7.6.2EC Out-of-band blocking 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

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

7.6.2EC.1 Test Purpose

Same as in clause 7.6.2EA.

7.6.2EC.2 Test Applicability

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

7.6.2EC.3 Minimum Conformance Requirements

Same as in clause 7.6.2.3.

7.6.2EC.4 Test Description

7.6.2EC.4.1 Initial Conditions

Same as in 7.6.2EA.4.1 with following exception:

– Instead of Table 7.6.2EA.4.1-1 🡪 use Table 7.6.2EC.4.1-1

Table 7.6.2EC.4.1-1: Test Configuration Table

Initial Conditions
Test Environment as specified in TS 36.508[7] subclause 4.1			NC
Test Frequencies as specified in TS36.508 [7] subclause 4.3.1			One frequency chosen arbitrarily from low or high range
Test Channel Bandwidths as specified in TS 36.508 [7] subclause 4.3.1			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	Narrowband index (Note 1)
5MHz	QPSK	16	16	QPSK	24	24	0
Note 1: Denotes the lowest narrowband index in the channel bandwidth where the wideband shall be placed. The allocation is contiguous, starting from the lowest narrowband index. Narrowband, Narrowband index and Wideband are defined in TS 36.211 [8], 5.2.7.

7.6.2EC.4.2 Test Procedure

Same as in clause 7.6.2EA.4.2 with following exception:

– Instead of Table 7.6.2EA.4.1-1 🡪 use Table 7.6.2EC.4.1-1

– Instead of Table 7.6.2EA.5-1 🡪 use Table 7.6.2EC.5-1

– Instead of Table 7.6.2EA.5-2 🡪 use Table 7.6.2EC.5-2

7.6.2EC.4.3 Message Contents

Same as in clause 7.6.2EA.4.3.

7.6.2EC.5 Test Requirement

Except for the spurious response frequencies recorded at the final step of test procedure, the throughput measurement derived in test procedure shall be ≥ 95% of the maximum throughput of the reference measurement channels as specified in Annex A.3.2 with parameters specified in Tables 7.6.2EC.5-1 and 7.6.2EC.5-2.

For frequency range 1, 2, and 3, the number of spurious response frequencies recorded in the final step of test procedure shall not exceed in each assigned frequency channel when measured using a 1MHz step size. For these exceptions the requirements of clause 7.7EA Spurious Response are applicable.

Table 7.6.2EC.5-1: Out-of-band blocking parameters

Rx Parameter	Units	Channel bandwidth
		1.4 MHz	3 MHz	5 MHz	10 MHz	15 MHz	20 MHz
Power in Transmission Bandwidth Configuration	dBm	REFSENS + channel bandwidth specific value below
		6	6	6	6	7	9
NOTE 1: The transmitter shall be set to 4dB below PCMAX_L at the minimum uplink configuration specified in Table 7.3EA-3 with PCMAX_L as defined in subclause 6.2.5EA. NOTE 2: Reference measurement channel is specified in Annex A.3.2 with one sided dynamic OCNG Pattern OP.1 FDD/TDD as described in Annex A.5.1.1/A.5.2. NOTE 3: For DL category M2 UE, the reference sensitivity for category M2 in table 7.3EC-1 and 7.3EC-2 should be used as REFSENS for the power in Transmission Bandwidth Configuration. NOTE 4: For DL category M2 UE, the parameters for the applicable channel bandwidth apply.

Table 7.6.2EC.5-2: Out of band blocking

E-UTRA band	Parameter	Units	Frequency
	Parameter	Units	range 1	range 2	range 3	range 4
	P_Interferer	dBm	-44	-30	-15	-15
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 (Note 2), 43 (Note 2), 44, 45, 48 (NOTE 2), 53, 65, 66, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74	F_Interferer(CW)	MHz	F_{DL_low}-15 to F_{DL_low}-60	F_{DL_low}-60 to F_{DL_low}-85	F_{DL_low}-85 to 1 MHz	–
	F_Interferer(CW)	MHz	F_{DL_high}+15 to F_{DL_high}+ 60	F_{DL_high}+60 to F_{DL_high}+85	F_{DL_high}+85 to +12750 MHz	–
2, 5, 12, 17	F_Interferer	MHz	–	–	–	F_{UL_low}_– F_{UL_high}
Note 1: For the UE which supports both Band 11 and Band 21 the out of blocking is FFS. Note 2: The power level of the interferer (P_Interferer) for Range 3 shall be modified to -20 dBm for F_Interferer > 2800 MHz and F_Interferer < 4400 MHz. Note 3: For the UE that supports both Band 4 and Band 66, the out-of-blocking frequency range for Band 4 is defined relative to F_{DL_low} and F_{DL_high} of Band 66.