A.3 IAB-MT Fixed Reference Channels

38.176-13GPPIntegrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) conformance testingNRPart 1: conducted conformance testingRelease 17TS

A.3.1 Fixed Reference Channels for PDSCH performance requirements (16QAM)

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.1-1 for FR1 PDSCH performance requirements

Table A.3.1-1: Fixed Reference Channels for FR1 PDSCH (16QAM)

Reference channel

M-FR1-A.3.1-1

M-FR1-A.3.1-2

M-FR1-A.3.1-3

M-FR1-A.3.1-4

M-FR1-A.3.1-5

Channel bandwidth (MHz)

40

40

40

40

40

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

30

30

30

30

30

Allocated resource blocks

106

106

106

106

106

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

12

12

12

12

12

MCS table

64QAM

64QAM

64QAM

64QAM

64QAM

MCS index

13

13

13

13

13

Modulation

16QAM

16QAM

16QAM

16QAM

16QAM

Target Coding Rate

490/1024

490/1024

490/1024

490/1024

490/1024

Number of MIMO layers

1

3

4

1

2

Number of DMRS REs

12

24

24

24

24

Overhead for TBS determination

0

0

0

0

0

Information Bit Payload per Slot (bits)

26632

73776

98376

24576

49176

Transport block CRC per Slot (bits)

24

24

24

24

24

Number of Code Blocks per Slot

4

9

12

3

6

Binary Channel Bits Per Slot (bits)

55968

152640

203520

50880

101760

A.3.2 Fixed Reference Channels for PDSCH performance requirements (64QAM)

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.2-1 for FR1 PDSCH performance requirements.

Table A.3.2-1: Fixed Reference Channels for FR1 PDSCH (64QAM)

Reference channel

M-FR1-A.3.2-1

Channel bandwidth (MHz)

40

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

30

Allocated resource blocks

106

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

12

MCS table

64QAM

MCS index

19

Modulation

64QAM

Target Coding Rate

517/1024

Number of MIMO layers

2

Number of DMRS REs

12

Overhead for TBS determination

0

Information Bit Payload per Slot (bits)

83976

Transport block CRC per Slot (bits)

24

Number of Code Blocks per Slot

10

Binary Channel Bits Per Slot (bits)

167904

A.3.3 Fixed Reference Channels for PDSCH performance requirements (256QAM)

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.3-1 for FR1 PDSCH performance requirements.

Table A.3.3-1: Fixed Reference Channels for FR1 PDSCH (256QAM)

Reference channel

M-FR1-A.3.3-1

Channel bandwidth (MHz)

40

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

30

Allocated resource blocks

106

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

12

MCS table

256QAM

MCS index

24

Modulation

256QAM

Target Coding Rate

0.82

Number of MIMO layers

1

Number of DMRS REs

12

Overhead for TBS determination

0

Information Bit Payload per Slot (bits)

92200

Transport block CRC per Slot (bits)

24

Number of Code Blocks per Slot

11

Binary Channel Bits Per Slot (bits)

111936

A.3.4 Fixed Reference Channels for PDCCH performance requirements

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.5-1 for FR1 PDCCH performance requirements.

Table A.3.4-1: Fixed Reference Channels for FR1 PDCCH

Reference channel

M-FR1-A.3.4-1

M-FR1-A.3.4-2

M-FR1-A.3.4-3

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

30

30

30

CORESET frequency domain allocation

102

102

90

CORESET time domain allocation

1

1

1

Aggregation level

2

4

8

DCI Format

1_0

1_1

1_1

Payload (without CRC) (bits)

41

53

53

A.3.5 Fixed Reference Channels for CSI reporting performance requirements

This clause defines the DL signal applicable to the reporting of channel state information

Tables A.3.5-1 specifies the mapping of CQI index to Information Bit payload, which complies with the CQI definition specified in clause 5.2.2.1 of TS 38.214 [24] and with MCS definition specified in clause 5.1.3 of TS 38.214 [24].

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.5-2 for FR1 PMI reporting performance requirements

Table A.3.5-1: Fixed Reference Channels for CSI reporting

Reference channel

M-FR1-A.2.5-1

M-FR1-A.2.5-2

M-FR1-A.2.5-3

M-FR1-A.2.5-4

MCS table

256QAM

Number of allocated PDSCH resource blocks

106

106

106

106

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

12

12

12

12

Number of PDSCH MIMO layers

1

2

3

4

Number of DMRS REs (Note 1)

24

24

24

24

Overhead for TBS determination

0

0

0

0

Available RE-s for PDSCH

12720

12720

12720

12720

CQI index

Spectral efficiency

MCS index

Modulation

0

OOR

OOR

OOR

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1

0.1523

0

QPSK

2976

5896

8976

11784

2

0.3770

1

4744

9480

14344

18976

3

0.8770

3

11016

22536

33816

45096

4

1.4766

5

16QAM

18960

37896

56368

75792

5

1.9141

7

24576

49176

73776

98376

6

2.4063

9

30728

61480

92200

122976

7

2.7305

11

64QAM

34816

69672

104496

139376

8

3.3223

13

42016

83976

127080

167976

9

3.9023

15

49176

98376

147576

196776

10

4.5234

17

57376

114776

172176

229576

11

5.1152

19

65576

131176

196776

262376

12

5.5547

21

256QAM

69672

139376

213176

278776

13

6.2266

23

79896

159880

237776

319784

14

6.9141

25

88064

176208

262376

352440

15

7.4063

27

94248

188576

278776

376896

Note 1: Number of DMRS REs includes the overhead of the DM-RS CDM groups without data

Note 2: PDSCH is only scheduled on slots which are full DL

Table A.3.5-2: Fixed Reference Channels for FR1 PMI reporting

Reference channel

M-FR1-A.3.5-5

M-FR1-A.3.5-6

Channel bandwidth (MHz)

40

40

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

30

30

Allocated resource blocks

106

106

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

12

12

MCS table

64QAM

64QAM

MCS index

13

13

Modulation

16QAM

16QAM

Target Coding Rate

490/1024

490/1024

Number of MIMO layers

1

2

Number of DMRS REs

24

24

Overhead for TBS determination

0

0

Information Bit Payload per Slot (bits)

24576

49176

Transport block CRC per Slot (bits)

24

24

Number of Code Blocks per Slot

3

6

Binary Channel Bits Per Slot (bits)

50880

101760

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