A.1 IAB-DU and IAB-MT Reference measurement channels

38.176-23GPPIntegrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) conformance testingNRPart 2: radiated conformance testingRelease 17TS

A.1.1 IAB-DU Reference measurement channels

The Annex A in TS 38.141-2 [6] applies to IAB-DU.

A.1.2 IAB-MT Reference measurement channels

A.1.2.1 Fixed Reference Channels for reference sensitivity level, ACS, in-band blocking, out-of-band blocking and receiver intermodulation (QPSK, R=1/3)

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in tables A.1.2.1-1 for FR1 reference sensitivity level, ACS, in-band blocking, out-of-band blocking, receiver intermodulation, OTA sensitivity, OTA reference sensitivity level, OTA ACS, OTA in-band blocking, OTA out-of-band blocking, and OTA receiver intermodulation.

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in tables A.1.2.1-2 for FR2 OTA reference sensitivity level, OTA ACS, OTA in-band blocking, and OTA out-of-band blocking.

Table A1.2.1-1: FRC parameters for FR1 reference sensitivity level for IAB-MT.

Reference channel

G-FR1-A1-22

G-FR1-A1-23

G-FR1-A1-25

G-FR1-A1-26

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

30

60

30

60

Allocated resource blocks

11

11

51

24

CP-OFDM Symbols per slot (Note 1)

9

9

9

9

Modulation

QPSK

QPSK

QPSK

QPSK

Code rate (Note 2)

1/3

1/3

1/3

1/3

Payload size (bits)

736

736

3368

1608

Transport block CRC (bits)

16

16

16

16

Code block CRC size (bits)

Number of code blocks – C

1

1

1

1

Code block size including CRC (bits) (Note 3)

752

752

3384

1624

Total number of bits per slot

2376

2376

11016

5184

Total symbols per slot

1188

1188

5508

2592

NOTE 1 : DL-DMRS-config-type = 1 with DL-DMRS-max-len = 1, DL-DMRS-add-pos = pos2 with = 2, = 6 and 9 as per Table 7.4.1.1.2-3 of TS 38.211 [7].

NOTE 2 : MCS index 4 and target coding rate = 308/1024 are adopted to calculate payload size for receiver sensitivity

NOTE 3 : Code block size including CRC (bits) equals to in sub-clause 5.2.2 of TS 38.212 [8].

Table A1.2.1-2: FRC parameters for FR2 reference sensitivity level for IAB-MT.

Reference channel

G-FR2-A1-21

G-FR2-A1-22

G-FR2-A1-23

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

60

120

120

Allocated resource blocks

66

32

66

CP-OFDM Symbols per slot (Note 1)

9

9

9

Modulation

QPSK

QPSK

QPSK

Code rate (Note 2)

1/3

1/3

1/3

Payload size (bits)

5632

2792

5632

Transport block CRC (bits)

24

16

24

Code block CRC size (bits)

Number of code blocks – C

1

1

1

Code block size including CRC (bits)

(Note 3)

4248

2104

4248

Total number of bits per slot

14256

6912

14256

Total symbols per slot

7128

3456

7128

NOTE 1: DM-RS configuration type = 1 with DM-RS duration = single-symbol DM-RS, additional DM-RS position = pos2 with l0 = 2, l = 6 and 9 as per Table 7.4.1.1.2-3 of TS 38.211 [7].

NOTE 2: MCS index 4 and target coding rate = 308/1024 are adopted to calculate payload size.