8.1.2 NB-IoT Common requirements of test equipment
36.5083GPPCommon test environments for User Equipment (UE) conformance testingEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC)Release 17TS
Same common requirements of test equipment as the ones described in section 4.2 apply to NB-IoT with the following exceptions:
– Only FDD Mode is required for Rel-13 and Rel-14 NB-IoT
– Both FDD and TDD Mode are required for Rel-15 and forward NB-IoT
– Supported physical channels for NB-IoT are:
|
Physical channel |
Minimum number |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
|
NPBCH |
1 |
Narrowband Physical Broadcast Channel |
|
NPDCCH |
1 |
The Narrowband Physical Downlink Control channel carries control information. |
|
NPDSCH |
1 |
Narrowband Physical Downlink Shared Channel |
|
NPUSCH |
1 |
Narrowband Physical Uplink Shared Channel |
|
NPRACH |
1 |
Narrowband Physical Random Access Channel |
– Supported physical signals for NB-IoT are:
|
Physical signal |
Minimum number |
Comments |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Narrowband Reference Signal |
NA |
DL |
|||
|
Narrowband Primary Synchronization Signal |
NA |
DL |
|||
|
Narrowband Secondary Synchronization Signal |
NA |
DL |
|||
|
Demodulation Reference Signal |
NA |
UL |
|||
|
Wake-Up Signal |
NA |
DL |