C.1 Definitions and Parameters

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

Figure C.1-1 shows SSB and CORESET#0 and related parameters.CORESET#0 is required for a carrier to be used as a PCell.

Figure C.1-1: location of SSB and CORESET#0 within a channel

The parameters referenced in figure C.1-1 are defined in Table C.1-1.

Table C.1-1: Definition of parameters in Figure C.1-1 used in Annex C

Parameter

Description

FPointA

Reference Point A frequency.

Fcarrier

Fcarrier is the centre frequency of a carrier corresponding to its NR-ARFCN value.

FcarrierLow

FcarrierLow is the centre frequency of lowest subcarrier of the carrier.
FcarrierLow = Fcarrier – 12 * SCSCarrier * (NRB / 2) with NRB according to Table 5.3.2-1 of TS 38.101-1 [7] and TS 38.101-2 [8] for the channel bandwidth of the carrier.

ΔFcarrierBandwidth

ΔFcarrierBandwidth is the carrier’s channel bandwidth as provided in carrierBandwidth to the UE (SCS-SpecificCarrier).

ΔFoffsetToCarrier

ΔFoffsetToCarrier is the frequency offset between Point A and the lower edge of the carrier. FoffsetToCarrier = offsetToCarrier * PRB size, where PRB size according to the subcarrier spacing of the carrier. offsetToCarrier is signalled to the UE (SCS-SpecificCarrier).

FSSref

Centre frequency of SSB. For a cell selectable as PCell the FSSref corresponds to a valid GSCN value according to clause 5.4.3.1 of TS 38.101-1 [7] and TS 38.101-2 [8].

ΔFOffset(RBs)

ΔFOffset(RBs) = 12* Offset(RBs) * subCarrierSpacingCommon, where Offset(RBs) is given in tables 13-1 to 13-10 of TS 38.213 [22].

ΔFkSSB

ΔFKSSB = kSSB * subcarrier spacing of SSB (SCSSSB).

ΔFOffsetSSB-CORESET0

Frequency offset between the lowest subcarrier of the SSB and the lowest subcarrier of CORESET#0. ΔFOffsetSSB-CORESET0 = ΔFOffset(RBs) + ΔFkSSB.

ΔFOffsetCORESET-0-Carrier

Frequency offset, FOffsetCORESET#0-Carrier, between the lowest subcarrier of CORESET#0 and the lowest subcarrier of the carrier.

ΔFOffsetSSB-Carrier

Frequency offset between the lowest subcarrier of the SSB and the lowest subcarrier of the carrier.

FCORESET0Low

Centre frequency of subcarrier 0 of CORESET#0.

FOffsetToPointA

Frequency of the lowest subcarrier of the lowest resource block, which has the subcarrier spacing provided by the higher-layer parameter subCarrierSpacingCommon and overlaps with the SS/PBCH block used by the UE for initial cell selection, expressed in units of resource blocks assuming 15 kHz subcarrier spacing for FR1 and 60 kHz subcarrier spacing for FR2 (TS 38.211 [29] clause 4.4.4.2).

ΔFOffsetToPointA

Frequency offset between FOffsetToPointA and point A. ΔFOffsetToPointA = offsetToPointA * {15 kHz for FR1; 60 kHz for FR2} (TS 38.211 [29] clause 4.4.4.2).

Additional parameters used in this annex are defined in Table C.1-2.

Table C.1-2: Definition of additional parameters used in Annex C.

kSSB

as defined in TS 38.211 [29] clause 7.4.3.1

SCSCarrier

subcarrier spacing for the carrier (SCS-SpecificCarrier):
FR1: 15kHz, 30kHz or 60kHz according to TS 38.101-1 [7] Table 5.3.5-1

FR2: 60kHz or 120kHz according to TS 38.101-2 [8] Table 5.3.5-1

SCSSSB

SS/PBCH block subcarrier spacing

FR1: 15kHz or 30kHz according to TS 38.101-1 [7] Table 5.4.3.3-1

FR2: 120kHz or 240kHz according to TS 38.101-2 [8] Table 5.4.3.3-1

NOTE: According to the tables in clause 13 of TS 38.213 [22] not all combinations of SCSSSB and SCSCarrier are applicable.

SCScommon

Subcarrier spacing for SIB1, Msg.2/4 for initial access, paging and broadcast SI-messages. Provided to the UE in the MIB in IE subCarrierSpacingCommon.

PRBsize

Physical Resource Block size of the carrier = 12 * SCSCarrier.

CRBsize

Common Resource Block size = 12 * SCScommon.

FDL_Low, FUL_Low

Lowest frequency of the downlink and uplink frequency range of the band as defined in clause 5.2 of TS 38.101-1 [7] and TS 38.101-2 [8].

FDL_High, FUL_High

Highest frequency of the downlink and uplink frequency range of the band as defined in clause 5.2 of TS 38.101-1 [7] and TS 38.101-2 [8].

ΔFRaster

Frequency raster of the band as defined in clause 5.4.2.3 of TS 38.101-1 [7] and TS 38.101-2 [8].

BWDL

Bandwidth of downlink frequency range of the band.

BWUL

Bandwidth of uplink frequency range of the band.

CBWDL

Downlink channel bandwidth (MHz) of the carrier according to Table 5.3.2-1 of TS 38.101-1 [7] and TS 38.101-2 [8].

CBWUL

Uplink channel bandwidth (MHz) of the carrier according to Table 5.3.2-1 of TS 38.101-1 [7] and TS 38.101-2 [8].

FTx-Rx_separation

Default Tx – Rx carrier centre frequency separation of the band as defined in clause 5.4.4 of TS 38.101-1 [7]. For TDD bands FTx-Rx_separation = 0.

ΔFTx-Rx_separation

ΔFTx-Rx = | (BWDL – BWUL)/2 | is the deviation to the default Tx-Rx carrier centre frequency separation (FTx-Rx_separation) for FDD FR1 bands supporting asymmetric channel bandwidths as defined in clause 5.3.6 of TS 38.101-1 [7].

BWSSB

Bandwidth of the SSB. BWSSB = 12 * SCSSSB * 20

ΔGSCN, GSCNMIN, GSCNMAX

GSCN step size, GSCN minimum and GSCN maximum values for the NR band according to table 5.4.3.3-1 of TS 38.101-1 [7] and TS 38.101-2 [8]

OffsetRBs

Offset (RBs) according to the applicable table 13-1 to 13-10 in TS 38.213 [22] for the given band and {SCSSSB, SCSCarrier} combination of the carrier.

OffsetRBs,max

Maximum value for Offset (RBs) according to the applicable table 13-1 to 13-1o in TS 38.213 [22] for the given band and {SCSSSB, SCSCarrier} combination of the carrier limited to the table indexes with number of RBs equal to the minimum value of in the table.

OffsetRBs,min

Minimum value for Offset (RBs) according to the applicable table 13-1 to 13-1o in TS 38.213 [22] for the given band and {SCSSSB, SCSCarrier} combination of the carrier limited to the table indexes with number of RBs equal to the minimum value of in the table.