7.3EC Reference sensitivity level for UE category M2

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

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7.3EC.1 Test purpose

To verify the category M2 UE’s ability to receive data with a given average throughput for a specified reference measurement channel, under conditions of low signal level, ideal propagation and no added noise.

A UE unable to meet the throughput requirement under these conditions will decrease the effective coverage area of an e-NodeB.

7.3EC.2 Test applicability

This test applies to all types of E-UTRA UE release 14 and forward of UE category M2.

7.3EC.3 Minimum conformance requirements

The throughput shall be ≥ 95% of the maximum throughput of the reference measurement channels as specified in Annexes A.2.2, A.2.3 and A.3.2 (with one sided dynamic OCNG Pattern OP.1 FDD/TDD for the DL-signal as described in Annex A.5.1.1/A.5.2.1) with parameters specified in Table 7.3EC.3-1 and Table 7.3EC.3-2.

Table 7.3EC.3-1: Reference sensitivity for FDD /TDD UE category M2 QPSK P_REFSENS

Channel bandwidth
E-UTRA Band	1.4 MHz (dBm)	3 MHz (dBm)	5 MHz (dBm)	10 MHz (dBm)	15 MHz (dBm)	20 MHz (dBm)	Duplex Mode
1			-97.7	-97.7	-97.7	-97.7	FDD
2	-100.2	-97.2	-95.7	-95.7	-95.7	-95.7	FDD
3	-99.2	-96.2	-94.7	-94.7	-94.7	-94.7	FDD
4	-102.2	-99.2	-97.7	-97.7	-97.7	-97.7	FDD
5	-100.7	-97.7	-95.7	-95.7			FDD
7			-95.7	-95.7	-95.7	-95.7	FDD
8	-99.7	-96.7	-94.7	-94.7			FDD
11			-97.7	-97.7
12	-99.2	-96.2	-94.7	-94.7			FDD
13			-94.2	-94.2			FDD
…
18			-97.7	-97.7	-97.7		FDD
19			-97.7	-97.7	-97.7		FDD
20			-94.7	-94.7	-94.7	-94.7	FDD
21			-97.7	-97.7	-97.7		FDD
25	-98.7	-95.7	-94.2	-94.2	-94.2	-94.2	FDD
26	-100.2	-97.2	-95.2	-95.2	-95.2		FDD
27	-100.7	-97.7	-95.7	-95.7			FDD
28		-97.7	-96.2	-96.2	-96.2	-96.2	FDD
31	-96.5	-93.2	-91.2				FDD
…
39			-97.7	-97.7	-97.7	-97.7	TDD
40			-97.7	-97.7	-97.7	-97.7	TDD
41			-95.7	-95.7	-95.7	-95.7	TDD
42			-96.7	-96.7	-96.7	-96.7	TDD
43			-96.7	-96.7	-96.7	-96.7	TDD
66	-101.7	-98.7	-97.2	-97.2	-97.2	-97.2	FDD
…
71	[-99.4]	[-95.4]	[-93.4]	[-93.4]	[-93.4]	[-93.4]	FDD
72	-96.5	-93.2	-91.2				FDD
73	-96.5	-93.2	-91.2				FDD
85			-94.7	-94.7			FDD
87	-96.5	-92.5	-90.5				FDD
88	-96.5	-92.5	-90.5				FDD
NOTE 1: The transmitter shall be set to PUMAX as defined in subclause 6.2.5 NOTE 2: Reference measurement channel is 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: For the UE which supports both Band 11 and Band 21 the reference sensitivity level is FFS. NOTE 4: For a UE that support both Band 18 and Band 26, the reference sensitivity level for Band 26 applies for the applicable channel bandwidths. NOTE 5: The UL resource blocks shall be located as close as possible to the downlink operating band but confined within the transmission bandwidth configuration for the channel bandwidth.

Table 7.3EC.3-2: Reference sensitivity for HD-FDD category M2 QPSK P_REFSENS

Channel bandwidth
E-UTRA Band	1.4 MHz (dBm)	3 MHz (dBm)	5 MHz (dBm)	10 MHz (dBm)	15 MHz (dBm)	20 MHz (dBm)	Duplex Mode
1			-97	-97	-97	-97	HD-FDD
2	-101	-97	-95	-95	-95	-95	HD-FDD
3	-100	-96	-94	-94	-94	-94	HD-FDD
4	-103	-99	-97	-97	-97	-97	HD-FDD
5	-101.5	-97.5	-95.5	-95.5			HD-FDD
7			-95	-95	-95	-95	HD-FDD
8	-100.5	-96.5	-94.5	-94.5			HD-FDD
11			-97	-97			HD-FDD
12	-100	-96	-94	-94			HD-FDD
13			-94	-94			HD-FDD
14			-94	-94			HD-FDD
18			-97	-97	-97		HD-FDD
19			-97	-97	-97		HD-FDD
20			-94.5	-94.5	-94.5	-94.5	HD-FDD
21			-97	-97	-97		HD-FDD
25	-99.5	-95.5	-93.5	-93.5	-93.5	-93.5	HD-FDD
26	-101	-97	-95	-95	-95		HD-FDD
27	-101.5	-97.5	-95.5	-95.5			HD-FDD
28		-97.5	-95.5	-95.5	-95.5	-95.5	HD-FDD
31	-97.3	-93.3	-91.3				HD-FDD
71	-100.2	-96.2	-94.2	-94.2	-94.2	-94.2	HD-FDD
72	-97.3	-93.3	-91.3				HD-FDD
85			-94	-94			HD-FDD
87	-97.3	-93.3	-91.3				HD-FDD
88	-97.3	-93.3	-91.3				HD-FDD
NOTE 1: The transmitter shall be set to PUMAX as defined in subclause 6.2.5 NOTE 2: Reference measurement channel is 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: For the UE which supports both Band 11 and Band 21 the reference sensitivity level is FFS. NOTE 4: For a UE that support both Band 18 and Band 26, the reference sensitivity level for Band 26 applies for the applicable channel bandwidths.

The reference receive sensitivity (REFSENS) requirement specified in Table 7.3EC.3-1/Table 7.3EC.3-2 shall be met for an uplink transmission bandwidth less than or equal to that specified in Table 7.3EC.3-3.

NOTE: Table 7.3EC.3-3 is intended for conformance tests and does not necessarily reflect the operational conditions of the network, where the number of uplink and downlink allocated resource blocks will be practically constrained by other factors. Typical receiver sensitivity performance with HARQ retransmission enabled and using a residual BLER metric relevant for e.g. Speech Services is given in the Annex G (informative).

Table 7.3EC.3-3: FDD/HD-FDD and TDD UE category M2 Uplink configuration for reference sensitivity

E-UTRA Band / Channel bandwidth / N_RB / Duplex mode
E-UTRA Band	1.4 MHz	3 MHz	5 MHz	10 MHz	15 MHz	20 MHz	Duplex Mode
1			24	24	24	24	FDD/HD-FDD
2	6	15	24	24	24	24	FDD/HD-FDD
3	6	15	24	24	24	24	FDD/HD-FDD
4	6	15	24	24	24	24	FDD/HD-FDD
5	6	15	24	24			FDD/HD-FDD
7			24	24	24	24	FDD/HD-FDD
8	6	15	24	24			FDD/HD-FDD
11			24	24			FDD/HD-FDD
12	6	15	20¹	20¹			FDD/HD-FDD
13			20¹	20¹			FDD/HD-FDD
14			15¹	15¹			FDD/HD-FDD
18			24	24	24		FDD/HD-FDD
19			24	24	24		FDD/HD-FDD
20			24	20¹	20³	20³	FDD/HD-FDD
21			24	24¹	24¹		FDD/HD-FDD
25	6	15	24	24	24	24	FDD/HD-FDD
26	6	15	24	24	24		FDD/HD-FDD
27	6	15	24	24			FDD/HD-FDD
28		15	24	24	24	24	FDD/HD-FDD
31	6	5⁴	5⁴				FDD/HD-FDD
…
39				24	24	24	TDD
40				24	24	24	TDD
41				24	24	24	TDD
42				24	24	24	TDD
43				24	24	24	TDD
…
71	6	15	24	24	24	24	FDD/HD-FDD
72	6	5⁴	5⁴				FDD/HD-FDD
73	6	5⁴	5⁴				FDD/HD-FDD
85			20¹	20¹			FDD/HD-FDD
87	6	5⁴	5⁴				FDD/HD-FDD
88	6	5⁴	5⁴				FDD/HD-FDD
NOTE 1: ¹ refers to the UL resource blocks shall be located as close as possible to the downlink operating band but confined within the transmission bandwidth configuration for the channel bandwidth (Table 5.6-1). NOTE 2: For the UE which supports both Band 11 and Band 21 the uplink configuration for reference sensitivity is FFS. NOTE 3: ³ refers to Band 20; in the case of 15MHz channel bandwidth, the UL resource blocks shall be located at RBstart 11 and in the case of 20MHz channel bandwidth, the UL resource blocks shall be located at RBstart 16 NOTE 4: ⁴refers to Bands 31, 72, 73; 87 and88, in the case of 3 MHz channel bandwidth, the UL resource blocks shall be located at RBstart 9 and in the case of 5 MHz channel bandwidth, the UL resource blocks shall be located at RBstart 10.

Unless given by Table 7.3EC.3-4, the minimum requirements specified in Tables 7.3EC.3-1 and 7.3EC.3-2 shall be verified with the network signalling value NS_01 (Table 6.2.4EA-1) configured.

Table 7.3EC.3-4: Network signalling value for reference sensitivity

E-UTRA Band	Network Signalling value
2	NS_03
4	NS_03
10	NS_03
12	NS_06
13	NS_06
14	NS_06
17	NS_06
19	NS_08
21	NS_09
23	NS_03
30	NS_21
66	NS_03
71	NS_35
85	NS_06

The normative reference for this requirement is TS 36.101 [2] clauses 7.3.1 and 7.3.1E.

7.3EC.4 Test description

7.3EC.4.1 Initial conditions

Initial conditions are a set of test configurations the UE needs to be tested in and the steps for the SS to take with the UE to reach the correct measurement state.

The initial test configurations consist of environmental conditions and test frequencies based on the subset of E-UTRA operating bands defined for CAT M2 in clause 5.2E. All of these configurations shall be tested with applicable test parameters for each channel bandwidth, and are shown in table 7.3EC.4.1-1. The details of the downlink and uplink reference measurement channels (RMCs) are specified in Annexes A.2 and A.3. The details of the OCNG patterns used are specified in Annex A.5. Configurations of PDSCH and MPDCCH before measurement are specified in Annex C.2.

Table 7.3EC.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			Low range, Mid range, High range
Test Channel Bandwidths as specified in TS 36.508 [7] subclause 4.3.1			Lowest, 5MHz
Test Parameters for Channel Bandwidths and Narrowband positions
	Downlink Configuration			Uplink Configuration
Ch BW	Mod’n	RB allocation		Mod’n	RB allocation
		FDD	TDD		FDD and HD-FDD	TDD
1.4MHz	QPSK	4	N/A	QPSK	6	N/A
3MHz	QPSK	8	N/A	QPSK	15	N/A
5MHz	QPSK	16	N/A	QPSK	24	N/A
5MHz	QPSK	16	N/A	QPSK	20³	N/A
5MHz	QPSK	16	N/A	QPSK	5⁴	N/A
10MHz	QPSK	N/A	16	QPSK	N/A	24
Note 1: Downlink RB position shall be RB_start = 0 within the narrowband Note 2: The Wideband index (TS36.211, 5.2.4) shall be set to 0 for all testpoints. Note 3: Applicable only to E-UTRA FDD band 12 and 13. The UL resource blocks shall be located as close as possible to the downlink operating band but confined within the transmission bandwidth configuration for the channel bandwidth (Table 5.6-1). Note 4: Applicable only to E-UTRA FDD bands 31 and 72. The UL resource blocks shall be located at RBstart 10 (according to Table 7.3EC.3-3).

1. Connect the SS to the UE antenna connectors as shown in TS 36.508[7] Annex A Figure A.3 using only main UE Tx/Rx antenna.

2. The parameter settings for the cell are set up according to TS 36.508 [7] subclause 4.4.3.

3. Downlink signals are initially set up according to Annex C0, C.1 and C.3.1, and uplink signals according to Annex H.1 and H.3.1.

4. The UL and DL Reference Measurement channels are set according to Table 7.3EC.4.1-1.

5. Propagation conditions are set according to Annex B.0.

6. Ensure the UE is in State 3A-RF-CE according to TS 36.508 [7] clause 5.2A.2AA. Message contents are defined in clause 7.3EC.4.3.

7.3EC.4.2 Test procedure

Same as in clause 7.3EA.4.2

7.3EC.4.3 Message contents

Same as in clause 7.3EA.4.3

7.3EC.5 Test requirement

The throughput shall be ≥ 95% of the maximum throughput of the reference measurement channels as specified in Annexes A.2.2, A.2.3 and A.3.2 with parameters specified in Table 7.3EC.5-1 and Table 7.3EC.5-2.

Table 7.3EC.5-1: Reference sensitivity for FDD and TDD UE category M2 QPSK P_REFSEN

Channel bandwidth
E-UTRA Band	1.4 MHz (dBm)	3 MHz (dBm)	5 MHz (dBm)	10 MHz (dBm)	15 MHz (dBm)	20 MHz (dBm)	Duplex Mode
1			-97	-97	-97	-97	FDD
2	-99.5	-96.5	-95	-95	-95	-95	FDD
3	-98.5	-95.5	-94	-94	-94	-94	FDD
4	-101.5	-98.5	-97	-97	-97	-97	FDD
5	-100	-97	-95	-95			FDD
7			-95	-95	-95	-95	FDD
8	-99	-96	-94	-94			FDD
11			-97	-97
12	-98.5	-95.5	-94	-94			FDD
13			-93.5	-93.5			FDD
…
18			-97	-97	-97		FDD
19			-97	-97	-97		FDD
20			-94	-94	-94	-94	FDD
21			-97	-97	-97		FDD
25	-98	-95	-93.5	-93.5	-93.5	-93.5	FDD
26	-99.5	-96.5	-94.5	-94.5	-94.5		FDD
27	-100	-97	-95	-95			FDD
28		-97	-95.5	-95.5	-95.5	-95.5	FDD
31	-95.8	-92.5	-90.5				FDD
…
39			-97	-97	-97	-97	TDD
40			-97	-97	-97	-97	TDD
41			-95	-95	-95	-95	TDD
42			-96	-96	-96	-96	TDD
43			-96	-96	-96	-96	TDD
66	-101	-98	-96.5	-96.5	-96.5	-96.5	FDD
…
71	[-98.7]	[-94.7]	[-92.7]	[-92.7]	[-92.7]	[-92.7]	FDD
72	-95.8	-92.5	-90.5				FDD
73	-95.8	-92.5	-90.5				FDD
85			-94	-94			FDD
87	-95.8	-91.8	-89.8				FDD
88	-95.8	-91.8	-89.8				FDD
NOTE 1: The transmitter shall be set to PUMAX as defined in subclause 6.2.5 NOTE 2: Reference measurement channel is 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: For the UE which supports both Band 11 and Band 21 the reference sensitivity level is FFS. NOTE 4: For a UE that support both Band 18 and Band 26, the reference sensitivity level for Band 26 applies for the applicable channel bandwidths. NOTE 5: The UL resource blocks shall be located as close as possible to the downlink operating band but confined within the transmission bandwidth configuration for the channel bandwidth.

Table 7.3EC.5-2: Reference sensitivity for HD-FDD UE category M2 QPSK P_REFSENS

Channel bandwidth
E-UTRA Band	1.4 MHz (dBm)	3 MHz (dBm)	5 MHz (dBm)	10 MHz (dBm)	15 MHz (dBm)	20 MHz (dBm)	Duplex Mode
1			-96.3	-96.3	-96.3	-96.3	HD-FDD
2	-100.3	-96.3	-94.3	-94.3	-94.3	-94.3	HD-FDD
3	-99.3	-95.3	-93.3	-93.3	-93.3	-93.3	HD-FDD
4	-102.3	-98.3	-96.3	-96.3	-96.3	-96.3	HD-FDD
5	-100.8	-96.8	-94.8	-94.8			HD-FDD
7			-94.3	-94.3	-94.3	-94.3	HD-FDD
8	-99.8	-95.8	-93.8	-93.8			HD-FDD
11			-96.3	-96.3			HD-FDD
12	-99.3	-95.3	-93.3	-93.3			HD-FDD
13			-93.3	-93.3			HD-FDD
14			-93.3	-93.3			HD-FDD
18			-96.3	-96.3	-96.3		HD-FDD
19			-96.3	-96.3	-96.3		HD-FDD
20			-93.8	-93.8	-93.8	-93.8	HD-FDD
21			-96.3	-96.3	-96.3		HD-FDD
25	-98.8	-94.8	-92.8	-92.8	-92.8	-92.8	HD-FDD
26	-100.3	-96.3	-94.3	-94.3	-94.3		HD-FDD
27	-100.8	-96.8	-94.8	-94.8			HD-FDD
28		-96.8	-94.8	-94.8	-94.8	-94.8	HD-FDD
31	-96.6	-92.6	-90.6				HD-FDD
71	-99.5	-95.5	-93.5	-93.5	-93.5	-93.5	HD-FDD
72	-96.6	-92.6	-90.6				HD-FDD
85			-93.3	-93.3			HD-FDD
87	-96.6	-92.6	-90.6				HD-FDD
88	-96.6	-92.6	-90.6				HD-FDD
NOTE 1: The transmitter shall be set to PUMAX as defined in subclause 6.2.5 NOTE 2: Reference measurement channel is 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: For the UE which supports both Band 11 and Band 21 the reference sensitivity level is FFS. NOTE 4: For a UE that support both Band 18 and Band 26, the reference sensitivity level for Band 26 applies for the applicable channel bandwidths.