.2.3A-2	12	10
BW_Channel		MHz	10	10	10
Subframe Configuration			Non-MBSFN	Non-MBSFN	Non-MBSFN
Time Offset between Cells		μs	N/A	3	-1
Frequency shift between Cells		Hz	N/A	300	-100
Cell Id			0	126	1
ABS pattern (Note 5)			N/A	0000000001 0000000001	0000000001 0000000001
RLM/RRM Measurement Subframe Pattern (Note 6)			0000000001 0000000001	N/A	N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note7)	C_CSI,0		0000000001 0000000001	N/A	N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note7)	C_CSI,1		1100111000 1100111000	N/A	N/A
Number of control OFDM symbols			2	Note 8	Note 8
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Multiplexing	N/A	N/A
PDSCH transmission mode			2	Note 9	Note 9
Cyclic prefix			Normal	Normal	Normal
Note 1: . Note 2: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10, #12, #13 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 3: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #0, #4, #7, #11 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 4: This noise is applied in all OFDM symbols of a subframe overlapping with aggressor non-ABS Note 5: ABS pattern as defined in [9]. Note 6: Time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for PCell measurements as defined in [7] Note 7: As configured according to the time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for CSI measurements defined in [7]. Note 8: The number of control OFDM symbols is not available for ABS and is 2 for the subframe indicated by “0” of ABS pattern. Note 9: Downlink physical channel setup in Cell 2 and Cell 3 in accordance with Annex C.3.3 applying OCNG pattern as defined in Annex A.5. Note 10: The number of the CRS ports in Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 is the same. Note 11: SIB-1 will not be transmitted in Cell 2 and Cell 3 in this test.

Table 8.2.2.2.3A-2: Minimum Performance Transmit Diversity (FRC)

Test Number

Reference Channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation Conditions (Note 1)

Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 2)

Reference Value

UE Category

Cell 1

Cell 2

Cell 3

Cell 1

Cell 2

Cell 3

Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%) Note 5

SNR (dB) (Note 3)

R.11-4 TDD Note 4

OP.1TDD

EVA5

2×2 Medium

3.5

≥2

Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent.

Note 2: The correlation matrix and antenna configuration apply for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3..

Note 3: SNR corresponds to of cell 1.

Note 4: Cell 1 Reference channel is modified: PDSCH other than SIB1/paging and its associated PDCCH/PCFICH are transmitted in the serving cell subframe when the subframe is overlapped with the ABS subframe of aggressor cell and the subframe is available in the definition of the reference channel.

Note 5: The maximum Throughput is calculated from the total Payload in 2 subframes, averaged over 20ms.

8.2.2.2.4 Enhanced Performance Requirement Type A – 2 Tx Antenna Ports with TM3 interference model

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.2.4-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.2.4-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of transmit diversity (SFBC) with 2 transmit antennas when the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell is interfered by PDSCH of two dominant interfering cells applying transmission mode 3 interference model defined in clause B.5.2. In Table 8.2.2.2.4-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2, 3 are interfering cells. The downlink physical channel setup is according to Annex C.3.2 for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3, respectively.

Table 8.2.2.2.4-1: Test Parameters for Transmit diversity Performance (FRC) with TM3 interference model

Parameter			Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Downlink power allocation		dB		-3	-3	-3
		dB		-3 (Note 1)	-3	-3
	σ	dB		0	0	0
Cell-specific reference signals				Antenna ports 0,1	Antenna ports 0,1	Antenna ports 0,1
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz		-98	N/A	N/A
DIP (Note 2)		dB		N/A	-1.73	-8.66
BW_Channel		MHz		10	10	10
Cyclic Prefix				Normal	Normal	Normal
Cell Id				0	1	2
Number of control OFDM symbols				2	2	2
PDSCH transmission mode				2	N/A	N/A
Interference model				N/A	As specified in clause B.5.2	As specified in clause B.5.2
Probability of occurrence of transmission rank in interfering cells	Rank 1	%		N/A	80	80
	Rank 2	%		N/A	20	20
Reporting interval		ms		5	N/A	N/A
Reporting mode				PUCCH 1-0	N/A	N/A
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing	N/A	N/A
Physical channel for CQI reporting				PUSCH(Note 5)	N/A	N/A
cqi-pmi-ConfigurationIndex				4	N/A	N/A
Note 1: Note 2: The respective received power spectral density of each interfering cell relative to is defined by its associated DIP value as specified in clause B.5.1. Note 3: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2, 3 are the interfering cells. Note 4: All cells are time-synchronous. Note 5: To avoid collisions between CQI reports and HARQ-ACK it is necessary to report both on PUSCH instead of PUCCH. PDCCH DCI format 0 shall be transmitted in downlink SF#4 and #9 to allow periodic CQI to multiplex with the HARQ-ACK on PUSCH in uplink subframe SF#8 and #3.

Table 8.2.2.2.4-2: Enhanced Performance Requirement Type A, Transmit Diversity (FRC) with TM3 interference model

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern			Propagation Conditions			Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Reference Value		UE Category
Test Number	Reference Channel	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SINR (dB) (Note 2)	UE Category
1	R.46 TDD	OP.1 TDD	N/A	N/A	EVA70	EVA70	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	-1.4	≥1
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent. Note 2: SINR corresponds to of Cell 1 as defined in clause 8.1.1. Note 3: Correlation matrix and antenna configuration parameters apply for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3.

8.2.2.2.5 Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port (when EIMTA-MainConfigServCell-r12 is configured)

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.2.5-2 with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.2.5-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The test purpose is to verify the performance of transmit diversity (SFBC) with 2 transmitter antennas in case of using eIMTA TDD UL-DL reconfiguration for TDD serving cell(s) via monitoring PDCCH with eIMTA-RNTI on a PCell.

Table 8.2.2.2.5-1: Test Parameters for Transmit diversity Performance (FRC) when
EIMTA-MainConfigServCell-r12 is configured

Parameter		Unit	Value
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
Uplink downlink configuration in SIB1 (Note 2)			0
Downlink HARQ reference configuration (eimta-HarqReferenceConfig-r12) (Note 2)			5
Set of dynamic TDD UL-DL configurations (NOTES 2,3)			{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
Periodicity of monitoring the L1 reconfiguration DCI (eimta-CommandPeriodicity-r12)		ms	10
Set of subframes to monitor the L1 reconfiguration DCI (eimta-CommandSubframeSet-r12) (Note 4)			{0,1,5,6}
Number of DL HARQ processes		Processes	15
PDSCH transmission mode			2
ACK/NACK feedback mode (Note 5)			Multiplexing
Note 1: Note 2: As specified in Table 4.2-2 in TS 36.211. Note 3: UL/DL configuration in PDCCH with eIMTA-RNTI is randomly selected from the given set on a per-DCI basis with equal probability. Note 4: The set of subframes to monitor PDCCH with eIMTA-RNTI for frame n includes subframes {1,5,6} in frame n-1 and subframe 0 in frame n. Subframes for reconfiguration DCI transmission are chosen in a random way on a per-DCI basis with equal probability. Note 5: PUCCH Format 3 is used for DL HARQ feedback.

Table 8.2.2.2.5-2: Minimum performance Transmit diversity when EIMTA-MainConfigServCell-r12 is configured

Test

Reference channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation

Conditions

Correlation

Matrix and

Antenna

Configuration

Reference value

8.2.2.2.6 Enhanced Performance Requirement Type B – 2 Tx Antenna Ports with TM2 interference model

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.2.6-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.2.6-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of transmit diversity (SFBC) with 2 transmit antennas when the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell is interfered by PDSCH of two interfering cells applying transmission mode 2 interference model defined in clause B.6.1. In Table 8.2.2.2.6-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2, 3 are interfering cells. The downlink physical channel setup is according to Annex C.3.2 for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3, respectively.

Table 8.2.2.2.6-1: Test Parameters for Transmit Diversity Performance (FRC) with TM2 interference model

Parameter			Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Uplink downlink Configuration				1	1	1
Special subframe configuration				4	4	4
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3	-3	-3
			dB	-3 (Note 1)	-3	-3
		σ	dB	0	0	0
Cell-specific reference signals				Antenna ports 0,1	Antenna ports 0,1	Antenna ports 0,1
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-98
			dB	N/A	13.91	3.34
BW_Channel			MHz	10	10	10
Cyclic Prefix				Normal	Normal	Normal
Cell Id				0	6	1
Number of control OFDM symbols in normal subframes				3	3	3
CFI indicated in PCFICH in normal subframes				3	3	3
Number of control OFDM symbols in special subframes				2	2	2
CFI indicated in PCFICH in special subframes				2	2	2
PDSCH transmission mode				2	2	2
Interference model				N/A	As specified in clause B.6.1	As specified in clause B.6.1
MBSFN				Not configured	Not configured	Not configured
Time offset to cell 1			us	N/A	2	3
Frequency offset to cell 1			Hz	N/A	200	300
NeighCellsInfo-r12 (Note 3)	p-aList-r12			N/A	{dB-6, dB-3, dB0}	{dB-6, dB-3, dB0}
NeighCellsInfo-r12 (Note 3)	transmissionModeList-r12			N/A	{2,3,4,8,9}	{2,3,4,8,9}
Note 1: Note 2: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2, 3 are the interfering cells. Note 3: NeighCellsInfo-r12 is described in subclause 6.3.2 of [7].

Table 8.2.2.2.6-2: Minimum Performance for Enhanced Performance Requirement Type B, Transmit Diversity (FRC) with TM2 interference model

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern			Propagation Conditions			Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Reference Value		UE Category
Test Number	Reference Channel	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB) (Note 2)	UE Category
1	R.11-12 TDD	OP.1 TDD	N/A	N/A	EPA5	EPA5	EPA5	2×2 Low	85	15.3	≥1
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent. Note 2: SNR corresponds to of Cell 1 as defined in clause 8.1.1. Note 3: Correlation matrix and antenna configuration parameters apply for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3.

8.2.2.2.7 Enhanced Performance Requirement Type B – 2 Tx Antenna Ports with TM9 interference model

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.2.7-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.2.7-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of transmit diversity (SFBC) with 2 transmit antennas when the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell is interfered by PDSCH of two interfering cells applying transmission mode 9 interference model defined in clause B.6.4. In Table 8.2.2.2.7-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2, 3 are interfering cells. The downlink physical channel setup is according to Annex C.3.2 for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3, respectively.

Table 8.2.2.2.7-1: Test Parameters for Transmit Diversity Performance (FRC) with TM9 interference model

Parameter			Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Uplink downlink Configuration				1	1	1
Special subframe configuration				4	4	4
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3	0	0
			dB	-3 (Note 1)	0	0
		σ	dB	0	-3	-3
Cell-specific reference signals				Antenna ports 0,1	Antenna ports 0,1	Antenna ports 0,1
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-98
			dB	N/A	3.28	0.74
BW_Channel			MHz	10	10	10
Cyclic Prefix				Normal	Normal	Normal
Cell Id				0	1	6
Number of control OFDM symbols in normal subframes				3	3	3
CFI indicated in PCFICH in normal subframes				3	Random from set {1,2,3}	Random from set {1,2,3}
Number of control OFDM symbols in special subframes				2	2	2
CFI indicated in PCFICH in special subframes				2	Random from set {1,2}	Random from set {1,2}
PDSCH transmission mode				2	9	9
Interference model				N/A	As specified in clause B.6.4	As specified in clause B.6.4
CSI reference signals				N/A	Antenna ports 15,16	Antenna ports 15,16
CSI-RS periodicity and subframe offset T_CSI-RS / ∆_CSI-RS			Subframes	N/A	10 / 4	10 / 4
CSI reference signal configuration				N/A	6	7
Zero-power CSI-RS configuration I_CSI-RS / ZeroPowerCSI-RS bitmap			Subframes / bitmap	N/A	9 / 0100000000000000	9 / 0010000000000000
Time offset to cell 1			us	N/A	5	-5
Frequency offset to cell 1			Hz	N/A	600	-600
MBSFN				Not configured	Not configured	Not configured
NeighCellsInfo-r12 (Note 4)	p-aList-r12			N/A	{dB-6, dB-3, dB0}	{dB-6, dB-3, dB0}
NeighCellsInfo-r12 (Note 4)	transmissionModeList-r12			N/A	{2,3,4,8,9}	{2,3,4,8,9}
Note 1: Note 2: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2, 3 are the interfering cells. Note 3: CSI-RS configurations are according to [4] subclause 6.10.5.2. Note 4: NeighCellsInfo-r12 is described in subclause 6.3.2 of [7].

Table 8.2.2.2.7-2: Minimum Performance for Enhanced Performance Requirement Type B, Transmit Diversity (FRC) with TM9 interference model

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern			Propagation Conditions			Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Reference Value		UE Category
Test Number	Reference Channel	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB) (Note 2)	UE Category
1	R.11-11 TDD	OP.1 TDD	N/A	N/A	EPA5	EPA5	EPA5	2×2 Low	85	8.1	≥1
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent. Note 2: SNR corresponds to of Cell 1 as defined in clause 8.1.1. Note 3: Correlation matrix and antenna configuration parameters apply for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3.

8.2.2.2.8 Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port (Superposed transmission)

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.2.8-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.2.8-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the minimun performance of transmit diversity (SFBC) with 2 transmitter antennas superposed with simultaneous PDSCH interference.

Table 8.2.2.2.8-1: Test Parameters for Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port – Superposed transmission (FRC)

Parameter	Unit	Test 1-2
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3
			dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ		dB	0
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode				2
MUSTIdx (Note 2)				11
p-a-must-r14 (Note 3)				N/A
Note 1: Note 2: MUSTIdx is decribed in subclause 6.3.3 of [4]. Note 3: p-a-must-r14 is decribed in subclause 6.3.2 of [7].

Table 8.2.2.2.8-2: Minimum Performance for Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port – Superposed transmission (FRC)

Test number

Bandwidth

Reference Channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation Condition

Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration

Reference value

UE Category

Fraction of Maximum

Throughput (%)

SNR (dB)

10 MHz

R.aa TDD

OP.1 TDD

EVA5

2×2 Low

13.9

≥1

8.2.2.3 Open-loop spatial multiplexing performance

8.2.2.3.1 Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port

For single carrier, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 2 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-4, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of large delay CDD with 2 transmitter antennas.

For CA with 3 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-7, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 4 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-8, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 5 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-9, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 6 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-10, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 7 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-11, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

The test coverage for different number of component carriers is defined in 8.1.2.4.

Table 8.2.2.3.1-1: Test Parameters for Large Delay CDD (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1-3
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Bundling
PDSCH transmission mode			3
Note 1: Note 2: Void. Note 3: Void.

Table 8.2.2.3.1-2: Minimum performance Large Delay CDD (FRC)

Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)	UE Category
1 (Note 2)	10 MHz	R.11-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	13.1	≥2
2	10 MHz	R.35 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA200	2×2 Low	70	20.3	≥2
3	10 MHz	R.35-2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU600	2×2 Low	70	21.1	≥2
Note 1: Void. Note 2: For UE that supports CRS interference handling, the CRS assistance information defined in [7] is provided. The CRS assistance information includes two aggressor cells with 2 CRS ports and cell ID of agressor cells are 1 and 128. For UE that does not support CRS interference handling, CRS assistance information is not provided.

Table 8.2.2.3.1-3: Test Parameters for Large Delay CDD (FRC) for CA

Parameter		Unit	Value
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode			PUCCH format 1b with channel selection for Tests in Table 8.2.2.3.1-4; PUCCH format 3 for Tests in Table 8.2.2.3.1-7
PDSCH transmission mode			3
Note 1: Note 2: Void Note 3: The same PDSCH transmission mode is applied to each component carrier.

Table 8.2.2.3.1-4: Minimum performance Large Delay CDD (FRC) for CA with 2DL CCs

Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
						Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1	2×20 MHz	R.30-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	13.7	≥5
2	20MHz+15MHz	R.30-1 TDD for 20MHz CC	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	13.0	≥5
		R.11-9 TDD for 15MHz CC	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA70		70	12.9
Note 1: The OCNG pattern applies for each CC. Note 2: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3.

Table 8.2.2.3.1-5: Single carrier performance for multiple CA configurations

Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Reference value
Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Fraction of maximum throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1.4MHz	R.11-5 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	13.2
3MHz	R.11-6 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	12.8
5MHz	R.11-7 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	12.6
10 MHz	R.11-8 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	12.8
15MHz	R.11-9 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	12.9
20MHz	R.30-1 TDD	OP. 1 TDD	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	13.0

Table 8.2.2.3.1-6: Void

Table 8.2.2.3.1-7: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 3 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	3x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5 per CC	≥5
2	20MHz+20MHz+15MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5 per CC	≥5
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.3.1-8: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 4 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	4x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5 per CC	≥8
2	20MHz+20MHz+20MHz+15MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5 per CC	≥8
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.3.1-9: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 5 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	5x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5 per CC	8, ≥11
2	15MHz+4x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5 per CC	8, ≥11
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.3.1-10: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 6 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	6x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5 per CC	8, ≥11
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.3.1-11: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 7 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	7x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1-5 per CC	8, ≥11
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

8.2.2.3.1A Soft buffer management test

For CA, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1A-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1A-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according toAnnex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify UE performance with proper instantaneous buffer implementation.

Table 8.2.2.3.1A-1: Test Parameters for soft buffer management test (FRC) for CA

Parameter		Unit	Test 1-2
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode			– (Note 2)
PDSCH transmission mode			3
Note 1: Note 2: PUCCH format 1b with channel selection is used to feedback ACK/NACK. Note 3: For CA test cases, the same PDSCH transmission mode is applied to each component carrier.

Table 8.2.2.3.1A-2: Minimum performance soft buffer management test (FRC) for CA

Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
						Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1	2×20 MHz	R.30-2 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA70	2×2 Low	70	13.2	3
2	2×20 MHz	R.35-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA5	2×2 Low	70	15.7	4
Note 1: For CA test cases, the OCNG pattern applies for each CC. Note 2: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3.

8.2.2.3.1B Enhanced Performance Requirement Type C – 2Tx Antenna Ports

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1B-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1B-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of large delay CDD with 2 transmitter antennas.

Table 8.2.2.3.1B-1: Test Parameters for Large Delay CDD (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Bundling
PDSCH transmission mode			3
Note 1:

Table 8.2.2.3.1B-2: Enhanced Performance Requirement Type C for Large Delay CDD (FRC)

Test number

Bandwidth

Reference Channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation Condition

Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration

Reference value

UE Category

Fraction of Maximum

Throughput (%)

SNR (dB)

10 MHz

R.11-1 TDD

OP.1 TDD

EVA70

2×2 Medium

17.4

≥2

8.2.2.3.1C Enhanced Performance Requirement Type C – 2 Tx Antenna Ports with TM1 interference

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.1C-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.1C-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of open-loop spatial multiplexing performence with 2 transmit antennas when the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell is interfered by PDSCH of one dominant interfering cell with transmission mode 1. In Table 8.2.2.3.1C-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2 is interfering cells. The downlink physical channel setup is according to Annex C.3.2 for each of Cell 1 and Cell 2 respectively.

Table 8.2.2.3.1C-1 Test parameters for Larger Delay CDD (FRC) with TM1 interference

Parameter		Unit	Cell 1
Bandwidth		MHz	10 MHz
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3	0
			-3 (Note 1)	0
	σ		0	0
Cell-specific reference signals			Antenna ports 0,1	Antenna port 0
Cyclic Prefix			Normal	Normal
Cell ID			0	1
Transmission mode			3	Note 2
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98	N/A
(Note 3)		dB	Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.3.1C-2	12.95
Correlation and antenna configuration			Medium (2×2)	Medium(1×2)
Number of OFDM symbols for PDCCH			2	N/A
Max number of HARQ transmissions			4	N/A
Redundancy version coding sequence			{0,1,2,3}	N/A
Note 1: Note 2: Downlink physical channel setup in Cell 2 in accordance with Annex C.3.2 applying OCNG pattern OP.5 TDD as defined in Annex A.5.2.5. Note 3: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2 is the interfering cell. Note 4: All cells are time-synchronous. Note 5: SIB-1 will not be transmitted in Cell2 in this test.

Table 8.2.2.3.1C-2 Enhanced Performance Requirement Type C, Larger Delay CDD (FRC) with TM1 interference

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern		Propagation Conditions (Note 1)		Reference Value		UE Category
		Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 1	Cell 2	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB) (Note 2)
1		R.11-10 TDD	OP.1 TDD	OP.5 TDD	EVA70	EVA70	70	19.6	≥2
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1 and Cell 2 are statistically independent. Note 2: SNR corresponds to of Cell 1.

8.2.2.3.2 Minimum Requirement 4 Tx Antenna Port

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.2-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.2-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of large delay CDD with 4 transmitter antennas.

Table 8.2.2.3.2-1: Test Parameters for Large Delay CDD (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1
Downlink power allocation		dB	-6
		dB	-6 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	3
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Bundling
PDSCH transmission mode			3
Note 1: .

Table 8.2.2.3.2-2: Minimum performance Large Delay CDD (FRC)

Test number

Bandwidth

Reference Channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation Condition

Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration

Reference value

UE Category

Fraction of Maximum

Throughput (%)

SNR (dB)

10 MHz

R.14 TDD

OP.1 TDD

EVA70

4×2 Low

14.2

≥2

8.2.2.3.3 Minimum Requirement 2Tx antenna port (demodulation subframe overlaps with aggressor cell ABS)

The requirements for non-MBSFN ABS are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.3-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.3-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2 and Annex C.3.3.

The requirements for MBSFN ABS are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.3-4, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.3-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2 and Annex C.3.3.

The purpose is to verify the performance of large delay CDD with 2 transmitter antennas if the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell takes place in subframes that overlap with ABS [9] of the aggressor cell. In Tables 8.2.2.3.3-1 and 8.2.2.3.3-3, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2 is the aggressor cell. The downlink physical channel setup for Cell 1 is according to Annex C.3.2 and for Cell 2 is according to Annex C.3.3, respectively.

Table 8.2.2.3.3-1: Test Parameters for Large Delay CDD (FRC) – Non-MBSFN ABS

Parameter			Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2
Uplink downlink configuration				1	1
Special subframe configuration				4	4
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3	-3
			dB	-3 (Note 1)	-3 (Note 1)
	σ		dB	0	N/A
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-102 (Note 2)	N/A
			dBm/15kHz	-98 (Note 3)	N/A
			dBm/15kHz	-94.8 (Note 4)	N/A
			dB	Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.3.3-2	6
BW_Channel			MHz	10	10
Subframe Configuration				Non-MBSFN	Non-MBSFN
Cell Id				0	1
Time Offset between Cells			μs	2.5 (synchronous cells)
ABS pattern (Note 5)				N/A	0000010001, 0000000001
RLM/RRM Measurement Subframe Pattern(Note 6)				0000000001, 0000000001	N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note 7)		C_CSI,0		0000010001, 0000000001	N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note 7)		C_CSI,1		1100101000 1100111000	N/A
Number of control OFDM symbols				2	2
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing	N/A
PDSCH transmission mode				3	N/A
Cyclic prefix				Normal	Normal
Note 1: . Note 2: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10,#12, #13 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 3: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #0, #4, #7, #11 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 4: This noise is applied in all OFDM symbols of a subframe overlapping with aggressor non-ABS. Note 5: ABS pattern as defined in [9]. Note 6: Time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for PCell measurements as defined in [7]. Note 7: As configured according to the time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for CSI measurements defined in [7]. Note 8: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2 is the aggressor cell. The number of the CRS ports in Cell1 and Cell2 is the same. Note 9: SIB-1 will not be transmitted in Cell2 in this test.

Table 8.2.2.3.3-2: Minimum Performance Large Delay CDD (FRC) – Non-MBSFN ABS

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern		Propagation Conditions (Note 1)		Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference Value		UE Category
		Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 1	Cell 2		Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%) Note 5	SNR (dB) (Note 2)
1	R.11 TDD Note 4	OP.1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA 5	EVA 5	2×2 Low	70	14.0	≥2
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1 and Cell2 are statistically independent. Note 2: SNR corresponds to of cell 1. Note 3: The correlation matrix and antenna configuration apply for Cell 1 and Cell 2. Note 4: Cell 1 Reference channel is modified: PDSCH other than SIB1/paging and its associated PDCCH/PCFICH are transmitted in the serving cell subframe when the subframe is overlapped with the ABS subframe of aggressor cell and the subframe is available in the definition of the reference channel. Note 5: The maximum Throughput is calculated from the total Payload in 2 subframes, averaged over 20ms.

Table 8.2.2.3.3-3: Test Parameters for Large Delay CDD (FRC) – MBSFN ABS

Parameter			Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2
Uplink downlink configuration				1	1
Special subframe configuration				4	4
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3	-3
			dB	-3 (Note 1)	-3 (Note 1)
	σ		dB	0	N/A
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-102 (Note 2)	N/A
			dBm/15kHz	-98 (Note 3)	N/A
			dBm/15kHz	-94.8 (Note 4)	N/A
			dB	Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.3.3-4	6
BW_Channel			MHz	10	10
Subframe Configuration				Non-MBSFN	MBSFN
Cell Id				0	126
Time Offset between Cells			μs	2.5 (synchronous cells)
ABS pattern (Note 5)				N/A	0000000001 0000000001
RLM/RRM Measurement Subframe Pattern (Note 6)				0000000001 0000000001	N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note 7)		C_CSI,0		0000000001 0000000001	N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note 7)		C_CSI,1		1100111000 1100111000	N/A
MBSFN Subframe Allocation (Note 10)				N/A	000010
Number of control OFDM symbols				2	2
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing	N/A
PDSCH transmission mode				3	N/A
Cyclic prefix				Normal	Normal
Note 1: . Note 2: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10,#11, #12, #13 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 3: This noise is applied in OFDM symbol #0 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 4: This noise is applied in all OFDM symbols of a subframe overlapping with aggressor non-ABS. Note 5: ABS pattern as defined in [9]. The 10^th and 20^th subframes indicated by ABS pattern are MBSFN ABS subframes. Note 6: Time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for PCell measurements as defined in [7] Note 7: As configured according to the time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for CSI measurements defined in [7]. Note 8: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2 is the aggressor cell. The number of the CRS ports in Cell1 and Cell2 is the same. Note 9: SIB-1 will not be transmitted in Cell2 in this test. Note 10: MBSFN Subframe Allocation as defined in [7], one frame with 6 bits is chosen for MBSFN subframe allocation.

Table 8.2.2.3.3-4: Minimum Performance Large Delay CDD (FRC) – MBSFN ABS

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern		Propagation Conditions (Note 1)		Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference Value		UE Category
		Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 1	Cell 2		Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%) Note 5	SNR (dB) (Note 2)
1	R.11 TDD Note 4	OP.1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA 5	EVA 5	2×2 Low	70	12.2	≥2
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1 and Cell2 are statistically independent. Note 2: SNR corresponds to of cell 1. Note 3: The correlation matrix and antenna configuration apply for Cell 1 and Cell 2. Note 4: Cell 1 Reference channel is modified: PDSCH other than SIB1/paging and its associated PDCCH/PCFICH are transmitted in the serving cell subframe when the subframe is overlapped with the ABS subframe of aggressor cell and the subframe is available in the definition of the reference channel. Note 5: The maximum Throughput is calculated from the total Payload in 2 subframes, averaged over 20ms.

8.2.2.3.4 Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port (demodulation subframe overlaps with aggressor cell ABS and CRS assistance information are configured)

The requirements for non-MBSFN ABS are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.4-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.4-1. The purpose is to verify the performance of large delay CDD with 2 transmitter antennas if the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell takes place in subframes that overlap with ABS [9] of the aggressor cell with CRS assistance information. In Table 8.2.2.3.4-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2 and Cell3 are the aggressor cells. The downlink physical channel setup for Cell 1 is according to Annex C.3.2 and for Cell 2 and Cell 3 is according to Annex C.3.3, respectively. The CRS assistance information [7] includes Cell 2 and Cell 3.

Table 8.2.2.3.4-1: Test Parameters for Large Delay CDD (FRC) – Non-MBSFN ABS

Parameter			Unit		Cell 1		Cell 2		Cell 3
Uplink downlink configuration					1		1		1
Special subframe configuration					4		4		4
Downlink power allocation		dB		-3		-3		-3
		dB		-3 (Note 1)		-3 (Note 1)		-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB		0		N/A		N/A
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz		-98 (Note 2)		N/A		N/A
		dBm/15kHz		-98 (Note 3)		N/A		N/A
		dBm/15kHz		-93 (Note 4)		N/A		N/A
		dB		Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.3.4-2		Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.3.4-2		Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.3.4-2
BW_Channel		MHz		10		10		10
Subframe Configuration				Non-MBSFN		Non-MBSFN		Non-MBSFN
Time Offset between Cells		μs		N/A		3		-1
Frequency shift between Cells		Hz		N/A		300		-100
Cell Id				0		1		126
ABS pattern (Note 5)				N/A		0000000001 0000000001		0000000001 0000000001
RLM/RRM Measurement Subframe Pattern (Note 6)				0000000001 0000000001		N/A		N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note7)	C_CSI,0			0000000001 0000000001		N/A		N/A
	C_CSI,1			1100111000 1100111000		N/A		N/A
Number of control OFDM symbols				2		Note 8		Note 8
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing		N/A		N/A
PDSCH transmission mode				3		Note 9		Note 9
Cyclic prefix				Normal		Normal		Normal
Note 1: . Note 2: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10,#12, #13 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 3: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #0, #4, #7, #11 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 4: This noise is applied in all OFDM symbols of a subframe overlapping with aggressor non-ABS Note 5: ABS pattern as defined in [9]. Note 6: Time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for PCell measurements as defined in [7] Note 7: As configured according to the time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for CSI measurements defined in [7]. Note 8: The number of control OFDM symbols is not available for ABS and is 2 for the subframe indicated by “0” of ABS pattern. Note 9: Downlink physical channel setup in Cell 2 and Cell 3 in accordance with Annex C.3.3 applying OCNG pattern as defined in Annex A.5. Note 10: The number of the CRS ports in Cell1, Cell2 and Cell 3 is the same. Note 11: SIB-1 will not be transmitted in Cell2 and Cell 3 in this test.

Table 8.2.2.3.4-2: Minimum Performance Large Delay CDD (FRC) – Non-MBSFN ABS

Test Number

Reference Channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation Conditions (Note1)

Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 2)

Reference Value

UE Category

Cell 2

Cell 3

Cell 1

Cell 2

Cell 3

Cell 1

Cell 2

Cell 3

Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%) Note 5

SNR (dB) (Note 3)

R.11 TDD Note 4

OP.1TDD

EVA5

2×2 Low

14.2

≥2

R.35 TDD Note 4

OP.1TDD

EVA5

2×2 Low

22.7

≥2

Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent.

Note 2: The correlation matrix and antenna configuration apply for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3.

Note 3: SNR corresponds to of cell 1.

Note 5: The maximum Throughput is calculated from the total Payload in 2 subframes, averaged over 20ms.

8.2.2.3.5 Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port (Superposed transmission)

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.5-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.5-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the minimun performance of open-loop spatial multiplexing with 2 transmitter antennas superposed with simultaneous PDSCH interference.

Table 8.2.2.3.5-1: Test Parameters for Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port – Superposed transmission (FRC)

Parameter	Unit		Test 1
Downlink power allocation				dB	0
				dB	0 (NOTE 1)
		σ		dB	0
		PDSCH_RA		dB	-3
		PDSCH_RB		dB	-3
at antenna port				dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode					Bundling
PDSCH transmission mode					3
MUSTIdx (Note 2)					10
p-a-must-r14 (Note 3)					-3
Note 1: . Note 2: MUSTIdx is decribed in subclause 6.3.3 of [4]. Note 3: p-a-must-r14 is decribed in subclause 6.3.2 of [7].

Table 8.2.2.3.5-2: Minimum Performance for Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port – Superposed transmission (FRC)

Test number

Band-width

Reference Channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation Condition

Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration

Reference value

UE Category

Fraction of Maximum

Throughput (%)

SNR (dB)

10 MHz

R.bb TDD

OP.1 TDD

EVA5

2×2 Low

19.3

≥2

8.2.2.3.6 Minimum Requirement 2 Tx Antenna Port (network-based CRS interference mitigation)

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.3.6-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.3.6-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the performance of open-loop spatial multiplexing performence with 2 transmit antennas when the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell is interfered by CRS of one dominant interfering cell with network-based CRS interference mitigation. In Table 8.2.2.3.6-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2 is interfering cell. The downlink physical channel setup is according to Annex C.3.2 for each of Cell 1 and Cell 2 respectively.

Table 8.2.2.3.6-1: Test parameters for Larger Delay CDD (FRC) with network-based CRS interference mitigation

Parameter		Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2
Bandwidth		MHz	10 MHz
Uplink downlink configuration			4
Special subframe configuration			4
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3	0
			-3 (Note 1)	0
	σ		0	0
Cell-specific reference signals			Antenna ports 0,1	Antenna ports 0,1
Cyclic Prefix			Normal	Normal
Cell ID			0	1
Transmission mode			3	NA (Note 4)
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98	N/A
(Note 3)		dB	Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.3.6-2	10
Correlation and antenna configuration			Low (2×2)	Low (2×2)
Max number of HARQ transmissions			4	N/A
Redundancy version coding sequence			{0,1,2,3}	N/A
nw-BasedCRS-InterferenceMitigation-r15			Disabled	Enabled
CRS transmission			On	CRS is configured with CRS muting pattern as ‘10UU11111110UU111000’ where every 20 subframes consist of 11 subframes with full system BW CRS and 9 subframes with CRS only on the center 6 PRBs (Note 5)
Note 1: Note 2: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2 is the interfering cell. Note 3: All cells are time-synchronous. Note 4: Cell 2 has no PDSCH/PDCCH configured Note 5: The muting pattern ‘10UU11111110UU111000’ follows the Uplink downlink configuration 4 where U indicates uplink subframes, 1 indicates DL subframes with full system BW CRS configured and 0 indicateds DL subframes including special subframes with CRS only on the center 6 PRBs configured.

Table 8.2.2.3.6-2: Minimum performance Large Delay CDD (FRC) with network-based CRS interference mitigation

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern		Propagation Conditions (Note 1)		Reference Value		UE Category
		Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 1	Cell 2	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB) (Note 2)
1	R.11-13 TDD	OP.1 TDD	NA	EVA5	EVA5	70	15.0	≥2
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1 and Cell 2 are statistically independent. Note 2: SNR corresponds to of Cell 1.

8.2.2.4 Closed-loop spatial multiplexing performance

8.2.2.4.1 Minimum Requirement Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Port

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.1-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.1-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose of these tests is to verify the closed loop rank-one performance with wideband and frequency selective precoding.

Table 8.2.2.4.1-1: Test Parameters for Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1	Test 2
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98	-98
Precoding granularity		PRB	6	50
PMI delay (Note 2)		ms	10 or 11	10 or 11
Reporting interval		ms	1 or 4 (Note 3)	1 or 4 (Note 3)
Reporting mode			PUSCH 1-2	PUSCH 3-1
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap			001111	001111
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Multiplexing	Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode			4	4
Note 1: . Note 2: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4). Note 3: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms.

Table 8.2.2.4.1-2: Minimum performance Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)	UE Category
1	10 MHz	R.10 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	2×2 Low	70	-3.1	≥1
2	10 MHz	R.10 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EPA5	2×2 High	70	-2.8	≥1

8.2.2.4.1A Minimum Requirement Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4 Tx Antenna Port

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.1A-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.1A-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose of these tests is to verify the closed loop rank-one performance with wideband and frequency selective precoding.

Table 8.2.2.4.1A-1: Test Parameters for Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1	Test 2
Downlink power allocation		dB	-6	-6
		dB	-6 (Note 1)	-6 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	3	3
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98	-98
Precoding granularity		PRB	6	50
PMI delay (Note 2)		ms	10 or 11	10 or 11
Reporting interval		ms	1 or 4 (Note 3)	1 or 4 (Note 3)
Reporting mode			PUSCH 1-2	PUSCH 3-1
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap			0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001111111111111111	0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001111111111111111
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Multiplexing	Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode			4	4
Note 1: . Note 2: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4). Note 3: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms.

Table 8.2.2.4.1A-2: Minimum performance Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category	UE DL Category
Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)	UE Category	UE DL Category
1	10 MHz	R.13 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	-3.5	≥1	≥4
2	10MHz 1024QAM	R.101 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EPA5	4×2 Low	70	25.0	TBD	20, ≥ 22

8.2.2.4.1B Enhanced Performance Requirement Type A – Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Port with TM4 interference model

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.1B-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.1B-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose of these tests is to verify the closed loop rank-one performance with wideband precoding with two transmit antennas when the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell is interfered by PDSCH of two dominant interfering cells applying transmission mode 4 interference model defined in clause B.5.3. In Table 8.2.2.4.1B-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2, 3 are interfering cells. The downlink physical channel setup is according to Annex C.3.2 for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3, respectively.

Table 8.2.2.4.1B-1: Test Parameters for Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) with TM4 interference model

Parameter			Unit		Cell 1		Cell 2		Cell 3
Downlink power allocation		dB		-3		-3		-3
		dB		-3 (Note 1)		-3		-3
	σ	dB		0		0		0
Cell-specific reference signals				Antenna ports 0,1		Antenna ports 0,1		Antenna ports 0,1
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz		-98		N/A		N/A
DIP (Note 2)		dB		N/A		-1.73		-8.66
BW_Channel		MHz		10		10		10
Cyclic Prefix				Normal		Normal		Normal
Cell Id				0		1		2
Number of control OFDM symbols				2		2		2
PDSCH transmission mode				6		N/A		N/A
Interference model				N/A		As specified in clause B.5.3		As specified in clause B.5.3
Probability of occurrence of transmission rank in interfering cells	Rank 1	%		N/A		80		80
	Rank 2	%		N/A		20		20
Precoding granularity		PRB		50		6		6
PMI delay (Note 4)		ms		10 or 11		N/A		N/A
Reporting interval		ms		5		N/A		N/A
Reporting mode				PUCCH 1-1		N/A		N/A
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap				1111		N/A		N/A
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing		N/A		N/A
Physical channel for CQI reporting				PUSCH(Note 6)		N/A		N/A
cqi-pmi-ConfigurationIndex				4		N/A		N/A
Note 1: Note 2: The respective received power spectral density of each interfering cell relative to is defined by its associated DIP value as specified in clause B.5.1. Note 3: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2, 3 are the interfering cells. Note 4: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4). Note 5: All cells are time-synchronous. Note 6: To avoid collisions between CQI reports and HARQ-ACK it is necessary to report both on PUSCH instead of PUCCH. PDCCH DCI format 0 shall be transmitted in downlink SF#4 and #9 to allow periodic CQI to multiplex with the HARQ-ACK on PUSCH in uplink subframe SF#8 and #3.

Table 8.2.2.4.1B-2: Enhanced Performance Requirement Type A, Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) with TM4 interference model

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern			Propagation Conditions			Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Reference Value		UE Category
Test Number	Reference Channel	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SINR (dB) (Note 2)	UE Category
1	R.47 TDD	OP.1 TDD	N/A	N/A	EVA5	EVA5	EVA5	2×2 Low	70	1.1	≥1
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent. Note 2: SINR corresponds to of Cell 1 as defined in clause 8.1.1. Note 3: Correlation matrix and antenna configuration parameters apply for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3.

8.2.2.4.1C Minimum Requirement Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Ports (demodulation subframe overlaps with aggressor cell ABS and CRS assistance information are configured)

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.1C-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.1C-1. The purpose is to verify the closed loop rank-one performance with wideband precoding if the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell takes place in subframes that overlap with ABS [9] of the aggressor cell with CRS assistance information. In Table 8.2.2.4.1C-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2 and Cell 3 are the aggressor cells. The downlink physical channel setup for Cell 1 is according to Annex C.3.2 and for Cell 2 and Cell 3 is according to Annex C.3.3, respectively. The CRS assistance information [7] includes Cell 2 and Cell 3.

Table 8.2.2.4.1C-1: Test Parameters for Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) – Non-MBSFN ABS

Parameter			Unit		Cell 1		Cell 2		Cell 3
Uplink downlink configuration					1		1		1
Special subframe configuration					4		4		4
Downlink power allocation		dB		-3		-3		-3
		dB		-3 (Note 1)		-3 (Note 1)		-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB		0		N/A		N/A
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz		-98 (Note 2)		N/A		N/A
		dBm/15kHz		-98 (Note 3)		N/A		N/A
		dBm/15kHz		-93 (Note 4)		N/A		N/A
		dB		Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.4.1C-2		12		10
BW_Channel		MHz		10		10		10
Subframe Configuration				Non-MBSFN		Non-MBSFN		Non-MBSFN
Time Offset between Cells		μs		N/A		3		-1
Frequency shift between Cells		Hz		N/A		300		-100
Cell Id				0		126		1
ABS pattern (Note 5)				N/A		0000000001 0000000001		0000000001 0000000001
RLM/RRM Measurement Subframe Pattern (Note 6)				0000000001 0000000001		N/A		N/A
CSI Subframe Sets (Note7)	C_CSI,0			0000000001 0000000001		N/A		N/A
	C_CSI,1			1100111000 1100111000		N/A		N/A
Number of control OFDM symbols				2		Note 8		Note 8
ACK/NACK feeback mode				Multiplexing		N/A		N/A
PDSCH transmission mode				6		Note 9		Note 9
Precoding granularity		PRB		50		N/A		N/A
PMI delay (Note 10)		ms		10 or 11		N/A		N/A
Reporting interval		ms		1 or 4 (Note 11)		N/A		N/A
Peporting mode				PUSCH 3-1		N/A		N/A
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap				1111		N/A		N/A
Cyclic prefix				Normal		Normal		Normal
Note 1: . Note 2: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10,#12, #13 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 3: This noise is applied in OFDM symbols #0, #4, #7, #11 of a subframe overlapping with the aggressor ABS. Note 4: This noise is applied in all OFDM symbols of a subframe overlapping with aggressor non-ABS Note 5: ABS pattern as defined in [9]. Note 6: Time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for PCell measurements as defined in [7] Note 7: As configured according to the time-domain measurement resource restriction pattern for CSI measurements defined in [7]. Note 8: The number of control OFDM symbols is not available for ABS and is 2 for the subframe indicated by “0” of ABS pattern. Note 9: Downlink physical channel setup in Cell 2 and Cell 3 in accordance with Annex C.3.3 applying OCNG pattern as defined in Annex A.5. Note 10: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4). Note 11: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms. Note 12: The number of the CRS ports in Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 is the same. Note 13: SIB-1 will not be transmitted in Cell 2 and Cell 3 in this test.

Table 8.2.2.4.1C-2: Minimum Performance Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)– Non-MBSFN ABS

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern			Propagation Conditions (Note1)			Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 2)	Reference Value		UE Category
Test Number	Reference Channel	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 2)	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%) Note 5	SNR (dB) (Note 3)	UE Category
1	R.11 TDD Note 4	OP.1TDD	OP.1FDD	OP.1TDD	EPA5	EPA5	EPA5	2×2 High	70	6.4	≥2
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent. Note 2: The correlation matrix and antenna configuration apply for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3. Note 3: SNR corresponds to of cell 1. Note 4: Cell 1 Reference channel is modified: PDSCH other than SIB1/paging and its associated PDCCH/PCFICH are transmitted in the serving cell subframe when the subframe is overlapped with the ABS subframe of aggressor cell and the subframe is available in the definition of the reference channel. Note 5: The maximum Throughput is calculated from the total Payload in 2 subframes, averaged over 20ms.

8.2.2.4.1D Enhanced Performance Requirement Type B – Single-layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Port with TM4 interference model

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.1D-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.1D-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose of these tests is to verify the closed loop rank-one performance with wideband precoding with two transmit antennas when the PDSCH transmission in the serving cell is interfered by PDSCH of two interfering cells applying transmission mode 4 interference model defined in clause B.6.3. In Table 8.2.2.4.1D-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2, 3 are interfering cells. The downlink physical channel setup is according to Annex C.3.2 for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3, respectively.

Table 8.2.2.4.1D-1: Test Parameters for Single-layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) with TM4 interference model

Parameter			Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2		Cell 3
Uplink downlink Configuration				1	1		1
Special subframe configuration				4	4		4
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3	-3		-3
			dB	-3 (Note 1)	-3		-3
		σ	dB	0	0		0
Cell-specific reference signals				Antenna ports 0,1	Antenna ports 0,1		Antenna ports 0,1
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-98
Test number (Note 4)					Test 1	Test 2	Test 1	Test 2
			dB	N/A	13.91	3.28	3.34	0.74
Cell Id					6	1	1	6
CFI indicated in PCFICH in normal subframes					3	Random from set {1,2,3}	3	Random from set {1,2,3}
CFI indicated in PCFICH in special subframes					2	Random from set {1,2}	2	Random from set {1,2}
BW_Channel			MHz	10	10		10
Cyclic Prefix				Normal	Normal		Normal
Number of control OFDM symbols in normal subframes				3	3		3
Number of control OFDM symbols in special subframes				2	2		2
PDSCH transmission mode				4	4		4
Interference model				N/A	As specified in clause B.6.3		As specified in clause B.6.3
Precoding				Random wideband precoding per TTI	As specified in clause B.6.3		As specified in clause B.6.3
Time offset to cell 1			us	N/A	2		3
Frequency offset to cell 1			Hz	N/A	200		300
MBSFN				Not configured	Not configured		Not configured
NeighCellsInfo-r12 (Note 3)	p-aList-r12			N/A	{dB-6, dB-3, dB0}		{dB-6, dB-3, dB0}
	transmissionModeList-r12			N/A	{2,3,4,8,9}		{2,3,4,8,9}
Note 1: Note 2: Cell 1 is the serving cell. Cell 2, 3 are the interfering cells. Note 3: NeighCellsInfo-r12 is described in subclause 6.3.2 of [7]. Note 4: Test 1 and Test 2 are defined in Table 8.2.2.4.1D-2.

Table 8.2.2.4.1D-2: Minimum Performance for Enhanced Performance Requirement Type B, Single-layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) with TM4 interference model

Test Num	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern			Propagation Conditions			Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Reference Value		UE Category
Test Num	Reference Channel	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 3)	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB) (Note 2)	UE Category
1	R.11-12 TDD	OP.1 TDD	N/A	N/A	EVA5	EVA5	EVA5	2×2 Low	85	16.1	≥1
2	R.11-11 TDD	OP.1 TDD	N/A	N/A	EPA5	EPA5	EPA5	2×2 Low	85	9.5	≥1
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent. Note 2: SNR corresponds to of Cell 1 as defined in clause 8.1.1. Note 3: Correlation matrix and antenna configuration parameters apply for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3.

8.2.2.4.1E Minimum Requirement Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Ports with CRS assistance information

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.1E-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.1E-1. The purpose is to verify the closed loop rank-one performance with wideband precoding when CRS assistance information [7] is configured. In Table 8.2.2.4.1E-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2 and Cell 3 are the aggressor cells. The downlink physical channel setup is according to Annex C.3.2 for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3, respectively. The CRS assistance information [7] includes Cell 2 and Cell 3.

Table 8.2.2.4.1E-1: Test Parameters for Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Parameter			Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Uplink downlink configuration				1	1	1
Special subframe configuration				4	4	4
Downlink power allocation			dB	-3	-3	-3
			dB	-3 (Note 1)	-3 (Note 1)	-3 (Note 1)
		σ	dB	0	0	0
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-98	N/A	N/A
			dB	Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.4.1E-2	10.45	4.6
BW_Channel			MHz	10	10	10
Subframe Configuration				Non-MBSFN	Non-MBSFN	Non-MBSFN
Time Offset to Cell 1			μs	N/A	3	-1
Frequency shift to Cell 1			Hz	N/A	300	-100
Cell Id				0	1	128
Cell-specific reference signals				Antenna ports 0,1
Number of control OFDM symbols				2	2	2
Interference model				N/A	As specified in clause B.5.3	As specified in clause B.5.3
Probability of occurrence of transmission in interference cells			%	N/A	20	20
Probability of occurrence of transmission rank in interfering cells	Rank 1		%	N/A	80	80
	Rank 2		%	N/A	20	20
ACK/NACK feeback mode				Multiplexing	N/A	N/A
PDSCH transmission mode				4	N/A	N/A
Precoding granularity			PRB	50	N/A	N/A
PMI delay (Note 2)			ms	10 or 11	N/A	N/A
Reporting interval			ms	1 or 4 (Note 3)	N/A	N/A
Peporting mode				PUSCH 3-1	N/A	N/A
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap				001111	N/A	N/A
Cyclic prefix				Normal	Normal	Normal
Note 1: . Note 2: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4). Note 3: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms.

Table 8.2.2.4.1E-2: Minimum Performance Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern			Propagation Conditions (Note1)			Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 2)	Reference Value		UE Category
Test Number	Reference Channel	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 2)	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB) (Note 3)	UE Category
1	R.10-3 TDD	OP.1TDD	N/A	N/A	EVA5	EVA5	EVA5	2×2 Low	70	11.2	≥2
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent. Note 2: The correlation matrix and antenna configuration apply for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3. Note 3: SNR corresponds to of cell 1.

8.2.2.4.1F Minimum Requirement Single-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4 Tx Antenna Ports with CRS assistance information

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.1F-2, with the addition of parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.1F-1. In Table 8.2.2.4.1F-1, Cell 1 is the serving cell, and Cell 2 and Cell 3 are the aggressor cells. The downlink physical channel setup is according to Annex C.3.2 for each of Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3, respectively. The CRS assistance information [7] is provided to the UE and includes information on Cell 2 and Cell 3.

The purpose of the test is to verify the closed loop single layer TM4 performance under assumption that UE applies CRS interference mitigation in the scenario with 4 CRS antenna ports in the serving and aggressor cells.

Table 8.2.2.4.1F-1: Test Parameters

Parameter			Unit	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Uplink downlink configuration				1	1	1
Special subframe configuration				4	4	4
Downlink power allocation			dB	-6	-6	-6
			dB	-6 (Note 1)	-6 (Note 1)	-6 (Note 1)
		σ	dB	3	3	3
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	-98	N/A	N/A
			dB	Reference Value in Table 8.2.2.4.1F-2	10.45	4.6
BW_Channel			MHz	10	10	10
Cyclic prefix				Normal	Normal	Normal
Subframe Configuration				Non-MBSFN	Non-MBSFN	Non-MBSFN
Cell ID				0	1	6
Cell-specific reference signals				Antenna ports 0,1,2,3
Number of control OFDM symbols (CFI)				2	2	2
PDSCH transmission mode				4	N/A	N/A
Precoding granularity			PRB	50	N/A	N/A
PMI delay (Note 2)			ms	8	N/A	N/A
Reporting interval			ms	1 or 4 (Note 3)	N/A	N/A
Reporting mode				PUSCH 3-1	N/A	N/A
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap				000000000000FFFF	N/A	N/A
ACK/NACK feedback mode				Multiplexing	N/A	N/A
Time Offset relative to Cell 1			μs	N/A	3	-1
Frequency shift relative to Cell 1			Hz	N/A	300	-100
Interference model				N/A	As specified in clause B.5.3	As specified in clause B.5.3
Probability of occurrence of transmission in interference cells			%	N/A	20	20
Probability of occurrence of transmission rank in interfering cells	Rank 1		%	N/A	80	80
	Rank 2		%	N/A	20	20
Note 1: . Note 2: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF #n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF #(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4). Note 3: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms.

Table 8.2.2.4.1F-2: Minimum Performance for PDSCH

Test Number	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern			Propagation Conditions (Note1)			Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 2)	Reference Value		UE Category
Test Number	Reference Channel	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration (Note 2)	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB) (Note 3)	UE Category
1	R.36 TDD	OP.1TDD	N/A	N/A	EVA5	EVA5	EVA5	4×2 low	70	14.1	≥2
Note 1: The propagation conditions for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3 are statistically independent. Note 2: The correlation matrix and antenna configuration apply for Cell 1, Cell 2 and Cell 3. Note 3: SNR corresponds to of cell 1.

8.2.2.4.2 Minimum Requirement Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Port

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.2-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.2-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose of these tests is to verify the closed loop rank-two performance with wideband and frequency selective precoding.

Table 8.2.2.4.2-1: Test Parameters for Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1-2	Test 3
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98	-98
Precoding granularity		PRB	50	8
PMI delay (Note 2)		ms	10 or 11	10 or 11
Reporting interval		ms	1 or 4 (Note 3)	1 or 4 (Note 3)
Reporting mode			PUSCH 3-1	PUSCH 1-2
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Bundling	Bundling
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap			110000	110000
PDSCH transmission mode			4	4
Number of OFDM symbols for PDCCH per component carrier		OFDM symbol	2	1
Note 1: . Note 2: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4). Note 3: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms.

Table 8.2.2.4.2-2: Minimum performance Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Test number	Band-width	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category	UE DL category
Test number	Band-width	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)	UE Category	UE DL category
1	10 MHz	R.35 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EPA5	2×2 Low	70	19.5	≥2	≥6
2	10 MHz	R.11-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	ETU70	2×2 Low	70	13.9	≥2	≥6
3	20 MHz 256QAM	R. 65 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	2×2 Low	70	24.9	11-12	≥11

8.2.2.4.2A Enhanced Performance Requirement Type C Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Port

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.2A-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.2A-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose of these tests is to verify the closed loop rank-two performance with wideband precoding.

Table 8.2.2.4.2A-1: Test Parameters for Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
Precoding granularity		PRB	50
PMI delay (Note 2)		ms	10 or 11
Reporting interval		ms	1 or 4 (Note 3)
Reporting mode			PUSCH 3-1
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Bundling
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap			110000
PDSCH transmission mode			4
Note 1: . Note 2: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4). Note 3: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms.

Table 8.2.2.4.2A-2: Enhanced Performance Requirement Type C for Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Test number

Band-width

Reference Channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation Condition

Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration

Reference value

UE Category

Fraction of Maximum

Throughput (%)

SNR (dB)

10 MHz

R.11-1 TDD

OP.1 TDD

ETU70

2×2 Medium

17.8

≥2

8.2.2.4.3 Minimum Requirement Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4 Tx Antenna Port

For single carrier, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.3-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 2 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-4, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.3-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.The purpose of these tests is to verify the closed loop rank-two performance with wideband and frequency selective precoding.

For CA with 3 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-7, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.3-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 4 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-8, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.3-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 5 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-9, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.3-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 6 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-10, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.3-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 7 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-11, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.3-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

The test coverage for different number of component carriers is defined in 8.1.2.4.

Table 8.2.2.4.3-1: Test Parameters for Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1
Downlink power allocation		dB	-6
		dB	-6 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	3
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
Precoding granularity		PRB	6
PMI delay (Note 2)		ms	10 or 11
Reporting interval		ms	1 or 4 (Note 3)
Reporting mode			PUSCH 1-2
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Bundling
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap			0000000000000000000000000000000011111111111111110000000000000000
PDSCH transmission mode			4
Note 1: . Note 2: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4) Note 3: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms. Note 4: Void. Note 5: Void. Note 6: Void.

Table 8.2.2.4.3-2: Minimum performance Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC)

Test number	Band-width	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
						Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1	10 MHz	R.36 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EPA5	4×2 Low	70	15.7	≥2
Note 1: Void

Table 8.2.2.4.3-3: Test Parameters for Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) for CA

Parameter		Unit	Value
Downlink power allocation		dB	-6
		dB	-6 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	3
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
Precoding granularity		PRB	8
PMI delay (Note 2)		ms	10 or 11
Reporting interval		ms	1 or 4 (Note 3)
Reporting mode			PUSCH 1-2
ACK/NACK feedback mode			PUCCH format 1b with channel selection for Tests in Table 8.2.2.4.3-4; PUCCH format 3 for Tests in Table 8.2.2.4.3-7, Table 8.2.2.4.3-8 and Table 8.2.2.4.3-9.
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap			0000000000000000000000000000000011111111111111110000000000000000
CSI request field (Note 4)			‘10’
PDSCH transmission mode			4
Note 1: . Note 2: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4) Note 3: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms. Note 4: Multiple CC-s under test are configured as the 1^st set of serving cells by high layers. Note 5: The same PDSCH transmission mode is applied to each component carrier.

Table 8.2.2.4.3-4: Minimum performance Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) for CA with 2DL CCs

Test number	Band-width	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
						Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1	2×20 MHz	R.43 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	11.1	≥5
2	20MHz+15MHz	R.43 TDD for 20MHz CC	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	10.7	≥5
		R.43-5 TDD for 15MHz CC	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)				10.6
Note 1: The OCNG pattern applies for each CC. Note 2: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3.

Table 8.2.2.4.3-5: Single carrier performance for multiple CA configurations

Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Reference value
Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Fraction of maximum throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1.4MHz	R.43-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	11.0
3MHz	R.43-2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	9.8
5MHz	R.43-3 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	10.0
10 MHz	R.43-4 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	10.5
15MHz	R.43-5 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	10.6
20MHz	R.43 TDD	OP. 1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	10.7

Table 8.2.2.4.3-6: Void

Table 8.2.2.4.3-7: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 3 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category
1	3x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5 per CC	≥5
2	20MHz+20MHz+15MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5 per CC	≥5
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.4.3-8: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 4 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category
1	4x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5 per CC	≥8
2	20MHz+20MHz+20MHz+15MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5 per CC	≥8
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.4.3-9: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 5 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category
1	5x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5 per CC	8, ≥11
2	15MHz+4x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5 per CC	8, ≥11
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.4.3-10: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 6 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category
1	6x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5 per CC	8, ≥11
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.4.3-11: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 7 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category
1	7x20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3-5 per CC	8, ≥11
Note 1: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3

8.2.2.4.3A Minimum Requirement Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 4 Tx Antenna Port for dual connectivity

For dual connectivity the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3A-3, for 2DL CCs, in Table 8.2.2.4.3A-4 for 3DL CCs, and Table 8.2.2.4.3A-5 for 4DL CCs, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3A-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.3A-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.The purpose of these tests is to verify the closed loop rank-two performance with wideband and frequency selective precoding by using dual connectivity.

Table 8.2.2.4.3A-1: Test Parameters for Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) for dual connectivity

Parameter		Unit	Value
Downlink power allocation		dB	-6
		dB	-6 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	3
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
Precoding granularity		PRB	6 for 1.4MHz, 4 for 3MHz and 5MHz CCs, 6 for 10MHz CCs, and 8 for 15MHz CCs and 20MHz CCs
PMI delay (Note 2)		ms	10 or 11
Reporting interval		ms	1 or 4 (Note 3)
Reporting mode			PUSCH 1-2
CodeBookSubsetRestriction bitmap			0000000000000000000000000000000011111111111111110000000000000000
PDSCH transmission mode			4
ACK/NACK transmission			Separate ACK/NACK feedbacks with PUCCH format 1b on the MCG and SCG
CSI feedback			Separate PUSCH feedbacks on the MCG and SCG
Time offset between MCG CC and SCG CC		μs	0 for UE under test supporting synchronous dual connectivity; 334 for UE under test supporting both asynchronous and synchrounous dual connectivity (Note 5)
Note 1: . Note 2: If the UE reports in an available uplink reporting instance at subrame SF#n based on PMI estimation at a downlink SF not later than SF#(n-4), this reported PMI cannot be applied at the eNB downlink before SF#(n+4) Note 3: For Uplink – downlink configuration 1 the reporting interval will alternate between 1ms and 4ms. Note 4: The same PDSCH transmission mode is applied to each component carrier. Note 5: As defined in TS36.300 [11]. Note 6: If the UE supports both SCG bearer and Split bearer, the SCG bearer is configured.

Table 8.2.2.4.3A-2: Single carrier performance for multiple dual connectivity configurations

Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Reference value
Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Fraction of maximum throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1.4MHz	R.43-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	11.0
3MHz	R.43-2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	9.8
5MHz	R.43-3 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	10.0
10 MHz	R.43-4 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	10.5
15MHz	R.43-5 TDD	OP.1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	10.6
20MHz	R.43 TDD	OP. 1 TDD	EVA5	4×2 Low	70	10.7

Table 8.2.2.4.3A-3: Minimum performance Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) for dual connectivity

Test num.	Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	2×20 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3A-2 per CC	≥5
Note 1: The OCNG pattern applies for each CC. Note 2: The applicability of requirements for different dual connectivity configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3A.

Table 8.2.2.4.3A-4: Minimum performance Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) for dual connectivity

Test num.	Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	3×20 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3A-2 per CC	≥5
Note 1: The OCNG pattern applies for each CC. Note 2: The applicability of requirements for different dual connectivity configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3A.

Table 8.2.2.4.3A-5: Minimum performance Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing (FRC) for dual connectivity

Test num.	Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	4×20 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3A-2 per CC	≥8
2	15+20+20+20MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.4.3A-2 per CC	≥8
Note 1: The OCNG pattern applies for each CC. Note 2: The applicability of requirements for different dual connectivity configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3A.

8.2.2.4.4 Void

8.2.2.4.5 Minimum Requirement Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Port (Superposed transmission)

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.4.5-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.4.5-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose is to verify the minimun performance of closed-loop spatial multiplexing with 2 transmitter antennas superposed with simultaneous PDSCH interference.

Table 8.2.2.4.5-1: Test Parameters for Minimum Requirement Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Port – Superposed transmission (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1
Downlink power allocation		dB	0
		dB	0 (NOTE 1)
	σ	dB	0
	PDSCH_RA	dB	-3
	PDSCH_RB	dB	-3
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode			4
Precoding			Random wideband precoding per TTI
MUSTIdx for transport block 1 (Note 2)			10
MUSTIdx for transport block 2 (Note 2)			00
p-a-must-r14 (Note 3)			-3
Note 1: . Note 2: MUSTIdx is decribed in subclause 6.3.3 of [4]. Note 3: p-a-must-r14 is decribed in subclause 6.3.2 of [7].

Table 8.2.2.4.5-2: Minimum Performance for Minimum Requirement Multi-Layer Spatial Multiplexing 2 Tx Antenna Port – Superposed transmission (FRC)

Test number

Band-width

Reference Channel

OCNG Pattern

Propagation Condition

Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration

Reference value

UE Category

Fraction of Maximum

Throughput (%)

SNR (dB)

10 MHz

R.bb TDD

OP.1 TDD

EVA5

2×2 Low

17.2

≥2

8.2.2.5 MU-MIMO

8.2.2.6 [Control channel performance: D-BCH and PCH]

8.2.2.7 Carrier aggregation with power imbalance

The requirements in this section verify the ability of an intraband adjacent carrier aggregation UE to demodulate the signal transmitted by the PCell or SCell in the presence of a stronger SCell or PCell signal on an adjacent frequency. Throughput is measured on the PCell or SCell only.

8.2.2.7.1 Minimum Requirement

For CA, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.7.1-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.7.1-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

Table 8.2.2.7.1-1: Test Parameters for CA

Parameter			Unit	Test 1	Test 2
Downlink power allocation			dB	0	0
			dB	0 (Note 1)	0 (Note 1)
	σ		dB	0	0
at antenna port			dBm/15kHz	Off (Note 2)	Off (Note 2)
Symbols for unused PRBs				OCNG (Note 3)	OCNG (Note 3)
Modulation				64 QAM	64 QAM
Maximum number of HARQ transmission				1	1
Redundancy version coding sequence				{0}	{0}
PDSCH transmission mode of PCell				1	3
PDSCH transmission mode of SCell				3	1
OCNG Pattern		PCell		OP.1 TDD	OP.5 TDD
OCNG Pattern		SCell		OP.5 TDD	OP.1 TDD
Propagation Conditions		PCell		Clause B.1	Clause B.1
Propagation Conditions		SCell		Clause B.1	Clause B.1
Correlation Matrix and Antenna		PCell		1×2	2×2
Correlation Matrix and Antenna		SCell		2×2	1×2
Note 1: for 1×2 and for 2×2 antenna configuration. Note 2: No external noise sources are applied. Note 3: These physical resource blocks are assigned to an arbitrary number of virtual UEs with one PDSCH per virtual UE; the data transmitted over the OCNG PDSCHs shall be uncorrelated pseudo random data. Note 4: Void.

Table 8.2.2.7.1-2: Minimum performance (FRC) for CA

Test Number	Bandwidth (MHz)		Reference channel		Power at antenna port (dBm/15KHz)		Reference value Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)		UE Category
Test Number	PCell	SCell	PCell	SCell	for PCell	for Scell	PCell	SCell
1	20	20	R.49 TDD	NA	-85	-79	85	NA	≥5
2	20	15	NA	R.49-1 TDD	-79	-85.8	NA	85	≥5
Note 1: The OCNG pattern for PCell is used to fill the control channel. The OCNG pattern for SCell is used to fill the control channel and PDSCH. Note 2: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in 8.1.2.3.

8.2.2.8 Intra-band contiguous carrier aggregation with minimum channel spacing

The requirements in this section verify the ability of an UE supporting intraband contiguous carrier aggregation with minimum channel spacing to demodulate the signal transmitted by the PCell and SCell(s). Throughput is measured on each cell. The minimum channel spacing of intra-band contiguous carrier aggregation refers to the possible minimum channel spacing as any multiple of 300 kHz less than the nominal channel spacing defined in 5.7.1A.

8.2.2.8.1 Minimum Requirement

For CA the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.8.1-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.8.1-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

Table 8.2.2.8.1-1: Test Parameters for CA

Parameter		Unit	Test 1-2
Downlink power allocation		dB	0
		dB	0 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
Symbols for unused PRBs			OCNG (Note 2)
Modulation			64QAM
ACK/NACK feedback mode			PUCCH format 1b with channel selection for Test 1; PUCCH format 3 for Test 2
PDSCH transmission mode			1
Note 1: Note 2: These physical resource blocks are assigned to an arbitrary number of virtual UEs with one PDSCH per virtual UE; the data transmitted over the OCNG PDSCHs shall be uncorrelated pseudo random data, which is QPSK modulated. Note 3: The same PDSCH transmission mode is applied to each component carrier.

Table 8.2.2.8.1-2: Minimum performance (FRC) for intra-band CA with minimum channel spacing

Test number	Bandwidth	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
						Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1	2x20MHz	R.9 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.16	≥5
		R.9 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)			70	17.16
2	3x20MHz	R.9 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)	EVA5	1×2 Low	70	17.16	≥5
		R.9 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)			70	17.16
		R.9 TDD	OP.1 TDD (Note 1)			70	17.16
Note 1: The OCNG pattern applies for each CC. Note 2: The applicability and test rules of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets are defined in 8.1.2.3.

8.2.2.9 HST-SFN performance

8.2.2.9.1 Minimum Requirement

The purpose of this test is to verify UE performance in the HST-SFN scenario defined in B.3A when highSpeedEnhancedDemodulationFlag [7] is received.

For single carrier, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.9.1-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 2 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-5, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.9.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 3 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-6, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.9.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 4 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-7, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.9.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

For CA with 5 DL CCs, the requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-8, based on single carrier requirement specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.9.1-3 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2.

The test coverage for different number of component carriers is defined in 8.1.2.4.

Table 8.2.2.9.1-1: Test Parameters for UE performance in HST-SFN scenario (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3
		dB	-3 (NOTE 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode			3
NOTE 1: .

Table 8.2.2.9.1-2: Minimum performance UE in HST-SFN scenario (FRC)

Test number	Band-width	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
						Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1	10 MHz	R.87 TDD	OP.1 TDD	HST-SFN	2×2	70	13.2	≥1
NOTE 1: Test case applicability is defined in 8.1.2.1. NOTE 2: The requirement defined is based on the normarliazed channel model, i.e.the power of each tap is normalized to the instantaneous total received power from four taps.

Table 8.2.2.9.1-3: Test Parameters for Large Delay CDD (FRC) for CA

Parameter		Unit	Value
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3
		dB	-3 (Note 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode			PUCCH format 1b with channel selection for Tests in Table 8.2.2.3.1-4; PUCCH format 3 for Tests in Table 8.2.2.3.1-7
PDSCH transmission mode			3
NOTE 1: NOTE 2: Void NOTE 3: The same PDSCH transmission mode is applied to each component carrier.

Table 8.2.2.9.1-4: Single carrier performance for multiple CA configurations

Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Reference value
Band-width	Reference channel	OCNG pattern	Propa-gation condi-tion	Correlation matrix and antenna config.	Fraction of maximum throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
5 MHz	R.87-2 TDD	OP.1 TDD	HST-SFN	2×2 Low	70	[13.1]
10 MHz	R.87 TDD	OP.1 TDD	HST-SFN	2×2 Low	70	[13.2]
15 MHz	R.87-3 TDD	OP.1 TDD	HST-SFN	2×2 Low	70	[13.4]
20 MHz	R.87-4 TDD	OP. 1 TDD	HST-SFN	2×2 Low	70	[13.6]

Table 8.2.2.9.1-5: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 2 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	2×20 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4 per CC	≥5
2	20 MHz + 15 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4 per CC	≥5
NOTE: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in clause 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.9.1-6: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 3 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	3×20 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4 per CC	≥5
2	20 MHz + 20 MHz + 15 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4 per CC	≥5
NOTE: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in clause 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.9.1-7: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 4 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	4×20 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4 per CC	≥8
2	20 MHz + 20 MHz + 20 MHz + 15 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4 per CC	≥8
NOTE: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in clause 8.1.2.3

Table 8.2.2.9.1-8: Minimum performance (FRC) based on single carrier performance for CA with 5 DL CCs

Test num.	CA Band-width combination	Requirement	UE category

1	5×20 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4 per CC	8, ≥11
2	15 MHz + 4×20 MHz	As specified in Table 8.2.2.9.1-4 per CC	8, ≥11
NOTE: The applicability of requirements for different CA configurations and bandwidth combination sets is defined in clause 8.1.2.3

8.2.2.9.2 Minimum Requirement for Rel-16 further enhanced HST

The requirements are specified in Table 8.2.2.9.2-2, with the addition of the parameters in Table 8.2.2.9.2-1 and the downlink physical channel setup according to Annex C.3.2. The purpose of these tests is to verify UE performance in the HST-SFN-500 and HST-500 scenario. The test for HST-SFN-500 scenario defined in B.3B is applied when highSpeedEnhDemodFlag2-r16 [7] is received. The test for HST-500 scenario defined in B.3C is applied when highSpeedEnhDemodFlag2-r16 [7] is not received. HST-500 test is not applicable to UE that has passed HST-SFN-500 test.

Table 8.2.2.9.2-1: Test Parameters for UE performance in HST-SFN-500 and HST-500 scenario (FRC)

Parameter		Unit	Test 1
Downlink power allocation		dB	-3
		dB	-3 (NOTE 1)
	σ	dB	0
at antenna port		dBm/15kHz	-98
ACK/NACK feedback mode			Multiplexing
PDSCH transmission mode			3
NOTE 1: .

Table 8.2.2.9.2-2: Minimum performance UE in HST-SFN scenario (FRC)

Test number	Band-width	Reference Channel	OCNG Pattern	Propagation Condition	Correlation Matrix and Antenna Configuration	Reference value		UE Category
						Fraction of Maximum Throughput (%)	SNR (dB)
1^{NOTE 2}	10 MHz	R.87-1 TDD	OP.1 TDD	HST-SFN-500	2×2	70	9.6	≥ 1
2	10 MHz	R.87 TDD	OP.1 TDD	HST-500	2×2	70	11.4	≥ 1
NOTE 1: Test case applicability is defined in 8.1.2.1 and 8.1.2.6. NOTE 2: The requirement defined is based on the normalized channel model, i.e.the power of each tap is normalized to the instantaneous total received power from four taps.