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 |
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MCS table |
256QAM |
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Number of allocated PDSCH resource blocks |
106 |
106 |
106 |
106 |
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Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
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Number of PDSCH MIMO layers |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Number of DMRS REs (Note 1) |
24 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
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Overhead for TBS determination |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Available RE-s for PDSCH |
12720 |
12720 |
12720 |
12720 |
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CQI index |
Spectral efficiency |
MCS index |
Modulation |
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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 |
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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 |
Annex B (normative):
Environmental requirements for the IAB equipment