7.3A.6 Reference sensitivity level for CA (inter-band DL CA and UL CA)

36.521-13GPPEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)Part 1: Conformance testingRadio transmission and receptionRelease 17TSUser Equipment (UE) conformance specification

Tools: ARFCN - Frequency Conversion for 5G NR/LTE/UMTS/GSM

7.3A.6.1 Test purpose

Same as in clause 7.3A.1.1.

7.3A.6.2 Test applicability

This test case applies to all types of E-UTRA UE release 11 and forward that support inter-band DL CA and UL CA.

7.3A.6.3 Minimum conformance requirements

The minimum conformance requirements are defined in clause 7.3A.0.

7.3A.6.4 Test description

7.3A.6.4.1 Initial conditions

Same as in clause 7.3A.1.4.1 with the following exceptions:

– Instead of Table 7.3A.1.4.1-1🡪 use Table 7.3A.6.4.1-1.

– Instead of clause 7.3A.1.4.3 use clause 7.3A.6.4.3.

Table 7.3A.6.4.1-1: Test Configuration Table

Initial Conditions

Test Environment as specified in TS 36.508[7] subclause 4.1

NC, TL/VL, TL/VH, TH/VL, TH/VH

Test Frequencies as specified in TS36.508 [7] subclause 4.3.1 for different CA bandwidth classes.

For test frequencies refer to “Range” columns.

Test CC Combination setting (N_{RB_agg}) as specified in subclause 5.4.2A.1 for the CA Configuration across bandwidth combination sets supported by the UE.

Refer to “PCC N_RB”and “SCC N_RB” columns

Network signalling value

NS_01

Unless given by Table 7.3.3-3 for the band with active uplink carrier

Test Parameters for CA Configurations

CA Configuration / N_{RB_agg}

DL Allocation

UL Allocation (Note 2,3)

CA Configuration

PCC N_RB

SCC N_RB

CC MOD

PCC & SCC
RB allocation

CC MOD

PCC & SCC RB allocations
(L_CRB @ RB_start)

PCC

SCC

PCC

SCC

Band

Range

Band

Range

Default Test Settings for a CA_XA-YA Configuration

Mid

Lowest N_RB

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

REFSENS

Mid

Highest N_RB

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

REFSENS

Test Settings for CA_1A-3A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Test Settings for CA_1A-8A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Test Settings for CA_2A-4A Configuration

Note 5,6

Note 5

100

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

50@0

25@0

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Test Settings for CA_3A-5A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

50@0

25@0

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

50@0

25@0

Test Settings for CA_3A-7A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

50@0

Test Settings for CA_3A-8A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

50@0

25@0

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

50@0

25@0

Test Settings for CA_3A-19A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Test Settings for CA_3A-20A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Test Settings for CA_3A-26A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Test Settings for CA_3A-42A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Test Settings for CA_4A-5A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Test Settings for CA_4A-7A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

Test Settings for CA_5A-7A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

25@0

50@0

Test Settings for CA_7A-20A Configuration

Note 5

QPSK

All RBs

QPSK

50@0

25@0

Note 1: CA Configuration Test CC Combination test settings are checked separately for each CA Configuration.

Note 2: Use CA Configuration – specific test points if present in the table, Otherwise use test points from matching Group Test Settings, if present in the table. Otherwise use the Default Test Settings test points.

Note 3: X,Y correspond to the different bands in the CA Configuration. E.g. for CA_1A-3A,X=1,Y=3.

Note 4: REFSENS refers to the PCC bands and PCC N_RB ‘s single carrier Uplink RB allocation for reference sensitivity according to table 7.3.5-2.

Note 5: Test frequency for each CA configuration shall follow Table 7.3A.0-0f. If test configurations of each ID in a CA configuration are same, test frequency shall follow the order of Table 7.3A.0-0f.

Note 6: Not applicable if the UE only supports Bandwidth Combination Set 1.

7.3A.6.4.2 Test procedure

1. Configure SCC according to Annex C.0, C.1 and Annex C.3.1 for all downlink physical channels.

2. The SS shall configure SCC as per TS 36.508 [7] clause 5.2A.4. Message contents are defined in clause 7.3A.1.4.3

3. SS activates SCC by sending the activation MAC-CE (Refer TS 36.321 [13], clauses 5.13, 6.1.3.8). Wait for at least 2 seconds (Refer TS 36.133, clauses 8.3.3.2).

4. SS transmits PDSCH via PDCCH DCI format 1A for C_RNTI to transmit the DL RMC according to Tables 7.3A.6.4.1-1 on both PCC and SCC. The SS sends downlink MAC padding bits on the DL RMC.

5. SS sends uplink scheduling information for each UL HARQ process via PDCCH DCI format 0 for C_RNTI to schedule the UL RMC according to Table 7.3A.6.4.1-1 on both PCC and SCC. Since the UE has no payload and no loopback data to send the UE sends uplink MAC padding bits on the UL RMC.

6. Set the Downlink signal level for PCC and SCC to the appropriate REFSENS value defined in Table 7.3A.6.5-1. Send continuously uplink power control "up" commands in every uplink scheduling information to the UE to ensure the UE transmits P_UMAX level for at least the duration of the Throughput measurement.

7. Measure the average throughput for each component carrier for duration sufficient to achieve statistical significance according to Annex G.2A.

7.3A.6.4.3 Message contents

Message contents are according to TS 36.508 [7] subclause 4.6. In test procedure step 2, for SCC configuration there are no additional message contents.

7.3A.6.5 Test requirement

For inter-band carrier aggregation with uplink assigned to two E-UTRA bands the throughput shall be ≥ 95% of the maximum throughput of the reference measurement channels as specified in Annex A.3.2 with parameters specified in Tables 7.3A.6.5-1 (originated from single carrier Tables 7.3.5-1). The reference sensitivity is defined to be met with both downlink component carriers active and both of the uplink component carriers active.

Table 7.3A.6.5-1: Reference sensitivity QPSK PREFSENS

Channel bandwidth
CA Configuration	E-UTRA Band	1.4 MHz (dBm)	3 MHz (dBm)	5 MHz (dBm)	10 MHz (dBm)	15 MHz (dBm)	20 MHz (dBm)	Duplex Mode
CA_1A-3A	1	–	–	-76.3	–	–	–	FDD
CA_1A-3A	3	–	–	-96.3	–	–	–	FDD
CA_1A-5A	1	–	–	–	-96.3	–	–	FDD
	1	–	–	–	-99.0⁶	–	–
	5	–	–	–	-94.3	–	–
CA_1A-7A	1	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	FDD
	1	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶
	7	–	–	–	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3
	7	–	–	–	-97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	-93.0⁶
CA_1A-8A	1	–	–	-93.3	–	–	–	FDD
CA_1A-8A	8	–	–	-96.3	–	–	–	FDD
CA_1A-18A	1	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	FDD
	1	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶
	18	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	–
CA_1A-19A	1	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	FDD
	1	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶
	19	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	–
CA_1A-21A	1	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	FDD
	1	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶
	21	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	–
CA_1A-26A	1	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	FDD
	1	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶
	26	–	–	-96.8⁵	-93.8⁵	-92.0⁵	–
CA_1A-28A	1	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	FDD
	1	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶
	1 (Note 4)	–	–	-89.1	-88.7	-88.3	-88.0
	28	–	–	-97.6	-94.6	-92.8	-90.1
CA_1A-42A	1	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	FDD
	1	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶	FDD
	42	–	–	-98.0	-95.0	-93.2	-92.0	TDD
	42	–	–	-100.2⁶	-97.2⁶	-95.4⁶	-94.2⁶	TDD
CA_2A-4A	2	–	–	–	–	–	-86.3	FDD
	4	–	–	-99.3	–	–	–
	4			-102.0⁶
	2	–	–	-97.3	–	–	–	FDD
	2	–	–	-100.0⁶	–	–	–
	4	–	–	-94.3	–	–	–
	4			-97.0⁶
CA_2A-5A	2	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3	FDD
	2	–	–	-100.0⁶	-97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	-94.0⁶
	5	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	–	–
CA_2A-7A	2	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3	FDD
	2	–	–	-100.0⁶	-97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	-94.0⁶
	7	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3
	7	–	–	-100.0⁶	-97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	-94.0⁶
CA_2A-12A	2	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3	FDD
	2	–	–	-100.0⁶	-97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	-94.0⁶
	12	–	-98	-96.3	-93.3	–	–
CA_2A-13A	2	–	–	–	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3	FDD
	2	–	–	–	-97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	-94.0⁶
	13	–	–	–	-93.3	–	–
CA_2A-30A	2	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3	FDD
	2	–	–	-100.0⁶	97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	94.0⁶
	30	–	–	-98.3	-95.3	–	–
	30	–	–	-101.0⁶	98.0⁶	–	–
CA_2A-66A	2	-101.7	-98.7	-97.3	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3	FDD
	2	–	–	-100.0⁶	-97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	-92.0⁶
	66	–	–	-98.8	-95.8	-94.0	-92.8
	66	–	–	-101.5⁶	-98.5⁶	-96.7⁶	-95.5⁶
CA_3A-5A	3	–	–	–	-89.3	–	–	FDD
	3	–	–	–	-92.0⁶	–	–
	5	–	–	-97.3	–	–	–
	3	–	–	–	-93.3	–	–
	5	–	–	-73.3	–	–	–
CA_3A-7A	3	–	–	-96.3	–	–	–	FDD
	3	–	–	-99.0⁶	–	–	–
	7	–	–	–	-81.3	–	–
CA_3A-8A	3	–	–	–	-93.3	–	–	FDD
	3				-96.0⁶
	8	–	–	-88.3	–	–	–
	3	–	–	–	-86.9	–	–
	8	–	–	-96.3	–	–	–
CA_3A-18A	3	–	–	-96.3	-93.3	-91.5	-90.3	FDD
	3	–	–	-99.0⁶	-96.0⁶	-94.2⁶	-93.0⁶
	18	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	–
CA_3A-19A	3	–	–	-92.3	–	–	–	FDD
	19	–	–	-99.3	–	–	–	FDD
	3	–	–	-96.3	–	–	–	FDD
	3			-99.0⁶
	19	–	–	-72.3	–	–	–
CA_3A-20A	3	–	–	-92.3	–	–	–	FDD
	20	–	–	-96.3	–	–	–
	20	–	–	-99.0⁶	–	–	–
	3	–	–	-96.3	–	–	–	FDD
	3	–	–	-99.0⁶	–	–	–
	20	–	–	-87.3	–	–	–
CA_3A-26A	3	–	–	-92.3	–	–	–	FDD
	26	–	–	-96.8⁵	–	–	–	FDD
	3	–	–	-96.3	–	–	–	FDD
	3	–	–	-99.0⁶	–	–	–
	26	–	–	-70.8⁵	–	–	–
CA_3A-42A	3	–	–	-67.0	–	–	–	FDD
	3	–	–	-67.0⁶	–	–	–	FDD
	42	–	–	-71.7	–	–	–	TDD
	3	–	–	-88.8	–	–	–	FDD
	3	–	–	-88.2⁶	–	–	–	FDD
	42	–	–	-97.1	–	–	–	TDD
CA_4A-5A	4	–	–	-99.3	–	–	–	FDD
	4	–	–	-102.0⁶	–	–	–
	5	–	–	-71.3	–	–	–
CA_4A-7A	4	–	–	-99.3	–	–	–	FDD
	4	–	–	-102.0⁶	–	–	–
	7	–	–	-82.3	–	–	–
CA_4A-12A	4	-104	-101	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	FDD
	4	-106.7⁶	-103.7⁶	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶
	4 (Note 4)	-88.5	-88.5	-89.3	-88.8	-88.3	-87.8
	4 (Note 4)	-91.2⁶	-91.2⁶	-92⁶	-91.5⁶	-91.0⁶	-90.5⁶
	12	–	–	-96.3	-93.3	–	–
CA_4A-13A	4	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	FDD
	4	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶
	13	–	–	–	-93.3	–	–
CA_4A-17A	4	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	–	–	FDD
	4	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	–	–
	4 (Note 4)	–	–	-89.3	-88.8	–	–
	4 (Note 4)	–	–	-92.0⁶	-91.5⁶	–	–
	17	–	–	-96.3	-93.3	–	–
CA_5A-7A	5	–	–	-85.3	–	–	–	FDD
	7	–	–	–	-94.3	–	–
	7	–	–	–	-97.0⁶	–	–
CA_5A-30A	5	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	–	–	FDD
	30	–	–	-98.3	-95.3	–	–
	30	–	–	-101.0⁶	-98.0⁶	–	–
CA_5A-66A	5	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	–	–	FDD
	66	–	–	-98.8	-95.8	-94.0	-92.8
	66	–	–	-101.5⁶	-98.5⁶	-96.7⁶	-95.5⁶
CA_7A-20A	7	–	–	–	-94.3	–	–	FDD
	7	–	–	–	-97.0	–	–
	20	–	–	-85.0⁶	–	–	–
CA_7A-28A	7	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3	FDD
	7	–	–	-100.0⁶	-97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	-94.0⁶
	28	–	–	-98.5	-95.5	-93.7	–
CA_12A-30A	12	–	–	-96.3	-93.3	–	–	FDD
	30	–	–	-98.3	-95.3	–	–
	30	–	–	-101.0⁶	-98.0⁶	–	–
CA_18A-28A	18	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	–	FDD
CA_18A-28A	28	–	–	-97.8	-94.8	–	–	FDD
CA_19A-21A	19	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	–	FDD
	21	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	–
	21	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	–
CA_39A-41A	39	–	–	-99.3	-96.3	-94.5	-93.3	TDD
	39	–	–	-102.0⁶	-99.0⁶	-97.2⁶	-96.0⁶
	41	–	–	-97.3	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3
	41	–	–	-100.0⁶	-97.0⁶	-95.2⁶	-94.0⁶
CA_41A-42A	41	–	–	–	-94.3	-92.5	-91.3	TDD
CA_41A-42A	42	–	–	–	-94.8	-93	-91.8	TDD
Note 1: Both of the transmitters shall be set min(+20 dBm, P_{CMAX_L,c}) as defined in subclause 6.2.5A Note 2: The reference measurement channel is specified in A.3.2 with one sided dynamic OCNG Pattern OP.1 FDD/TDD as described in Annex A.5.1.1/A.5.2.1 Note 3: The signal power is specified per port Note 4: Reference sensitivity for the high band for which the 3rd harmonic of the low band is within transmission bandwidth, as specified Note 5 in Table 7.3A.0-0a. Note 5: ⁵indicates that the requirement is modified by -0.5 dB when the carrier frequency of the assigned E-UTRA channel bandwidth is within 865-894 MHz. Note 6: Applicable only if operation with 4 antenna ports is supported in the band with carrier aggregation configured.