Content for TS 38.101-1 Word version: 18.6.0
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Symbols
3.3 Abbreviations
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1 Scope p. 26
The present document establishes the minimum RF requirements for NR User Equipment (UE) operating on frequency Range 1.
2 References p. 26
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non-specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document.
[1]
TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2]
TS 38.101-2: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2 Standalone".
[3]
TS 38.101-3: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios".
[4]
TS 38.521-1: "NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone".
[5]
Recommendation ITU-R M.1545: "Measurement uncertainty as it applies to test limits for the terrestrial component of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000".
[6]
TS 38.211: "NR; Physical channels and modulation".
[7]
TS 38.331: "Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification".
[8]
TS 38.213: "NR; Physical layer procedures for control".
[9]
ITU-R Recommendation SM.329-10, "Unwanted emissions in the spurious domain".
[10]
TS 38.214: "NR; Physical layer procedures for data".
[11]
TS 36.101: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception;
[12]
ETSI TS 102 792: "Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); Mitigation techniques to avoid interference between European CEN Dedicated Short Range Communication (CEN DSRC) equipment and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) operating in the 5 GHz frequency range".
[13]
TS 38.133: "NR; Requirements for support of radio resource management".
[14]
TS 37.213: "Physical layer procedures for shared spectrum channel access".
[15]
TS 38.306: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities".
[16]
TS 38.104: "NR; Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception".
[17]
TS 23.256: "Support of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) connectivity, identification and tracking; Stage 2".
[18]
ECC Decision(22)07, "Harmonised technical conditions for the usage of aerial UE for communications based on LTE and 5G NR in the bands 703-733 MHz, 832-862 MHz, 880-915 MHz, 1710-1785 MHz, 1920-1980 MHz, 2500-2570 MHz and 2570-2620 MHz harmonised for MFCN", 18 November 22.
[19]
ECC Decision(20)02: "Harmonised use of the paired frequency bands 874.4-880.0 MHz and 919.4-925.0 MHz and of the unpaired frequency band 1900-1910 MHz for Railway Mobile Radio (RMR)".
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations p. 27
3.1 Definitions p. 27
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905.
Aerial UE:
A UE supporting UAS (Uncrewed Aircraft Systems) as indicated by the capability aerialUE-Capability-r18 [15] and that has an aerial subscription as described in TS 23.256. The UE is considered to have access to UAS services after the UE ha performed a successful authentication and authorization with the USS as described in TS 23.256.
Aggregated Allocation Bandwidth:
Total bandwidth of all allocated RBs in a transmission occasion. Can be calculated for two aggregated CCs as LCRB, 1* 12* SCS1 + LCRB,2 * 12 * SCS2 .
Aggregated Channel Bandwidth:
The RF bandwidth in which a UE transmits and receives multiple contiguously aggregated carriers.
ATG UE:
The terminals or user equipments which are mounted in aircraft and support ATG feature (i.e. UE capability airToGroundNetwork-r18) as defined in clause 4.2.2 of TS 38.306.
Carrier aggregation:
Aggregation of two or more component carriers in order to support wider transmission bandwidths.
Carrier aggregation band:
A set of one or more operating bands across which multiple carriers are aggregated with a specific set of technical requirements.
Carrier aggregation bandwidth class:
A class defined by the aggregated transmission bandwidth configuration and maximum number of component carriers supported by a UE.
Carrier aggregation configuration:
A combination of CA operating band(s) and CA bandwidth class(es) supported by a UE.
Con-current operation:
The simultaneous transmission and reception of sidelink and Uu interfaces while operation is agnostic of the service used on each interface.
Contiguous carriers:
A set of two or more carriers configured in a spectrum block where there are no RF requirements based on co-existence for un-coordinated operation within the spectrum block.
Contiguous resource allocation:
A resource allocation of consecutive resource blocks within one carrier or across contiguously aggregated carriers. The gap between contiguously aggregated carriers due to the nominal channel spacing is allowed.
Contiguous spectrum:
Spectrum consisting of a contiguous block of spectrum with no sub-block gap(s).
Enhanced channel raster:
channel raster with a 10 kHz granularity in bands with a 100 kHz channel raster.
Inter-band carrier aggregation:
Carrier aggregation of component carriers in different operating bands.
Inter-band con-current operation:
Operation of NR Uu carrier and NR Sidelink carrier in different operating bands.
Intra-band contiguous carrier aggregation:
Contiguous carriers aggregated in the same operating band.
Intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation:
Non-contiguous carriers aggregated in the same operating band.
Intra-band SL CA UE:
UE that supports NR SL CA operation in a single band
NR SL CA:
Aggregation of two or more NR Sidelink component carriers in order to support wider transmission bandwidths
NR SL inter-band concurrent operating Band:
Band combinations of NR Uu carrier and NR Sidelink carrier in different operating bands.
NR SL-U UE:
UE that supports NR Sidelink operation in unlicensed bands (e.g. n46, n96, n102).
Railway Mobile Radio:
railway operations encompassing GSM-R and its successor(s), including the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS); in the context of this specification the Railway Mobile Radio is limited to NR operation in band n100, or n101.
RedCap UE:
The UE with reduced capabilities as defined in clause 4.2.21.1 of TS 38.306.
Sub-band:
For a UE that supports shared spectrum channel access in wideband operation, a sub-band is the set of RBs within an approximately 20 MHz segment of the channel where the wideband channel is uniformly divided into an integer number of 20 MHz sub-bands. Sub-bands may be separately allocated in uplink and downlink.
Sub-block:
This is one contiguous allocated block of spectrum for transmission and reception by the same UE. There may be multiple instances of sub-blocks within an RF bandwidth.
Sub-block bandwidth:
The bandwidth of one sub-block.
Sub-block gap:
A frequency gap between two consecutive sub-blocks within an RF bandwidth, where the RF requirements in the gap are based on co-existence for un-coordinated operation.
Two Rx antenna port XR UE:
A non-(e)RedCap XR UE that is equipped with only two Rx antenna ports in frequency band(s) where 4 Rx antenna ports are required. The UE is intended to be worn on human head. When in use, is intended to be supported only by/behind the ears and by a nose-bridge resulting in a constrained form factor with limited volume available for Rx chains.
UE transmission bandwidth configuration:
Set of resource blocks located within the UE channel bandwidth which may be used for transmitting or receiving by the UE.
Vehicular UE:
A UE embedded in a vehicle, permanently connected to an embedded antenna system that radiates externally for NR operating bands.
Wideband operation:
For a UE that supports shared spectrum channel access, wideband operation refers to operation within a channel larger than 20 MHz in which intra-cell guard bands may be configured to distinguish individual RB-sets
3.2 Symbols p. 28
For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:
ΔFGlobal
Granularity of the global frequency raster
ΔFRaster
Band dependent channel raster granularity
ΔfOOB
Δ Frequency of Out Of Band emission
ΔFTX-RX
Maximum deviation to the Tx-Rx carrier center frequency separation for asymmetric uplink/downlink channel bandwidth operation
ΔMPRc
Allowed Maximum Power Reduction relaxation for serving cell c
ΔPPowerClass
Adjustment to maximum output power for a given power class
ΔRB
The starting frequency offset between the allocated RB and the measured non-allocated RB
ΔRIB,c
Allowed reference sensitivity relaxation due to support for inter-band CA operation, for serving cell c
ΔRIBC
Allowed reference sensitivity relaxation due to support for intra-band contiguous CA operation
ΔRIBNC
Allowed reference sensitivity relaxation due to support for intra-band non-contiguous CA operation
ΔRIB,4R
Reference sensitivity adjustment due to support for 4 antenna ports
ΔRIB,8R
Reference sensitivity adjustment due to support for 8 antenna ports
ΔR1R
Reference sensitivity adjustment due to support for 1 antenna ports
ΔRXR,2R
Reference sensitivity adjustment for two antenna ports XR UEs on bands defined in Table 7.3.2-2b
ΔShift
Channel raster offset
ΔTC
Allowed operating band edge transmission power relaxation
ΔTC,c
Allowed operating band edge transmission power relaxation for serving cell c
ΔTIB,c
Allowed maximum configured output power relaxation due to support for inter-band CA operation, inter-band NR-DC operation and due to support for SUL operations, for serving cell c
BWChannel
Channel bandwidth
BWChannel,block
Sub-block bandwidth, expressed in MHz. BWChannel,block= Fedge,block,high - Fedge,block,low
BWChannel_CA
Aggregated channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz
BWChannel,max
Maximum channel bandwidth supported among all bands in a release
BWGB
max(GBChannel,low, GBChannel,high)
BWDL
Channel bandwidth for DL
BWUL
Channel bandwidth for UL
BWinterferer
Bandwidth of the interferer
Ceil(x)
Rounding upwards; ceil(x) is the smallest integer such that ceil(x) ≥ x
Floor(x)
Rounding downwards; floor(x) is the greatest integer such that floor(x) ≤ x
FC
Center frequency of a carrier for a numerology defined by the RF reference frequency on the channel raster mapped to the carrier according to subclause 5.4.2.2
FC,block, high
Fc of the highest transmitted/received carrier in a sub-block
FC,block, low
Fc of the lowest transmitted/received carrier in a sub-block
FC,low
The Fc of the lowest carrier, expressed in MHz
FC,high
The Fc of the highest carrier, expressed in MHz
FDL_low
The lowest frequency of the downlink operating band
FDL_high
The highest frequency of the downlink operating band
FUL_low
The lowest frequency of the uplink operating band
FUL_high
The highest frequency of the uplink operating band
Fedge,block,low
The lower sub-block edge, where Fedge,block,low = FC,block,low - Foffset, low.
Fedge,block,high
The upper sub-block edge, where Fedge,block,high = FC,block,high + Foffset, high.
Fedge, low
The lower edge of aggregated channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. Fedge,low = FC,low - Foffset,low.
Fedge, high
The higher edge of aggregated channel bandwidth, expressed in MHz. Fedge,high = FC,high + Foffset,high.
FInterferer (offset)
Frequency offset of the interferer (between the center frequency of the interferer and the carrier frequency of the carrier measured). For intra-band contiguous CA, the FInterferer (offset) is the frequency separation of the center frequency of the carrier closest to the interferer and the center frequency of the interferer
FInterferer
Frequency of the interferer
FIoffset
Frequency offset of the interferer (between the center frequency of the interferer and the closest edge of the carrier measured)
F
Frequency offset from FC_high to the higher edge or FC_low to the lower edge.
Foffset,high
Frequency offset from FC,high to the upper UE RF Bandwidth edge, or from FC,block, high to the upper sub-block edge
Foffset,low
Frequency offset from FC,low to the lower UE RF Bandwidth edge, or from FC,block, low to the lower sub-block edge
FOOB
The boundary between the NR out of band emission and spurious emission domains
FREF
RF reference frequency
FREF-Offs
Offset used for calculating FREF
FREF, shift
RF reference frequency for Supplementary Uplink (SUL) bands, the uplink of all FDD bands, and TDD bands
Fuw (offset)
The frequency separation of the center frequency of the carrier closest to the interferer and the center frequency of the interferer
Gn100post connector
Declared value of the post chipset unit antenna connector gain for band n100, used for conversion of the radiated requirement into a conducted requirement (see principles described in Annex M)
Gn101post connector
Declared value of the post chipset unit antenna connector gain for band n101, used for conversion of the radiated requirement into a conducted requirement (see principles described in Annex M)
GBChannel
Minimum guard band defined in clause 5.3.3, expressed in kHz
GBChannel(i)
Minimum guard band defined in clause 5.3.3 of carrier i
GBChannel,low
Minimum guard band defined in clause 5.3.3 for the lowest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.3
GBChannel,high
Minimum guard band defined in clause 5.3.3 for the highest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.3
LCRB
Transmission bandwidth which represents the length of a contiguous resource block allocation expressed in units of resources blocks
Max()
The largest of given numbers
Min()
The smallest of given numbers
nPRB
Physical resource block number
NRACLR
NR ACLR
NRB
Transmission bandwidth configuration, expressed in units of resource blocks
NRB_agg
The number of the aggregated RBs within the fully allocated aggregated channel bandwidth
N_(RB_(_agg) )=∑_ for carrier 1 to j, where μ is defined in TS 38.211
NRB,c
The transmission bandwidth configuration of component carrier c, expressed in units of resource blocks
N_(RB,cj)=N_(RB_j )*2^(μ_j ) for carrier j, where μ is defined in TS 38.211
NRB,largest BW
The largest transmission bandwidth configuration of the component carriers in the bandwidth combination, expressed in units of resource blocks
NRB,low
The transmission bandwidth configurations according to Table 5.3.2-1 for the lowest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.1
NRB,high
The transmission bandwidth configurations according to Table 5.3.2-1 for the highest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.1
NREF
NR Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (NR-ARFCN)
NREF-Offs
Offset used for calculating NREF
PCMAX
The configured maximum UE output power
PCMAX, c
The configured maximum UE output power for serving cell c
PCMAX, f, c
The configured maximum UE output power for carrier f of serving cell c in each slot
PEMAX
Maximum allowed UE output power signalled by higher layers
PEMAX, c
Maximum allowed UE output power signalled by higher layers for serving cell c
PInterferer
Modulated mean power of the interferer
Plargest BW
Power of the largest transmission bandwidth configuration of the component carriers in the bandwidth combination
PPowerClass
The nominal UE power (i.e., no tolerance)
Pmax,c,AC
Maximum output power defined as the sum of measurement of all antenna connectors
Pmax,c,TABC
Maximum carrier output power defined as the sum of measurement of all TAB connectors
Prated,c,AC
Rated maximum output power defined as the sum of power over all antenna connectors
Prated,c,TABC
Rated maximum output power defined as the sum of power over all TAB connectors
P-MPRc
Power Management Maximum Power Reduction for serving cell c
PRB
The transmitted power per allocated RB, measured in dBm
PREFSENS_SL
The REFSENS power for Sidelink
PUMAX
The measured configured maximum UE output power
Puw
Power of an unwanted DL signal
Pw
Power of a wanted DL signal
RBstart
The lowest RB index of transmitted resource blocks
RBstart_CA
The lowest RB index of transmitted resource blocks for intra-band contiguous CA
SCSc
SCS for the component carrier c, expressed in kHz
SCSlargest BW
SCS for the largest transmission bandwidth configuration of the component carriers in the bandwidth combination, expressed in kHz
SCSlow
SCS for the lowest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.1, expressed in kHz
SCShigh
SCS for the highest assigned component carrier in clause 5.3A.1, expressed in kHz
tp
Transient Period value signalled by the UE
tpstart
Start position of transient period relative to the symbol boundary
T(PCMAX, f, c)
Tolerance for applicable values of PCMAX, f, c for configured maximum UE output power for carrier f of serving cell c
TL,c
Absolute value of the lower tolerance for the applicable operating band as specified in clause 6.2.1
SSREF
SS block reference frequency position
UTRAACLR
UTRA ACLR
3.3 Abbreviations p. 31
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 and the following apply. An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in TR 21.905.
ACLR
Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio
ACS
Adjacent Channel Selectivity
A-MPR
Additional Maximum Power Reduction
ATG
Air-To-Ground
BS
Base Station
BW
Bandwidth
BWP
Bandwidth Part
CA
Carrier Aggregation
CA_nX-nY
Inter-band CA of component carrier(s) in one sub-block within Band nX and component carrier(s) in one sub-block within Band nY where nX and nY are the applicable NR operating bands
CC
Component Carriers
CG
Carrier Group
CP-OFDM
Cyclic Prefix-OFDM
CW
Continuous Wave
DC
Dual Connectivity
DFT-s-OFDM
Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM
DM-RS
Demodulation Reference Signal
DTX
Discontinuous Transmission
E-UTRA
Evolved UTRA
EIRP
Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power
EVM
Error Vector Magnitude
FR
Frequency Range
FRC
Fixed Reference Channel
FRMCS
Future Railway Mobile Communication System
FWA
Fixed Wireless Access
GSCN
Global Synchronization Channel Number
HD
Half Duplex
IBB
In-band Blocking
IDFT
Inverse Discrete Fourier Transformation
ITS
Intelligent Transportation System
ITU-R
Radiocommunication Sector of the International Telecommunication Union
MBW
Measurement bandwidth defined for the protected band
MCG
Master Cell Group
MOP
Maximum Output Power
MPR
Allowed maximum power reduction
MSD
Maximum Sensitivity Degradation
NR
New Radio
NR-ARFCN
NR Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number
NS
Network Signalling
OCNG
OFDMA Channel Noise Generator
OOB
Out-of-band
P-MPR
Power Management Maximum Power Reduction
PRB
Physical Resource Block
PS
Public Safety
PSBCH
Physical Sidelink Broadcast CHannel
PSCCH
Physical Sidelink Control CHannel
PSFCH
Physical Sidelink Feedback CHannel
PSSCH
Physical Sidelink Shared CHannel
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
RE
Resource Element
REFSENS
Reference Sensitivity
RedCap
Reduced Capability
RF
Radio Frequency
RMR
Railway Mobile Radio
RMS
Root Mean Square (value)
RSRP
Reference Signal Receiving Power
Rx
Receiver
SC
Single Carrier
SCG
Secondary Cell Group
SCS
Subcarrier spacing
SDL
Supplementary Downlink
SEM
Spectrum Emission Mask
SL
Sidelink
SL-MIMO
Sidelink-Multiple Antenna transmission
SL-U
Sidelink at unlicensed band
SNR
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SRS
Sounding Reference Symbol
SS
Synchronization Symbol
S-SSB
Sidelink Synchronization Signal Block
SUL
Supplementary uplink
TAB
Transceiver Array Boundary
TAE
Time Alignment Error
TAG
Timing Advance Group
Tx
Transmitter
TxD
Tx Diversity
UAS
Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
UAV
Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle
UL MIMO
Uplink Multiple Antenna transmission
ULFPTx
Uplink Full Power Transmission
USS
UAS Service Supplier
V2X
Vehicle to Everything
XR
eXtended Reality
