7.3A.7 Reference sensitivity level for CA (intra-band non-contiguous 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.7.1 Test purpose

Same as in clause 7.3A.1.1.

7.3A.7.2 Test applicability

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

7.3A.7.3 Minimum conformance requirements

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

7.3A.7.4 Test description

7.3A.7.4.1 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.7.4.1-1.

– Instead of clause 7.3A.1.4.3 use clause 7.3A.7.4.3.

Table 7.3A.7.4.1-1: 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, and PCC and SCCs are mapped onto physical frequencies according to Table 7.1-2.

A: N/A (Range is not relevant)

Test CC Combination setting (N_{RB_agg}) as specified in subclause 5.4.2A.1 for the CA Configuration.

Refer to test point

Test Parameters for CA Configurations

CA Configuration / N_{RB_agg}

W_gap[MHz]

DL Allocation

UL Allocation

PCC
N_RB

SCCs N_RB

CC MOD

PCC & SCC
RB allocation

CC MOD

PCC N_{RB_alloc} (L_CRB @ RB_start)

CC MOD

SCC N_{RB_alloc}

(L_CRB @ RB_start)

Test Parameters for CA_4A-4A Configurations

100

QPSK

100+25

QPSK

100@0

QPSK

25@0

100

QPSK

100+100

QPSK

100@0

QPSK

100@0

Note 1: CA Configuration Test CC Combination settings are checked separately for each CA Configuration, which applicable aggregated channel bandwidths are specified in Table 5.4.2A.1-3.

Note 2: The carrier centre frequency of PCC in the UL operating band is configured closer to the DL operating band.

7.3A.7.4.2 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 7.3A7.4.3

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.7.4.1-1 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.7.4.1-1 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.7.5-1. Send continuously uplink power control "up" commands in the 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.7.4.3 Message contents

Same as in clause 7.3A.4.4.3.

7.3A.7.5 Test requirement

For intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation with two uplink carriers, the throughput of each downlink component carrier shall be ≥ 95% of the maximum throughput of the reference measurement channels as specified in Annexes A.3.2 with parameters specified in Table 7.3A.7.5-1.

Table 7.3A.7.5-1: Reference sensitivity QPSK P_REFSENSfor intra-band Non-contiguous

ID/ CA configuration / P_REFSENS
ID	CA configuration	PCC measurement (dBm)	SCC measurement (dBm)
1	CA_4A-4A	-93.3	-99.3
1		-96⁴	-102⁴
2		-93.3	-93.3
2		-96⁴	-96⁴
Note 1: The transmitter shall be set to maximum output power level 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: Applicable only if operation with 4 antenna ports is supported in the band with carrier aggregation configured.

For the UE which supports inter-band carrier aggregation configurations the ΔR_IB,c in Tables 7.3.3-1A, 7.3.3-1B and 7.3.3-1C shall be applied for applicable bands.

In case the UE supports more than one of the inter-band carrier aggregation configurations and an E-UTRA operating band belongs to more than one inter-band carrier aggregation configurations then:

– When the E-UTRA operating band frequency range is ≤ 1GHz, the applicable additional tolerance shall be the average of the tolerances in Table 7.3.3-1A, truncated to one decimal place that would apply for that operating band among the supported CA configurations. In case there is a harmonic relation between low band UL and high band DL (i.e. bands listed in Table 7.3A.0-0a), then the maximum tolerance among the different supported carrier aggregation configurations involving such band shall be applied.

– When the E-UTRA operating band frequency range is >1GHz, the applicable additional tolerance shall be the maximum tolerance in Table 7.3.3-1A that would apply for that operating band among the supported CA configurations.