5 Release independent features for NR frequency range 1
38.3073GPPNRRelease 17Requirements on User Equipments (UEs) supporting a release-independent frequency bandTS
5.1 Additional NR operating bands and UE power classes for NR frequency range 1
Requirements for a Rel-17 UE for additional NR operating bands and power classes compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-17 [2] are introduced via this clause.
Table 5.1-1: NR operating bands
|
Feature |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
Requirements to be fulfilled (see TS 38.307 of the release in which the band was introduced) |
|
Operating bands |
FDD, TDD, SDL, SUL |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.1-1, Table B.4.3-1 |
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Shared spectrum access operating bands |
TDD |
Rel-16 |
Table B.4.7-1 |
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UL MIMO operating bands without ULFPTx |
FDD, TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.13-1 |
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UL MIMO operating bands with ULFPTx |
FDD, TDD |
Rel-16 |
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UL MIMO operating bands with or without ULFPTx |
SUL |
Rel-17 |
Table 5.1-2: NR UE power class
|
Feature |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
Requirements to be fulfilled (see TS 38.307 of the release in which the power class was introduced) |
|
Power Class 1 |
FDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.1-1 |
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Power Class 1.5 |
TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.1-1, Table B.4.3-1 |
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Power Class 2 |
FDD, TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.1-1, Table B.4.3-1 |
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Power Class 3 |
FDD, TDD, SUL |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.1-1, Table B.4.3-1 |
5.2 Additional NR CA configurations for NR frequency range 1
5.2.1 Intra-band CA
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR intraband CA configurations within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-16 [2] are introduced via this clause.
Requirements for a Rel-17 UE for additional NR intraband CA configurations with UL MIMO within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-17 [2] are introduced via this clause.
Table 5.2.1-1: NR intra-band CA within FR1
|
Feature |
DL/UL |
CA BW Class |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
requirements to be fulfilled (see 38.307 of the REL in which the CA configuration was introduced) |
|
Intra-band contiguous CA configurations within FR1 |
DL |
B, C, D, E, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O |
FDD,TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.2-1 |
|
UL |
A,B,C |
FDD,TDD |
Rel-15 |
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Intra-band contiguous CA configurations with UL MIMO within FR1 |
UL |
C |
FDD,TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.2-2 |
Table 5.2.1-2: NR intra-band non-contiguous CA within FR1
|
Feature |
DL/UL |
number of sub-blocks |
maximum number of CCs within a sub-block |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
requirements to be fulfilled (see 38.307 of the REL in which the CA configuration was introduced) |
|
Intra-band non-contiguous CA configurations within FR1 |
DL |
2 |
1 |
FDD, TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.2-1 |
|
3 |
1 |
TDD |
Rel-15 |
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4 |
1 |
TDD |
Rel-15 |
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UL |
2 |
1 |
TDD |
Rel-15 |
5.2.2 Inter-band CA
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR inter-band CA configurations within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-16 [2] are introduced via this clause.
Table 5.2.2-0: NR inter-band CA UE power class within FR1
|
Feature |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
Requirements to be fulfilled (see TS 38.307 of the release in which the power class was introduced) |
|
Inter-band CA Power Class 2 |
TDD, FDD and TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.2-1 |
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Inter-band CA Power Class 3 |
FDD, TDD, SDL and TDD, FDD and TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table 5.2.2-1: NR inter-band CA within FR1
|
Feature |
DL/UL |
Maximum number of bands |
number of CCs |
CA BW Classes |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
requirements to be fulfilled (see 38.307 of the REL in which the CA configuration was introduced) |
|
Inter-band CA configurations within NR FR1 |
DL |
4 |
5 |
A, B, C |
TDD, FDD, SDL and FDD, SDL and TDD, FDD and TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.2-1 |
|
UL |
2 |
2 |
A |
TDD, FDD, FDD and TDD |
Rel-15 |
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1 |
2 |
B, C, 2A |
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2 |
3 |
A, B, C |
5.3 Additional NR SUL configurations for NR frequency range 1
Requirements for a Rel-17 UE for additional NR SUL configurations within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-17 [2] are introduced via this clause.
When a UE is configured with both NR UL and NR SUL carriers in a serving cell with active transmission either on the UL carrier or SUL carrier, the release independent features in clause 5.1 are applicable for the UL carrier and the SUL carrier, respectively.
Table 5.3-1: NR SUL within FR1
|
Feature |
DL/UL |
number of bands |
number of CCs |
CA BW Classes |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
requirements to be fulfilled (see 38.307 of the REL in which the SUL configuration was introduced) |
|
Inter-band SUL configurations within NR FR1 |
DL |
3 |
3 |
A, C |
TDD, FDD, FDD and TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.3-1 |
|
UL |
2 |
3 |
A, C |
TDD and SUL, FDD and SUL |
Rel-15 |
5.4 Other release independent features for NR frequency range 1
This clause covers requirements for a Rel-15 UE coming from all other release independent features that are not covered under clause 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3, e.g. generic baseband requirements or requirements that are not band/CA/SUL configuration specific.
Table 5.4-1: Additional requirements of other release independent features
|
Feature |
Release independent from |
Requirements to be fulfilled (see 38.307 of the REL when the feature was introduced) |
Further information |
|
RRM requirements for high speed train scenario |
Rel-15 (NOTE 1) |
Table C.1-1 |
Rel-16 WI NR_HST introduced band independent RRM requirements: see Table C.1-1 |
|
UE demodulation requirements for high speed train scenario |
Rel-15 (NOTE 1) |
Table C.2-1 |
Rel-16 WI NR_HST introduced band independent UE demodulation requirements: see Table C.2-1 |
|
RF requirements for 4Rx UEs |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.10-1, Table B.4.10-2 |
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[Transparent Tx diversity] |
[Rel-15] |
[Table B.4.11-1] |
[Rel-17 WI NR_RF_TxD introduced transparent Tx diversity requirements: see Table B.4.11-1] |
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UE demodulation and CSI requirements for MMSE-IRC receiver for scenarios with inter cell and intra cell inter user interference |
Rel-15 |
Table B.3.3-1 |
Rel-17 WI NR_demod_enh2-Perf: see Table B.3.3-1. These requirements are optional for Rel-15 and Rel-16 UEs and can be executed based on UE declaration. |
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NOTE 1: Rel-15 UEs supporting the high speed train are assumed to read the Rel-16 high speed train scenario information, which is broadcast to all UEs. |
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5.5 Additional Inter-band NR-DC configurations for NR frequency range 1
Requirements for a Rel-16 UE for additional NR-DC configurations within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-16 [2] are introduced via this clause.
Table 5.5.1-1: NR-DC within FR1
|
Feature |
DL/UL |
Maximum number of bands |
number of CCs |
CA BW Classes |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
requirements to be fulfilled (see 38.307 of the REL in which the DC configuration was introduced) |
|
NR-DC configurations within NR FR1 |
DL |
2 |
2 |
A |
FDD |
Rel-16 |
5.6 UL 7.5KHz shift for TDD band n40Requirements for a Rel-17 UE for UL 7.5KHz shift for TDD band n40 within FR1 compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-17 [2] are introduced via this clause. For Band n40, UL shift is only applicable to uplink transmissions using a 15 kHz SCS.
Table 5.3-2: UL 7.5KHz shift for band n40 in FR1
|
Feature |
DL/UL |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
requirements to be fulfilled (see 38.307 of the REL in which the configuration was introduced) |
|
7.5KHz UL shift for band n40 in FR1 |
UL |
TDD |
Rel-15 |
Table B.4.7-1 |
5.6 Void
5.7 Additional Inter-band EN-DC or NR CA configurations involving shared spectrum access
Requirements for a Rel-17 UE for additional NR CA, EN-DC, and NR DC configurations involving shared spectrum access compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-16 [2] or TS 38.101-3 of Rel-17 [4] are introduced via this clause.
Table 5.6-1: NR-DC within FR1
|
Feature |
Duplex-mode |
Release independent from |
Requirements to be fulfilled (see 38.307 of the REL in which the EN-DC or NR CA configuration was introduced) |
|
Intra-band and Inter-band NR CA configurations involving shared spectrum access |
FDD and TDD, TDD |
Rel-16 |
Table B.3.1-1, Table B.4.2-1, Table B.4.8-1 |
|
Inter-band EN-DC configurations involving shared spectrum access |
FDD and TDD, TDD |
Rel-16 |
Table B.4.6-1 |
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Inter-band NR DC configurations involving shared spectrum access |
FDD and TDD, TDD |
Rel-16 |
Table B.4.5-1 |
5.8 Additional V2X configurations for NR frequency range 1
Requirements for a Rel-17 UE for additional NR SL configurations involving V2X con-current operation compared to TS 38.101-1 of Rel-17 [4] are introduced via this clause.
Table 5.8-1: NR V2X con-current operation within in FR1
|
Feature |
Release independent from |
Requirements to be fulfilled (see 38.307 of the REL when the feature was introduced) |
Further information |
|
Operating bands for V2X communication with con-current operation |
Rel-16 |
Table B.4.12-1, Table B.4.12-2 |
NR V2X new bands, intra-band/inter-band con-current operation, SL MIMO/TxD are release independent according to requirements in Table Table B.4.12-1, Table B.4.12-2 |