7.4A Maximum input level for CA

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

7.4A.0 Minimum conformance requirements

For inter-band carrier aggregation with one component carrier per operating band and the uplink assigned to one E-UTRA band the maximum input level is defined with the uplink active on the band(s) other than the band whose downlink is being tested. For E-UTRA CA configurations including an operating band without uplink band or an operating band with an unpaired DL part, the requirements for all downlinks shall be met with the single uplink carrier active in each band capable of UL operation. The UE shall meet the requirements specified in subclause 7.4.3 for each component carrier while all downlink carriers are active.

For intra-band contiguous carrier aggregation maximum input level is defined as the powers received at the UE antenna port over the Transmission bandwidth configuration of each CC, at which the specified relative throughput shall meet or exceed the minimum requirements for the specified reference measurement channel over each component carrier.

The downlink SCC shall be configured at nominal channel spacing to the PCC. For FDD the PCC shall be configured closest to the uplink band. All downlink carriers shall be active throughout the test. The uplink output power shall be set as specified in Table 7.4A.0-1 with the uplink configuration set according to Table 7.3A.0-1 for the applicable carrier aggregation configuration. For UE(s) supporting one uplink carrier, the uplink configuration of the PCC shall be in accordance with Table 7.3.3-2.

The throughput shall be ≥ 95% of the maximum throughput of the reference measurement channels over each component carrier as specified in Annexes A.2.2, A.2.3 and 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) with parameters specified in Table 7.4A.0-1. For operating bands with an unpaired DL part (as noted in Table 5.2-1), the requirements also apply for an SCC assigned in the unpaired part with parameters specified in Table 7.4A.0-1.

For intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation with one uplink carrier and two or more downlink sub-blocks, each larger than or equal to 5 MHz, the maximum input level requirements are defined with the uplink configuration in accordance with Table 7.3A.0-3. For this uplink configuration, the UE shall meet the requirements for each sub-block as specified in Table 7.4.3-1 and Table 7.4A.0-1 for one component carrier and two component carriers per sub-block, respectively. The throughput of each downlink component carrier shall be ≥ 95% of the maximum throughput of the specified reference measurement channel as specified in Annexes A.2.2, A.2.3 and 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). The requirements apply with all downlink carriers active.

Table 7.4A.0-1: Maximum input level for intra-band contiguous CA

Rx Parameter	Units	CA Bandwidth Class
		A	B	C	D	E	F
Power in largestTransmission Bandwidth Configuration CC	dBm		-282	-252	-252	-262	-272
			-303	-273	-273	[-28]3	[-29]3
Power in each other CC	dBm		-28 + 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 2	-25 + 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 2	-25 + 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 2	-26 + 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 2	-27 + 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 2
			-30+ 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 3	-27 + 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 3	-27 + 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 3	[-28] + 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 3	[-29] + 10log(NRB,c /NRB,largest BW) 3
Note 1: The transmitter shall be set to 4dB below PCMAX_L or PCMAX_L_CA as defined in clause 6.2.5A. Note 2: Reference measurement channel is Annex A.3.2: 64QAM, R=3/4 variant with one sided dynamic OCNG Pattern OP.1 FDD/TDD as described in Annex A.5.1.1/A.5.2.1. Note 3: Reference measurement channel is Annex A.3.2: 256QAM, R=4/5 variant with one sided dynamic OCNG Pattern OP.1 FDD/TDD as described in Annex A.5.1.1/A.5.2.1.

For combinations of intra-band and inter-band carrier aggregation with up to five downlink carriers (up to two non-contiguous sub-blocks per band and up to four contiguously aggregated carriers per band) and one uplink assigned to one E-UTRA band, the requirement is defined with the uplink active in a band other than that supporting the downlink(s) under test. The uplink configuration shall be in accordance with Table 7.3A.0-3 when the uplink is active in the band supporting two non-contiguous component carriers, Table 7.3A.0-1 when the uplink is active in a band supporting two contiguous component carriers and in accordance with Table 7.3.3-2 when the uplink is active in a band supporting one carrier per band. The downlink PCC shall be configured closer to the uplink operating band than the downlink SCC(s) when the uplink is active in band(s) supporting contiguous aggregation of up to four component carriers. For these uplink configurations, the UE shall meet the maximum input-level requirements for intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation of two downlink sub-blocks, the requirements for intra-band contiguous carrier aggregation for the contiguously aggregated downlink carriers and for any remaining component carrier(s) the requirements specified in subclause 7.4.3. All downlink carriers shall be active throughout the tests and the requirements for the downlinks shall be met with the single uplink carrier active in each band capable of UL operation.

The normative references for this requirement are TS 36.101 [2] clauses 7.4.1A and 7.4.1.