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3.1 Definitions 3.2 Symbols 3.3 Abbreviations
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1 Scope p. 16

The present document establishes the minimum performance requirements for NR User Equipment (UE).

2 References p. 16

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 38.521-4: "NR; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 4: Performance requirements".

[3]

Recommendation ITU-R M.1545: "Measurement uncertainty as it applies to test limits for the terrestrial component of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000".

[4]

TS 36.101: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception".

[5]

TR 38.901: "Study on channel model for frequencies from 0.5 to 100 GHz".

[6]

TS 38.101-1: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Range 1 Standalone".

[7]

TS 38.101-2: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Range 2 Standalone".

[8]

TS 38.101-3: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Range 1 and Range 2 Interworking operation with other radios".

[9]

TS 38.211: "NR; Physical channels and modulation".

[10]

TS 38.212: "NR; Multiplexing and channel coding".

[11]

TS 38.213: "NR; Physical layer procedures for control ".

[12]

TS 38.214: "NR; Physical layer procedures for data".

[13]

TS 37.340: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and NR; Multi-connectivity", Stage 2.

[14]

TS 38.306: "NR; User Equipment (UE) radio access capabilities".

[15]

TS 36.211: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical Channels and Modulation".

[16] Void.

[17]

TS 38.331: "Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification".

3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations p. 17

3.1 Definitions p. 17

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.

Baseline SU-MIMO 8Rx Receiver:

8Rx receivers for SU-MIMO transmissions with support of up to 8 layers with joint 8Rx MIMO detector.

DL BWP:

DL bandwidth part as defined in TS 38.213.

EN-DC:

E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity as defined in clause 4.1.2 of TS 37.340.

Enhanced Receiver Type 1:

SU-MIMO interference mitigation advanced receiver [14]

R-ML (reduced complexity ML) receiver with enhanced inter-stream interference suppression for SU-MIMO transmissions with rank 2 with 2 RX antennas
R-ML (reduced complexity ML) receiver with enhanced inter-stream interference suppression for SU-MIMO transmissions with rank 2, 3, and 4 with 4 RX antennas

Enhanced Receiver Type 2:

MU-MIMO interference mitigation advanced receiver [14]

R-ML (reduced complexity ML) receivers with enhanced inter-user interference suppression, for MU-MIMO up to maxNumberMIMO-LayersPDSCH layers across target and co-scheduled UEs with 2 RX and 4RX antennas, when co-scheduled UE(s)' modulation order is explicitly signaled by DCI index 1-5 in Table 7.3.1.2.2-12 of TS 38.212.
R-ML (reduced complexity ML) receivers with enhanced inter-user interference suppression for MU-MIMO for 2 layers across target and co-scheduled UEs with 2RX and 4RX when the co-scheduled UE information with DCI index 6 or 7 in Table 7.3.1.2.2-12 of TS 38.212 is signalled.
R-ML (reduced complexity ML) receivers with enhanced inter-user interference suppression for MU-MIMO for 2 layers across target and co-scheduled UEs with 2RX and maxNumberMIMO-LayersPDSCH layers across target and co-scheduled UEs with 4RX when the co-scheduled UE information with DCI index 6 in Table 7.3.1.2.2-12 of TS 38.212 is signalled.

FR1:

Frequency range 1 as defined in clause 5.1 of TS 38.101-3.

FR2:

Frequency range 2 as defined in clause 5.1 of TS 38.101-3.

RedCap:

A UE with reduced capabilities as defined in clause 4.2 in TS 38.306.

eRedCap:

A UE with reduced peak data rate, with or without reduced baseband bandwidth in FR1 as defined in clause 4.2.22 in TS 38.306.

Simplified SU-MIMO 8Rx Receiver:

8Rx receivers for SU-MIMO transmissions with support of only up to 4 layers with two joint 4Rx MIMO detectors.

SSB:

SS/PBCH block as defined in clause 7.4.3 of TS 38.211.

3.2 Symbols p. 17

For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:

E_s

The averaged received energy per Hz of the wanted signal during the useful part of the symbol, i.e. excluding the cyclic prefix, at the UE antenna connector; average power is computed within a set of REs used for the transmission of physical, divided transmission bandwidth within the set

Subcarrier spacing configuration as defined in clause 4.2 of TS 38.211

Ν_oc

The power spectral density of a white noise source with average power per Hz as defined in Clause 4.4.3 for conducted requirements and Clause 4.5.3 for radiated requirements

3.3 Abbreviations p. 17

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.

AGC

Automatic Gain Control

ATG

Air To Ground

Carrier Aggregation

Component Carrier

CCE

Control Channel Element

CORESET

Control Resource Set

Cyclic Prefix

CSI

Channel-State Information

CSI-IM

CSI Interference Measurement

CSI-RS

CSI Reference Signal

Codeword

CQI

Channel Quality Indicator

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRI

CSI-RS Resource Indicator

CRS

Cell-specific Reference Signal

CRS-IM

CRS-Interference Mitigation

Dual Connectivity

DCI

Downlink Control Information

Downlink

DMRS

Demodulation Reference Signal

DPS

Dynamic Point Selection

EPRE

Energy Per Resource Element

EN-DC

E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity

Frequency Range

FRC

Fixed Reference Channel

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

HARQ

Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request

HD-FDD

Half-duplex Frequency Division Duplex

HST

High Speed Train

HST-SFN

High Speed Train Single Frequency Network

Layer Indicator

MAC

Medium Access Control

MCS

Modulation and Coding Scheme

MIB

Master Information Block

New Radio

NSA

Non-Standalone Operation Mode

OCC

Orthogonal Cover Code

OCNG

OFDMA Channel Noise Generator

OFDM

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

OFDMA

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access

PBCH

Physical Broadcast Channel

Pcell

Primary Cell

PDCCH

Physical Downlink Control Channel

PDSCH

Physical Downlink Shared Channel

PMI

Precoding Matrix Indicator

PRB

Physical Resource Block

PRG

Physical resource block group

PSBCH

Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel

PSCCH

Physical Sidelink Control Channel

PSFCH

Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel

PSS

Primary Synchronization Signal

PSSCH

Physical Sidelink Shared Channel

PTRS

Phase Tracking Reference Signal

PUCCH

Physical Uplink Control Channel

PUSCH

Physical Uplink Shared Channel

QCL

Quasi Co-location

Resource Block

RBG

Resource Block Group

Resource Element

REG

Resource Element Group

Rank Indicator

RRC

Radio Resource Control

Standalone operation mode

SCI

Sidelink Control Information

SCS

Subcarrier Spacing

SINR

Signal-to-Interference-and-Noise Ratio

Sidelink

SLSS

Sidelink Synchronization Signal

SNR

Signal-to-Noise Ratio

Synchronization Signal

SSB

Synchronization Signal Block

SSS

Secondary Synchronization Signal

TCI

Transmission Configuration Indicator

TDM

Time division multiplexing

TRxP

Transmission and Reception Point

TTI

Transmission Time Interval

Uplink

V2X

Vehicle to Everything

VRB

Virtual Resource Block