7.1 General

38.101-13GPPNRPart 1: Range 1 StandaloneRelease 17TSUser Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception

Unless otherwise stated the receiver characteristics are specified at the antenna connector(s) of the UE. For UE(s) with an integral antenna only, a reference antenna(s) with a gain of 0 dBi is assumed for each antenna port(s). UE with an integral antenna(s) may be taken into account by converting these power levels into field strength requirements, assuming a 0 dBi gain antenna. For UEs with more than one receiver antenna connector, identical interfering signals shall be applied to each receiver antenna port if more than one of these is used (diversity).

The levels of the test signal applied to each of the antenna connectors shall be as defined in the respective clauses below.

The applicability of receiver requirements for Band n90 is in accordance with that for Band n41; a UE supporting Band n90 shall meet the minimum requirements for Band n41.

With the exception of clause 7.3, the requirements shall be verified with the network signalling value NS_01 configured (Table 6.2.3-1).

All the parameters in clause 7 are defined using the UL reference measurement channels specified in Annex A.2.2, the DL reference measurement channels specified in Annex A.3.2 and using the set-up specified in Annex C.3.1.

The minium requirements specified in clauses 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 and 7.8 for NR band n48 refer to the minimum requirements for NR bands < 2.7 GHz.

For the additional requirements for intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation of two or more sub-blocks, an in-gap test refers to the case when the interfering signal is located at a negative offset with respect to the assigned lowest channel frequency of the highest sub-block and located at a positive offset with respect to the assigned highest channel frequency of the lowest sub-block.

For the additional requirements for intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation of two or more sub-blocks, an out-of-gap test refers to the case when the interfering signal(s) is (are) located at a positive offset with respect to the assigned channel frequency of the highest carrier frequency, or located at a negative offset with respect to the assigned channel frequency of the lowest carrier frequency.

For the additional requirements for intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation of two or more sub-blocks with channel bandwidth larger than or equal to 5 MHz, the existing adjacent channel selectivity requirements, in-band blocking requirements (for each case), and narrow band blocking requirements apply for in-gap tests only if the corresponding interferer frequency offsets with respect to the two measured carriers satisfy the following condition in relation to the sub-block gap size Wgap for at least one of these carriers j = 1,2, so that the interferer frequency position does not change the nature of the core requirement tested:

Wgap ≥ 2∙|FInterferer (offset),j| – BWChannel(j)

where FInterferer (offset),j for a sub-block with a single component carrier is the interferer frequency offset with respect to carrier j as specified in clause 7.5, clause 7.6.2 and clause 7.6.4 for the respective requirement and BWChannel(j) the channel bandwidth of carrier j. FInterferer (offset),j for a sub-block with two or more contiguous component carriers is the interference frequency offset with respect to the carrier adjacent to the gap is specified in clause 7.5A, 7.6A.2 and 7.6A.3. The interferer frequency offsets for adjacent channel selectivity, each in-band blocking case and narrow- band blocking shall be tested separately with a single in-gap interferer at a time.

For the additional requirements for operation with shared spectrum channel access, the receiver requirements apply under the assumption that all 20 MHz sub-bands and all RB’s of each sub-band within the downlink channel are allocated with intra-cell guard bands configured to zero.