4.3.6 Physical layer parameters

38.508-13GPP5GSPart 1: Common test environmentRelease 17TSUser Equipment (UE) conformance specification

4.3.6.1 Downlink physical layer parameters

4.3.6.1.1 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PUSCH
4.3.6.1.1.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_0

DCI format 0_0 is used for the scheduling of PUSCH in one cell.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_0 are specified in table 4.3.6.1.1.1-1.

Table 4.3.6.1.1.1-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_0

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Identifier for DCI formats

Indicating an UL DCI format

"0"

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PUSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

"0000"

Frequency hopping flag

w/o hopping

"0"

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

TPC command for scheduled PUSCH

0 dB (accumulated TPC) as per Table 7.1.1-1 in TS 38.213

"01"

UL/SUL indicator

Not present (0 bit for UEs not configured with SUL in the cell)

4.3.6.1.1.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_1

DCI format 0_1 is used for the scheduling of PUSCH in one cell.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_1 are specified in table 4.3.6.1.1.2-1.

Table 4.3.6.1.1.2-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_1

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Condition

Carrier indicator

Not present

UL/SUL indicator

Not present (0 bit for UEs not configured with SUL in the cell)

1

1

SUL

Identifier for DCI formats

Indicating an UL DCI format

“0”

Bandwidth part indicator

Not present (indicating active BWP, not present in case of only one BWP-Id as per Table 4.6.3-8)

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PUSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

Frequency hopping flag

Not present

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator

Set for every data transmission / retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321 [20]

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

1st downlink assignment index

Dependent on test parameters

2nd downlink assignment index

Not present (0 bit if one HARQ-ACK sub-codebook)

TPC command for scheduled PUSCH

0 dB (accumulated TPC) as per Table 7.1.1-1 in TS 38.213 [22]

“01”

SRS resource indicator

Not present

Precoding information and number of layers

Not present (0 bits for 1 antenna port and if the higher layer parameter txConfig = Codebook as per clause 7.3.1.1.2 TS 38.212 [27])

2

“10”

2TX_UL_MIMO or ULFPTx_Mode1

Dependent on UE reported full power PMI

1 bit as per Table 7.3.1.1.2-5 in TS 38.212

ULFPTx_Mode2

0 or 1

1 bit

ULFPTx_ModeFull

Antenna ports

Port 0 (NOTE 2)

“000”

“00”

TRANSFORM _PRECODER _ENABLED

SRS request

No aperiodic SRS resource set triggered as per Table 7.3.1.1.2-24 in TS 38.212 (no SUL configured)

“00”

CSI request

Not present

CBG transmission information

Not present

PTRS-DMRS association

DMRS port 0

“00”

PTRS_UL_CONFIG

Not present

beta_offset indicator

Not present (0 bit if the higher layer parameter dynamic in uci-on-PUSCH is not configured)

DMRS sequence initialization

= 0 (ScramblingID0 is not present as per Table 4.6.3-50)

“0”

Not present

TRANSFORM _PRECODER _ENABLED

UL-SCH indicator

Dependent on test parameters

1 bit. A value of "1" indicates UL-SCH shall be transmitted on the PUSCH and a value of "0" indicates UL-SCH shall not be transmitted on the PUSCH.

NOTE 1: codebookSubset = nonCoherent, 2 layers,TPMI = 0 as specified in TS 38.212 [27] Table 7.3.1.1.2-4

NOTE 2: Bitsize depends on transform precoder being enabled/disabled (PUSCH_Config, Table 4.6.3-118) and on dmrs-Type and maxLength (DMRS-UplinkConfig, Table 4.6.3-51); 3 bits (transform precoder disabled) or 2 bits (transform precoder enabled) for DMRS type 1 and len1

Condition

Explanation

2TX_UL_MIMO

UL-MIMO test cases with 2 Tx antenna ports

PTRS_UL_CONFIG

When PTRS Uplink is configured

TRANSFORM_PRECODER_ENABLED

Transform precoding is enabled (PUSCH_Config, Table 4.6.3-118)

SUL

On the SUL carrier when supplementary carrier is configured

ULFPTx_Mode1

UL-MIMO test cases with UEs supporting UL full power transmission Mode-1

ULFPTx_Mode2

UL-MIMO test cases with UEs supporting UL full power transmission Mode-2

ULFPTx_ModeFull

UL-MIMO test cases with UEs supporting UL full power transmission Mode-full power

4.3.6.1.1.3 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_2

DCI format 0_2 is used for the scheduling of PUSCH in one cell.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_2 are specified in table 4.3.6.1.1.3-1.

Table 4.3.6.1.1.3-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 0_2

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Condition

Identifier for DCI formats

Indicating an UL DCI format

“0”

Carrier indicator

Not present

UL/SUL indicator

Not present (0 bit for UEs not configured with SUL in the cell)

Bandwidth part indicator

Not present (indicating active BWP, not present in case of only one BWP-Id as per Table 4.6.3-8)

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PUSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

Frequency hopping flag

Not present (0 bit if the higher layer parameter frequencyHoppingDCI-0-2 is not configured)

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator

Set for every data transmission / retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321 [20]

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

Downlink assignment index

Not present (0 bit if the higher layer parameter downlinkAssignmentIndexDCI-0-2 is not configured)

TPC command for scheduled PUSCH

0 dB (accumulated TPC) as per Table 7.1.1-1 in TS 38.213 [22]

“01”

SRS resource indicator

Not present

Precoding information and number of layers

Not present (0 bits for 1 antenna port and if the higher layer parameter txConfig = Codebook as per clause 7.3.1.1.2 TS 38.212 [27])

Antenna ports

Not present (0 bit if higher layer parameter antennaPortsFieldPresenceDCI-0-2 is not configured)

SRS request

Not present (0 bit if the higher layer parameter srs-RequestDCI-0-2 is not configured)

CSI request

Not present

PTRS-DMRS association

DMRS port 0

“00”

PTRS_UL_CONFIG

Not present

beta_offset indicator

Not present (0 bit if the higher layer parameter betaOffsets = semiStatic)

DMRS sequence initialization

Not present (0 bit if the higher layer parameter dmrs-SequenceInitializationDCI-0-2 is not configured or if transform precoder is enabled)

UL-SCH indicator

Dependent on test parameters

1 bit. A value of "1" indicates UL-SCH shall be transmitted on the PUSCH and a value of "0" indicates UL-SCH shall not be transmitted on the PUSCH.

Open-loop power control parameter set indication

Not present (0 bit if the higher layer parameter p0-PUSCH-SetList is not configured)

Priority indicator

Not present (0 bit if higher layer parameter priorityIndicatorDCI-0-2 is not configured)

Invalid symbol pattern indicator

Not present (0 bit if higher layer parameter invalidSymbolPatternIndicatorDCI-0-2 is not configured)

NOTE 1: codebookSubset = nonCoherent, 2 layers,TPMI = 0 as specified in TS 38.212 [27] Table 7.3.1.1.2-4

NOTE 2: Bitsize depends on transform precoder being enabled/disabled (PUSCH_Config, Table 4.6.3-118) and on dmrs-Type and maxLength (DMRS-UplinkConfig, Table 4.6.3-51); 3 bits (transform precoder disabled) or 2 bits (transform precoder enabled) for DMRS type 1 and len1

Condition

Explanation

PTRS_UL_CONFIG

When PTRS Uplink is configured

TRANSFORM_PRECODER_ENABLED

Transform precoding is enabled (PUSCH_Config, Table 4.6.3-118)

4.3.6.1.2 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PDSCH
4.3.6.1.2.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_0

DCI format 1_0 is used for the scheduling of PDSCH in one cell.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_0 are specified in table 4.3.6.1.2.1-1 to 4.3.6.1.2.1-4.

Table 4.3.6.1.2.1-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_0

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Identifier for DCI formats

Indicating a DL DCI format

“01”

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

VRB-to-PRB mapping

Non-interleaved

“0”

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

Downlink assignment index

Dependent on test parameters

TPC command for scheduled PUCCH

0 dB (accumulated TPC) as per Table 7.2.1-1 in TS 38.213

“01”

PUCCH resource indicator

PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 6 in pucch-ResourceSetID[1] or PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 14 in pucch-ResourceSetID[2] as defined in Table 4.6.3-112 (Mapping as per Table 9.2.3-2 in TS 38.213)

“110”

PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator

K1 slots as specified in 9.2.3 in TS 38.213

µ=0 (SCS=15kHz): K1=7

‘110’B

µ=1 (SCS=30kHz): K1=5

‘100’B

µ=3 (SCS=120kHz): K1=8

‘111’B

Table 4.3.6.1.2.1-2: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_0 for paging

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Short Messages Indicator

Only scheduling information for Paging is present in the DCI

“01”

Short Messages

Reserved

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

VRB-to-PRB mapping

Non-interleaved

“0”

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

TB scaling

Scaling factor S=1 as defined in Table 5.1.3.2-2 in TS 38.214)

“00”

Reserved bits

Reserved 6 bits

Table 4.3.6.1.2.1-3: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_0 for SI

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Condition

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of Table 5.1.2.1.1-2 in TS 38.214 [21] to be used

“0000”

SIB1

Indicating the first entry of PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

SI

VRB-to-PRB mapping

Non-interleaved

“0”

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

System information indicator

SIB1

“0”

SIB1

SI message

“1”

SI

Reserved bits

Reserved 15 bits

Condition

Explanation

SIB1

Used for DCI format 1_0 for SIB1

SI

Used for DCI format 1_0 for SI

Table 4.3.6.1.2.1-4: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_0 for random access

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

VRB-to-PRB mapping

Non-interleaved

“0”

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

TB scaling

Scaling factor S=[1] as defined in Table 5.1.3.2-2 in TS 38.214)

“00”

Reserved bits

Reserved 16 bits

4.3.6.1.2.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_1

DCI format 1_1 is used for the scheduling of PDSCH in one cell.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_1 are specified in table 4.3.6.1.2.2-1.

Table 4.3.6.1.2.2-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_1

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Condition

Carrier indicator

Not present

Identifier for DCI formats

Indicating a DL DCI format

“1”

Bandwidth part indicator

Not present

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

VRB-to-PRB mapping

Non-interleaved

“0”

PRB bundling size indicator

Not present (semi-static PRB_bundling)

Rate matching indicator

Not present

ZP CSI-RS trigger

Not present

Modulation and coding scheme (TB1)

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator (TB1)

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321 [20]

Redundancy version (TB1)

Dependent on test parameters

Modulation and coding scheme (TB2)

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator (TB2)

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321 [20]

Redundancy version (TB2)

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

Downlink assignment index

Dependent on test parameters

TPC command for scheduled PUCCH

0 dB (accumulated TPC) as per Table 7.2.1-1 in TS 38.213 [22]

“01”

PUCCH resource indicator

PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 6 in pucch-ResourceSetID[1] or PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 14 in pucch-ResourceSetID[2] as defined in Table 4.6.3-112 (Mapping as per Table 9.2.3-2 in TS 38.213 [22])

“110”

PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator

corresponding to K1 slots as per Table 9.2.3-1 in TS 38.213 [22] and dl-DataToUL-ACK in Table 4.6.3-112

µ=0 (SCS=15kHz): K1=7

“101”

µ=1 (SCS=30kHz): K1=5

“011”

µ=3 (SCS=120kHz): K1=8

“110”

corresponding to K1 slots as per Table 9.2.3-1 in TS 38.213 [22] and dl-DataToUL-ACK in Table 4.6.3-112

For 60KHz SCS

K1 = 4 if mod(i,5) = 0
K1 = 3 if mod(i,5) = 1
K1 = 7 if mod(i,5) = 2
where i is slot index per frame; i = {0,…,39}

For 120KHz SCS

K1 = 4 if mod(i,5) = 0
K1 =3 if mod(i,5) = 1
K1 =7 if mod(i,5) = 2
where i is slot index per frame; i = {0,…,79}

RF_FR2_DL

corresponding to K1 slots as per Table 9.2.3-1 in TS 38.213 [22] and dl-DataToUL-ACK in Table 4.6.3-112

For TDD

K1 = 4 if mod(i,5) = 0
K1 = 3 if mod(i,5) = 1
K1 = 2 if mod(i,5) = 2
where i is slot index per frame; i = {0,…,9}

For FDD

K1 = 2

RF_FR1_15kHz

For TDD

corresponding to K1 slots as per Table 9.2.3-1 in TS 38.213 [22] and dl-DataToUL-ACK in Table 4.6.3-112

K1 = 8 if mod(i,10) = 0
K1 = 7 if mod(i,10) = 1
K1 = 6 if mod(i,10) = 2
K1 = 5 if mod(i,10) = 3
K1 = 4 if mod(i,10) = 4
K1 = 3 if mod(i,10) = 5
K1 = 2 if mod(i,10) = 6
where i is slot index per frame; i = {0,…,19}

For FDD

K1 = 2

RF_FR1_30kHz

corresponding to K1 slots as per Table 9.2.3-1 in TS 38.213 [22] and dl-DataToUL-ACK in Table 4.6.3-112

For TDD

K1 = 13 if mod(i,20) = 2

K1 = 12 if mod(i,20) = 3

K1 = 11 if mod(i,20) = 4

K1 = 10 if mod(i,20) = 5

K1 = 9 if mod(i,20) = 6

K1 = 8 if mod(i,20) = 7

K1 = 7 if mod(i,20) = 8

K1 = 6 if mod(i,20) = 9
K1 = 6 if mod(i,20) = 10

K1 = 6 if mod(i,20) = 11

K1 = 6 if mod(i,20) = 12
K1 = 6 if mod(i,20) = 13
where i is slot index per frame; i = {0,…,39}

For FDD

K1 = 2

RF_FR1_60kHz

Antenna port(s)

DMRS port 0 as per Table 7.3.1.2.2-1 in TS 38.212 [27] (dmrs-Type = DMRS type 1 and maxLength = len1 as per Table 4.6.3-50)

“0000”

“0011”

RF

Transmission configuration indication

Not present (0 bits, tci-PresentInDCI = Not present as per Table 4.6.3-28)

SRS request

No aperiodic SRS resource set triggered as per Table 7.3.1.1.2-24 in TS 38.212 [27] (no SUL configured)

“00”

CBG transmission information

Not present

CBG flushing out information

Not present

DMRS sequence initialization

fix length of 1 bit; ‘0’B for DMRS-DownlinkConfig.scramblingID0 (or physCellId if scramblingID0 is not present); see Table 4.6.3-50

“0”

Condition

Explanation

RF_FR1_15kHz

RF testing in TS 38.521-x for FR1. SCS is set to 15kHz.

RF_FR1_30kHz

RF testing in TS 38.521-x for FR1. SCS is set to 30kHz.

RF_FR1_60kHz

RF testing in TS 38.521-x for FR1. SCS is set to 60kHz.

RF_FR2_DL

RF testing in TS 38.521-x for FR2. SCS is set to 60kHz or 120kHz

RF

RF testing in TS 38.521-x for FR1 and FR2.

4.3.6.1.2.3 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_2

DCI format 1_2 is used for the scheduling of PDSCH in one cell.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_2 are specified in table 4.3.6.1.2.3-1.

Table 4.3.6.1.2.3-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 1_2

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Condition

Identifier for DCI formats

Indicating a DL DCI format

“1”

Carrier indicator

Not present

Bandwidth part indicator

Not present

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

VRB-to-PRB mapping

Non-interleaved

“0”

PRB bundling size indicator

Not present (semi-static PRB_bundling)

Rate matching indicator

Not present

ZP CSI-RS trigger

Not present

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321 [20]

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

Downlink assignment index

Dependent on test parameters

TPC command for scheduled PUCCH

0 dB (accumulated TPC) as per Table 7.2.1-1 in TS 38.213 [22]

“01”

PUCCH resource indicator

PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 6 in pucch-ResourceSetID[1] or PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 14 in pucch-ResourceSetID[2] as defined in Table 4.6.3-112 (Mapping as per Table 9.2.3-2 in TS 38.213 [22])

“110”

PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator

corresponding to K1 slots as per Table 9.2.3-1 in TS 38.213 [22] and dl-DataToUL-ACK in Table 4.6.3-112

µ=0 (SCS=15kHz): K1=7

“101”

µ=1 (SCS=30kHz): K1=5

“011”

µ=3 (SCS=120kHz): K1=8

“110”

Antenna port(s)

Not present (0 bit if higher layer parameter antennaPortsFieldPresenceDCI-1-2 is not configured)

Transmission configuration indication

Not present (0 bits, tci-PresentInDCI = Not present as per Table 4.6.3-28)

SRS request

Not present (0 bit if higher layer parameter srs-RequestDCI-1-2 is not configured)

DMRS sequence initialization

Not present (0 bit if higher layer parameter dmrs-SequenceInitializationDCI-1-2 is not configured)

Priority indicator

Not present (0 bit if higher layer parameter priorityIndicatorDCI-1-2 is not configured)

4.3.6.1.3 Void
4.3.6.1.4 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PSCCH/PSSCH
4.3.6.1.4.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 3_0

DCI format 3_0 is used to schedule PSCCH/PSSCH transmission on NR sidelink.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 3_0 are specified in Table 4.3.6.1.4.1-1.

Table 4.3.6.1.4.1-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 3_0

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Condition

Resource pool index

Not present

Time gap

Indicating the first entry of sl-DCI-ToSL-Trans to be used

“000”B

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321[20]

Lowest index of the subchannel allocation to the initial transmission

Dependent on test parameters

Frequency resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time resource assignment

only one PSCCH/PSSCH occasion is scheduled per grant

"00000"B

PSFCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator

Indicating the first entry of sl-PSFCH-ToPUCCH to be used

"000"B

PUCCH resource indicator

Indicating the first entry of sl-PUCCH-Config to be used

"000"B

Configuration index

Not present

SL-RNTI

Indicating the first entry of sl-ConfiguredGrantConfigList to be used

"000"

SL-CS-RNTI

Counter sidelink assignment index

PDCCH monitoring occasions in which DCI format 3_0 scheduling PSSCH transmissions with corresponding PSFCH reception occasions is present, denoted as Y, satisfies (Y-1) mod 4 =0, as specified in 38.213 Table 16.5.2.1-1

"00"

Condition

Explanation

SL-RNTI

UE is configured to monitor DCI format 3_0 with CRC scrambled by SL-RNTI, i.e. dymanic sidelink grant

SL-CS-RNTI

UE is configured to monitor DCI format 3_0 with CRC scrambled by SL-CS-RNTI, i.e. configured sidelink grant

4.3.6.1.4.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 3_1

DCI format 3_1 is used to schedule PSCCH/PSSCH transmission on E-UTRA V2X sidelink.

FFS

4.3.6.1.5 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of MBS
4.3.6.1.5.1 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 4_0

DCI format 4_0 is used for the scheduling of PDSCH for broadcast in DL cell.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 4_0 are specified in Table 4.3.6.1.5.1-1.

Table 4.3.6.1.5.1-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 4_0

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Condition

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

VRB-to-PRB mapping

Non-interleaved

“0”

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

MCCH change notification

MBS indicates no new MBS service(s) start. LSB indicates no modification of MCCH information other than the change caused by start of new MBS service(s).

“00”

MCCH-RNTI

Not present

G-RNTI

NOTE: Zeros shall be appended to DCI format 4_0 until the payload size equals that of DCI format 1_0 monitored in common search space in the same serving cell.

Condition

Explanation

MCCH-RNTI

UE is configured to monitor DCI format 4_0 with CRC scrambled by MCCH-RNTI

G-RNTI

UE is configured to monitor DCI format 4_0 with CRC scrambled by G-RNTI for MTCH

4.3.6.1.5.2 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 4_1

DCI format 4_1 is used for the scheduling of PDSCH for multicast in DL cell.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 4_1 are specified in Table 4.3.6.1.5.2-1.

Table 4.3.6.1.5.2-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 4_1

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

VRB-to-PRB mapping

Non-interleaved

“0”

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

Downlink assignment index

Dependent on test parameters

PUCCH resource indicator

PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 6 in pucch-ResourceSetID[1] or PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 14 in pucch-ResourceSetID[2] as defined in Table 4.6.3-112 (Mapping as per Table 9.2.3-2 in TS 38.213)

“110”

PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator

K1 slots, dl-DataToUL-ACK-MulticastDciFormat4-1 is not provided, as specified in 9.2.3 in TS 38.213

µ=0 (SCS=15kHz): K1=7

‘110’B

µ=1 (SCS=30kHz): K1=5

‘100’B

µ=3 (SCS=120kHz): K1=8

‘111’B

Reserved bits

Reserved 3 bits

4.3.6.1.5.3 Physical layer parameters for DCI format 4_2

DCI format 4_2 is used for the scheduling of PDSCH in DL cell.

Default physical layer parameters for DCI format 4_2 are specified in Table 4.3.6.1.5.3-1.

Table 4.3.6.1.5.3-1: Physical layer parameters for DCI format 4_2

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Frequency domain resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

Indicating the first entry of PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList to be used

“0000”

VRB-to-PRB mapping

Non-interleaved

“0”

PRB bundling size indicator

Not present (semi-static PRB bundling)

Rate matching indicator

Not present

ZP CSI-RS trigger

Not present

Modulation and coding scheme (TB1)

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator (TB1)

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321 [20]

Redundancy version (TB1)

Dependent on test parameters

Modulation and coding scheme (TB2)

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator (TB2)

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321 [20]

Redundancy version (TB2)

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

Downlink assignment index

Dependent on test parameters

PUCCH resource indicator

PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 6 in pucch-ResourceSetID[1] or PUCCH-ResourceId[7] = 14 in pucch-ResourceSetID[2] as defined in Table 4.6.3-112 (Mapping as per Table 9.2.3-2 in TS 38.213 [22])

“110”

PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator

corresponding to K1 slots as per Table 9.2.3-1 in TS 38.213 [22] and dl-DataToUL-ACK in Table 4.6.3-112

µ=0 (SCS=15kHz): K1=7

“101”

µ=1 (SCS=30kHz): K1=5

“011”

µ=3 (SCS=120kHz): K1=8

“110”

Antenna port(s)

DMRS port 0 as per Table 7.3.1.2.2-1 in TS 38.212 [27] (dmrs-Type = DMRS type 1 and maxLength = len1 as per Table 4.6.3-50)

“0000”

Transmission configuration indication

Not present (0 bit, tci-PresentInDCI in PDCCH-Config-Multicast is not enabled as per Table 4.6.3-FFS)

DMRS sequence initialization

Fix length of 1 bit (configured to physCellId as scramblingID0 is not present in Table 4.6.3-50.

physCellId

Priority indicator

Not present (0 bit, priorityIndicatorDCI-4-2-r17 is not configured in PDSCH-Config-Multicast as per Table 4.6.3-FFS)

Enabling/disabling HARQ-ACK feedback indication

Not present (0 bit,

harq-FeedbackEnablerMulticast does not indicates dci-enable as per Table 4.6.3-FFS)

NOTE: The size of DCI format 4_2 is configurable by higher layer parameter sizeDCI-4-2 from 20 bits and up to 140 bits.

4.3.6.2 Sidelink physical layer parameters

4.3.6.2.1 Physical layer parameters for scheduling of PSSCH on PSCCH
4.3.6.2.1.1 Physical layer parameters for SCI format 1-A

SCI format 1-A is used to schedule PSSCH transmission.

Default physical layer parameters for SCI format 1-A are specified in Table 4.3.6.2.1.1-1.

Table 4.3.6.2.1.1-1: Physical layer parameters for SCI format 1-A

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Condition

Priority

Dependent on test parameters

Frequency resource assignment

Dependent on test parameters

Time domain resource assignment

only one PSCCH/PSSCH occasion is scheduled per grant

"00000"B

Resource reservation period

Not present

DMRS pattern

Indicating the first entry of sl-PSSCH-DMRS-TimePatternList-r16 to be used

"0"B

2nd-stage SCI format

SCI format 2-A

“00”B

SCI format 2-B

“01”B

DISTANCE-BASED HARQ

Beta_offset indicator

Indicating the first entry of sl-BetaOffsets2ndSCI to be used

"00"B

Number of DMRS port

Single port p = 1000 is used

"0"B

Two ports p = 1000 and 1001 are used

"1"B

SL MIMO

Modulation and coding scheme

Dependent on test parameters

Additional MCS table indicator

Not present

PSFCH overhead indication

"1"B if mod (i, nPSFCH) = 0

"0"B if mod (i, nPSFCH ) ≠ 0

where i is the logical slot index belong to resource pool per 1024 frame as specified in 38.214 [21] clause 8.

nPSFCH = 2 OR nPSFCH = 4 (Note 1)

Not present

Reserved

Number of reserved bits is given by sl-NumReservedBits-r16

"00"

Note 1: nPSFCH is the PSFCH period (in slots) provided by sl-PSFCH-Period-r16. nPSFCH = 0 if sl-PSFCH-Period-r16 is not configured.

Condition

Explanation

DISTANCE-BASED HARQ

For distance-based HARQ test

SL MIMO

For SL MIMO test

4.3.6.2.2 Physical layer parameters for scheduling on PSSCH
4.3.6.2.2.1 Physical layer parameters for SCI format 2-A

SCI format 2-A is used to provide HARQ information, to provide Souce/Destination L1 ID or to trigger CSI reporting.

Default physical layer parameters for SCI format 2-A are specified in Table 4.3.6.2.2.1-1.

Table 4.3.6.2.2.1-1: Physical layer parameters for SCI format 2-A

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

Condition

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

Source ID

Dependent on test parameters

Destination ID

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ feedback enabled/disabled indicator

HARQ feedback is enabled

“1”B

Cast type indicator

broadcast

"00"B

BROADCAST

groupcast with ACK/NACK HARQ

"01"B

GROUPCAST_ACK_NACK

unicast

"10"B

UNICAST

groupcast with NACK-only HARQ

"11"B

GROUPCAST_NACK_ONLY

CSI request

Not ask for SL CSI report

"0"B

Ask for SL CSI report

"1"B

SL_CSI

Condition

Explanation

BROADCAST

For broadcast SL communication test

GROUPCAST_ACK_NACK

For groupcast SL communication with ACK/NACK HARQ feedback test

GROUPCAST_NACK_ONLY

For groupcast SL communication with NACK-only HARQ feedback test

UNICAST

For unicast SL communication test

SL_CSI

For SL CSI reporting test

4.3.6.2.2.2 Physical layer parameters for SCI format 2-B

SCI format 2-B is used to provide HARQ information, Souce/Destination L1 ID or distance-based HARQ related parameters.

Default physical layer parameters for SCI format 2-B are specified in Table 4.3.6.2.2.2-1.

Table 4.3.6.2.2.2-1: Physical layer parameters for SCI format 2-B

Parameter

Value

Value in binary

HARQ process number

Dependent on test parameters

New data indicator

Set for every data transmission/retransmission according to the rules specified in TS 38.321

Redundancy version

Dependent on test parameters

Source ID

Dependent on test parameters

Destination ID

Dependent on test parameters

HARQ feedback enabled/disabled indicator

HARQ feedback enabled

“1”B

Zone ID

Dependent on test parameters

Communication range requirement

Indicating the first entry of sl-ZoneConfigMCR-List to be used

"0000"B