A.3 IAB-MT Fixed Reference Channels

38.176-23GPPIntegrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) conformance testingNRPart 2: radiated 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.

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.1-2 for FR2 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

Channel bandwidth (MHz)

40

40

40

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

30

30

30

Allocated resource blocks

106

106

106

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

12

12

12

MCS table

64QAM

64QAM

64QAM

MCS index

13

13

13

Modulation

16QAM

16QAM

16QAM

Target Coding Rate

490/1024

490/1024

490/1024

Number of MIMO layers

1

3

4

Number of DMRS REs

12

24

24

Overhead for TBS determination

0

0

0

Information Bit Payload per Slot (bits)

26632

73776

98376

Transport block CRC per Slot (bits)

24

24

24

Number of Code Blocks per Slot

4

9

12

Binary Channel Bits Per Slot (bits)

55968

152640

203520

Table A.3.1-2: Fixed Reference Channels for FR2 PDSCH (16QAM)

Reference channel

M-FR2-A.3.1-1

M-FR2-A.3.1-2

M-FR2-A.3.1-3

Channel bandwidth (MHz)

100

100

50

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

120

120

60

Allocated resource blocks

66

66

66

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

13

13

13

MCS table

64QAM

64QAM

64QAM

MCS index

13

13

13

Modulation

16QAM

16QAM

16QAM

Target Coding Rate

490/1024

490/1024

490/1024

Number of MIMO layers

1

2

2

Number of DMRS REs

12

12

12

Overhead for TBS determination

6

6

6

Information Bit Payload per Slot (bits)

17424

34816

34816

Transport block CRC per Slot (bits)

24

24

24

Number of Code Blocks per Slot

3

5

5

Binary Channel Bits Per Slot (bits)

36564

73128

73128

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.

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.2-2 for FR2 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

Table A.3.2-2: Fixed Reference Channels for FR2 PDSCH (64QAM)

Reference channel

M-FR2-A.3.2-1

M-FR2-A.3.2-2

Channel bandwidth (MHz)

100

100

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

120

120

Allocated resource blocks

66

66

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

13

13

MCS table

64QAM

64QAM

MCS index

18

17

Modulation

64QAM

64QAM

Target Coding Rate

466/1024

438/1024

Number of MIMO layers

1

2

Number of DMRS REs

12

12

Overhead for TBS determination

6

6

Information Bit Payload per Slot (bits)

25104

47112

Transport block CRC per Slot (bits)

24

24

Number of Code Blocks per Slot

3

6

Binary Channel Bits Per Slot (bits)

54846

109692

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.3.4-1 for FR1 PDCCH performance requirements.

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.4-2 for FR2 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

Table A.3.4-2: Fixed Reference Channels for FR2 PDCCH

Reference channel

M-FR2-A.3.4-1

M-FR2-A.3.4-2

M-FR2-A.3.4-3

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

120

120

120

CORESET frequency domain allocation

60

60

60

CORESET time domain allocation

1

1

1

Aggregation level

2

4

8

DCI Format

1_0

1_1

1_1

Payload (without CRC) (bits)

40

56

56

A.3.5 Fixed Reference Channels for CSI reporting requirements

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.5-1 for FR1 CQI and RI reporting requirements with CQI table 2 and MCS table 2.

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

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.5-3 for FR2 CQI and RI reporting requirements with CQI table 1 and MCS table 1.

The parameters for the reference measurement channels are specified in table A.3.5-4 for FR2 PMI reporting requirements.

Table A.3.5-1: FRC for FR1 CQI and RI reporting with CQI table 2 and MCS table 2

Reference channel

M-FR1-A.3.5-1

M-FR1-A.3.5-2

M-FR1-A.3.5-3

M-FR1-A.3.5-4

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

Information Bit Payload per Slot

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 (16QAM)

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

Table A.3.5-3: FRC for FR2 CQI and RI reporting with CQI table 1 and MCS table 1

Reference channel

M-FR2-A.3.5-1

M-FR2-A.3.5-2

Number of allocated PDSCH resource blocks

66

66

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

12

12

Number of PDSCH MIMO layers

1

2

Number of DMRS REs (Note 1)

24

24

Overhead for TBS determination

6

6

Available RE-s

7590

7590

CQI index

Spectral efficiency

MCS index

Modulation

Information Bit Payload per Slot

0

OOR

OOR

OOR

N/A

N/A

1

0.1523

0

QPSK

1800

3624

2

0.2344

0

1800

3624

3

0.3770

2

2856

5640

4

0.6016

4

4480

8968

5

0.8770

6

6528

13064

6

1.1758

8

8712

17928

7

1.4766

11

16QAM

11016

22032

8

1.9141

13

14343

28680

9

2.4063

15

17928

35856

10

2.7305

18

64QAM

20496

40976

11

3.3223

20

25104

50184

12

3.9023

22

29192

58384

13

4.5234

24

33816

67584

14

5.1152

26

38936

77896

15

5.5547

28

42016

83976

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.3.5-4: Fixed Reference Channels for FR2 PMI reporting (16QAM)

Reference channel

M-FR2-A.3.5-3

Channel bandwidth (MHz)

100

Subcarrier spacing (kHz)

120

Allocated resource blocks

66

Number of consecutive PDSCH symbols

12

MCS table

64QAM

MCS index

13

Modulation

16QAM

Target Coding Rate

490/1024

Number of MIMO layers

1

Number of DMRS REs

24

Overhead for TBS determination

6

Information Bit Payload per Slot (bits)

14344

Transport block CRC per Slot (bits)

24

Number of Code Blocks per Slot

2

Binary Channel Bits Per Slot (bits)

30360

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